We may not be seeing our standard tooled scabbards for awhile.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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I'm very sorry to have to make this post but it's just one of those things that happens. I just got off the phone with Pala and here it is.

Narayan, the fellow who does the tooling on our scabbards got into a khukuri fight during the Tihar break. These holidays often involve a lot of drinking and gambling and arguments can break out and sometimes turn very violent. This is the reason khukuris are locked up during Dasein and Tihar at all Gorkha encampments.

The bad news is Narayan killed his opponent and is now a fugitive. We think he left Nepal and went to India. And more bad news is he was the only guy at BirGorkha who could tool the leather nicely. So, we may be seeing plain scabbards until we can find a replacement.

Again, apologies for bad news at holiday time but the lack of tooling needs an explanation.
 
I'm speechless too! I hope everything works out for the best for everyone. I wonder if he used an HI khuk, I sure hope not!:(
 
Uncle, do you know how the families are taking this and how they are doing? They have my prayers and simpathy. Exspesally the family of the man who died. Is there anything that we can do to help?


Heber Ellsworth
 
Bro what're Narayan's chances of being a successful fugitive in
India?
I'm also wondering if any of the Nepali tribes have blood debt when someone is killed under such circumstances like us Cherokee back in the good old days?
What would Narayan's chances be in Nepal if he turned himself in to the authorities?
Sometimes at the moment something unfortunate like this happens running is better than the immediate alternative, I'm just praying that it all works out in a good way for everyone involved.
 
It's crazy stuff like this that makes life interesting.

My regrets to both families. You hate to see so many lives impacted by something like this.

As far as the scabbard goes, I would be willing to forego the tooling in exchange for an improved drag. Those simple brass cones at the bottom of the scabbard don't work for me. I more concerned about getting stabbed by the scabbard than the blade.

N2S
 
I'm very sorry to hear this. Sorry for the dead man and his family and sorry for Narayan and his.

Weapons and alcohol= disaster.:( Almost without exception. As a matter of fact, alcohol causes so much suffering on its own its no wonder we tried to make it illegal at one point.

Off my soapbox now;)
 
Congrats to Narayan on his victory. I hope it was in self defense.

Very nasty business by our standards, but it is usually better to be tried by twelve than carried by six!
 
It is sad news and there's not much we can do about it. Pala was very upset.

I don't think an HI khukuri was used. My guess is it was some standard old village model.

The chances for Narayan disappearing in India are very good. Phoney IDs are a dime a dozen and small bribes work wonders.

I doubt that the fight resulted over anything like a blood fued. Probably something spoken or perhaps a careless turn of a card. I've seen deadly fights stem from something as simple as a dispute over a seat on a bus.

If Narayan turned himself in I don't think he'd serve more than a couple of years. The max in Nepal (or at least was when I lived there) for the worst kind of premeditated murder is 25 years and this was a Tihar fight and the Nepali officials understand such things.

Pala made no mention of the victim. I just hope it was not somebody who left wife and kids to fend for themselves.

Nasty business.
 
It's a wonder that Narayan and the other guy were allowed to carry khukuris during Tihar. If even the highly disciplined Ghurkhas lock up their khukuris, then that should go double for the rest of the populace.
 
You really can't lock up the most widely used tool in the country. It's the crazies that get out of control that need to be locked up. But, again, you can't lock up 10 million people, either.
 
I dont know what more to say.

I prey for the dead and the living, their friends as well as their families.
 
Not to take away from the seriousness of the situation but I can't resist this remark...

"I prey for the dead and the living, their friends as well as their families."

The way it's spelled it just sounds like a nasty thing to say. :)

;)
 
I am sorry to hear a member of the Biogorkha family has gotten into such a scrape. I hope the killing was in self defense so he doesn't incur such a serious karmic burden. Being a Hindu such things can carry a heavier price than prison time.

Patrick Mc
 
Don't worry, I butcher the Queen's English all the time. :)

The correct grammar would be " I prey on the dead and the living, their friends as well as their families." :D :D ;) :p

hehe..:rolleyes:
 
Bill,
I'm not really surprised, this is a knife culture, in this type of culture(Phillip. Mex, knife cultures)knives settle heated discussions,sober as well as drunken!I 'm willing to bet there are many more happening, this just happens to be one that hits close to home!
jim :(
 
...about his time in Spain, where real, almost real and purely imaginary insults MUST be answered with a blade. :confused:
 
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