Well Im bummed

[cmurphy]

I was in Nepal back in 2001 for 5 months. I fell in love with the khukuri. Before I left I bought three of them in Thamel from a shop that my host family said makes good, real khukuris. I dont know if they were HI or not but my mind wants to tell me that they were.
Anyways, over the years I ended up giving two away as gifts and 'loaned' one that has never made it back.
Im spending more time in the woods than ever now and have a great knife that suits me fine. This morning I found a downed Cottonwood and started chopping out some large branches. I found myself wishing I had my khukuri still even though I had an axe in my truck at the trailhead.

Just when I thought I had the ONE knife.

 

[Howard Wallace]

I did the same thing. Picked one up in '79 in Nepal, gave it away after a few years to my Aikido sensei. I was not attracted by the cheap khukuris I encountered in the US at that time. The infection lay dormant until I found the HI blades a decade or more later. They were the first knives I encountered that had the same quality as the khukuris I had seen in Nepal. Fortunately now, largely due to HI, quality khukuris are not that unusual in the US.

HI does not sell in Thamel. However, there are quality blades to be found there by a discerning eye.

 

[cmurphy]

Thanks for the clarification on the shop in Thamel. I'll be picking out a new HI blade soon. Just have to get sneaky, the girlfriend doesnt find the same joy I do in these blades.

 

[dirtypaulie]

Im spending more time in the woods than ever now and have a great knife that suits me fine. This morning I found a downed Cottonwood and started chopping out some large branches. I found myself wishing I had my khukuri still even though I had an axe in my truck at the trailhead.

Just when I thought I had the ONE knife.

There's an ASTK waiting for you to email Yangdu about

I just recently got 1 for myself & from what i've been reading & after the little test I performed on it, I think this type of Khukuri will serve you well