Well, it's bitten me again... HIKV strikes again...

Carter Leffen

Carter Leffen

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Just ordered an 18" Kumar Kobra from Mrs. Martino... I'm searching for the "ultimate" 18" Khukuri fighting knife... Now I have the Kumar's Chilangi, Gelbu Special, and soon will have the Kobra... Not sure, but I think the Sirupati will be the remaining 18" knife remaining out there to study...

Right now, I rate the Gelbu Special at #1, with the Chitlangi a close #2... Hopefully by Friday or Saturday, I'll know how the Kobra stacks up against the first two...

Frankly, I don't see as how I can/could lose with any one of the four that are out there... Light, fast, strong, and totally lethal... I hope that the Bowie Knife fans out there will forgive me, for I was once amongst their number, but man o' man, HI does make converts of us all...

Take care, stay safe, and have fun...

Carter
 
Cool!!!

Looking forward to your review of the Kobra.

I ordered an 18" Chitlangi today :D
 
I'm happy you like them. Remember, your impressions are based upon a small sampling. The weights of the various khuks do vary somewhat.




munk
 
So far my collection is all choppers with the exception of the Badune Special, which is small and light and more of an office knife. My boss thinks its a bit much, but accepts my excentricities as I accept his (when they aren't too offensive). I have been looking at that GS, but last night the Sirupate was singing a song to me in my dreams. Unfortunately I don't have any martial arts training. In Louisianna you learn to defend yourself by getting the s#*t kicked out of you. I did my share of that, and today I think I'd use the Ruger if faced with an intruder. I would hate for someone to take a sirupate from me and use it on me.

Andy
 
In Louisianna you learn to defend yourself by getting the s#*t kicked out of you>>>>>>>


When I moved to Idaho I was expecting an entire State filled with Gentlemen hunters, sort of a Bill of Rights crowd with back woods experience. I learned many would shoot at any speck on the horizon during the Elk season, and as for fighting, in many places, once you fell, they'd give you 'the boot'.

I know it often seems as if honor is a myth that has never existed. But it does exist. I'm glad you're on the forum and glad you have a knack for picking out your khuks.


munk
 
I have a 20" Kobra. IIRC it weighs in at about 19-20oz. DEADLY and FAST:eek:

It is my bump in the night khuk almost 100% of the time (the Malla occasionally goes on patrol too;) ) it often is accompanied by my ASP baton in my left hand. 'WHUMP, CHOP, WHUMP, CHOP" mmm, good medicine for fixing bad guys:D
 
My dad spent all of 2 minutes teaching me to defend myslef when I was young. He told me there were four steps to a physical confrontation:

1. Turn the other cheek
2. Run if at all possible
3. If you feel you have to fight be prepared and willing to take a beating. Do it like a man. Lick your wounds and don't involve the authorities.
4. Be willing to take a repeat beating, but always start process at #1

Winning wasn't even on his list, and honestly hasn't been much of my experience. I have found, however, that after a beating, if I handled myself like he said in "#3" the winner never wanted to repeat the process. Fact is that even during a win there are wounds and hurts and possible scars. And after all the effort, no one really thinks of the winner as a winner, just an asshole with very little self control. Plus a guy who is willing to take a beating is pretty scary. On the HI site Kami Sherpa says he was always willing to trade up. A finger for a hand, etc. I think thats what my dad meant.

Andy
 
Hi Munk,

Yes, the differences are sometimes subtle... Kumar made my Chitlangi and my Gelbu Special. Balance, weight, and handle conformation are all slightly different, probably due to blade design and the Kami who makes them... As stated, to me, my Gelbu Special has the top spot on points... I've never met Kumar, but the Gelbu Special is so well crafted, it's as if he personally fit it to me...

Don't get me wrong, please- the Chitlangi is a superb blade, and were it not for the Gelbu Special, it would be my "go to" knife... It stands far above my Bowies, and has a better reach as well...

Both knives are a bit heavier than my Ontario-Bagwell Hell's Belles Bowies, but their "presence" in either hand is astonishing... Weight distribution and Kumar's superb grip/handles, make these blades my favorites for CQC in the "bush."

For use in "polite society," I still prefer my Arik Estus Scot's Dirk... It is much more concealable, straight in profile, and even faster than the Gelbu Special... Arik's Dirk is the most amazing knife I've ever owned, or hope to own... Perhaps his Scot's background (he actually IS Laird of Glenmore) adds the magickal component... Me? My heritage is linked to the Forsyths... However, the HI Khukuris MUST have come by way of Scotland...;)

Got to run... Take care, stay safe, and have lots of fun...

Carter
 
My dad spent all of 2 minutes teaching me to defend myslef when I was young. He told me there were four steps to a physical confrontation:

1. Turn the other cheek
2. Run if at all possible
3. If you feel you have to fight be prepared and willing to take a beating. Do it like a man. Lick your wounds and don't involve the authorities.
4. Be willing to take a repeat beating, but always start process at #1

Winning wasn't even on his list, and honestly hasn't been much of my experience. I have found, however, that after a beating, if I handled myself like he said in "#3" the winner never wanted to repeat the process. Fact is that even during a win there are wounds and hurts and possible scars. And after all the effort, no one really thinks of the winner as a winner, just an asshole with very little self control. Plus a guy who is willing to take a beating is pretty scary. On the HI site Kami Sherpa says he was always willing to trade up. A finger for a hand, etc. I think thats what my dad meant.

Andy

Very wise words from a sound man.
God Bless,

Alfred
 
aproy1101 said:
My dad spent all of 2 minutes teaching me to defend myslef when I was young. He told me there were four steps to a physical confrontation:

1. Turn the other cheek
2. Run if at all possible
3. If you feel you have to fight be prepared and willing to take a beating. Do it like a man. Lick your wounds and don't involve the authorities.
4. Be willing to take a repeat beating, but always start process at #1
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Someone (Floyd Patterson?) once said that the only two Hollywood actors he'd be worried about fighting were Robert Mitchim because he was so tough and Frank Sinatra "'Cause no matter how many times you knocked him down, that sunabitch would just keep get getting up again."
 
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