What is a cho creep ???

[MauiRob]

I prefer my own patented throwing method that doesn't rely on the cho at all:

hold the khuk by the spine with the tip up in the air and the edge facing you, next bring your arm over your shoulder with the palm facing you and then release the khuk backhanded. I call it the "over the shoulder ang Khola rolla' "

I sight along the base of the handle thus eliminating accuracy distortions due to cho creep. I got a 4" group at the nationals and won 1st place with that one. :thumbup:

 

[Thomas Linton]

Back during the 1950's, the Brits made a wonderful movie called, "King of the Khyber Rifles." The star of the movie was a former Marine bomber pilot by the name of Tyrone Power.

In the movie, the Khukuri is often seen. One scene, in particular, shows Khyber Rifles troops (probably actors, but who knows?) throwing their Khukuris with deadly precision, from horseback, at a gallop... I don't know how they did it, but I wish I knew...

Somehow, I don't think "cho creep" affected their aim much...

Carter

Great flick! 20th Century Fox 1953. One of the first CinemaScope movies.

IIRC, the kronckew, the lines were simpler. After declaring to their commmander, King, that they will not use their rifles [a rumor of pig fat on cartridges that must be bit open], the leading Indian noncom says "We have these" [drawing his khukuri]. King then draws his khukuri, as do the other members of the Khyber Rifles, and they follow King upslope towards the enemy stronghold.

Blades in the darkness!

On a Scout trip in 1956, I got to see the area near Lone Pine, California, where it was filmed.

My first view of a khukuri.