What is that jagged area for?

That's called the Kaura or Cho. There are different ideas as to it's origin and purpose - it could be functional as a "blood dripper" or merely religious/symbolic. You can read a lot more about that feature down at the Himilian Imports section of this forum.

Best Wishes,
-Bob
 
I would assume it serves the same purpose as any blade that has that gap, can't remember the name ATM, but it probably has something to do with sharpening as the other plain cut outs do.
 
65535 said:
I would assume it serves the same purpose as any blade that has that gap, can't remember the name ATM, but it probably has something to do with sharpening as the other plain cut outs do.
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No, it's not the same. It's a very superstitious thing. Kamis REFUSE to make Khukris without them. Some just have a hole carved a bit inside the blade, rather than on the edge. They say, if you can't make a Khukri without a cho, it's not a Khukuri.
See the H.I. forum, for a WHOLE LOT more info!
 
I assume you mean the clitoris of Kali. "See But it technically isn't a khukri unless it was made in Nepal and the blade has the "clitoris of Kali" cut into it and had goat blood sprinkled on it by a village elder during some type of ceremony." :confused:

I don't mean to come across as gross but this is the post made in the past that explained it.
 
All I know about this feature is that if you were to press the "cho" into the sheath - it actually "locks-in" the blade via its jagged cut-out much like a saw tooth into wood. That way I consider it pretty much functions as a "friction lock" of sorts.
 
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