What is the difference between a chainpuri and a sirupati?

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Yvsa

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I believe the handle design and the cho is usually what sets one of these from the other?

Is that the only differences between the two styles?

I believe that I see a keeper on the top of the chainpuri's handle.
Is there any particular design that is common or does anything go?

The handle looks flared not only in the usual manner, but it appears to me to have more of a flare on the sides. Is this correct?

In what terrain and vegetation is the chainpuri most often used in?


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Additionally, the Chainpuri is a bit more sharply angled at the top. If you look at pix closely you can see what I'm talking about here.

Chainpur is down in the lowlands where the terrain is jungle mostly so that's the work they do.

Observations you've made are correct.

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That and the chainpuris I've seen are more of a "sirupati lite", thinner, lighter, and to me a bit faster than they should be, maybe due to the handle shape it takes less hand movement to achieve more blade movement.
 
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I kind of thought that the chainpuris may have been used for a more machette type cutting due too thier being as light as they are.

Little Bro I know you really like your chainpuri('s). Will you please bring yours to the Konvention so I can get a better idea of how they feel?
It also looks to me that there may be more of a handle swell in front of the center ring?

I want to try a couple of things with my blade when I get to it if possible.

#-1. I would like to see if it can be made into a more of a full curving model.
#-2. I am thinkig of makig the handle in more than one piece with a brass ring in the center and one around the ridge at the top.
That would eliminate any handle chipping problems and I believe that it would add to the beauty of the knife.
I am almost as excited about the blades as I am the YvsaFC!!!!
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  1. Is Chainpuri's tip tapered more than Sirupati's?
  2. Is Chainpuri's blade width narrower than Sirupati's?[/list=a]NEPAL H
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If regional khukuri patterns vary according to the region's vegetation, does prove that the khukuri's primary purpose is hack-slashing vegetable matter, and that it is only secondarily a weapon of war or an economical alternative to litigation?


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- JKM
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A sword then, not beaten into a plowshare, but adapted to do peaceful and necessary machete and hatchet duty. Compare to the Japanese sword tradition, where one would never use a katana for weed abatement.
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I suppose that makes the Everest Katana a most heretical blade, or maybe prophetic.
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James ( shhh! ) you are the one who brought up the law in Nevada about the dangerous knife section being deleted and the "m" word replacing it. Let's not mention machetes or hemp cutters and give the self appointed guardians of our safety any new ideas. Like adding a blade guard to knives like they added guards on hand held circular saws.

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