What is the purpose of the cho?

What's the purpose of the CHO

  • symbolic of clitoris of Kali

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  • symbolic of penis of Shiva

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  • Represents Surya ra Chandra (sun and moon)

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  • Represents a cow track

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  • is a blood drip

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  • is a substitute guard

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  • other... perhaps a cap lifter (insert smiley here)

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Does the Hindu religion require circumcision??? I mean, depending on the age of a boy, it'd work... right??

However, on second thought, the image of a someone coming toward's your exposed privates could reek unrepairable damage to anyone, let alone a small boy :eek: .

I remember the look on young lad's faces in Turkey as they were paraded to the park on their 13th birthday for the ceremonial circumcision.... For some reason they didn't look too thrilled to become a man. Can't say that I blame them :D:D:D.


That's my vote... ancient tool for circumcising males. No wonder Ghurkas are so tough :p .


Alan
 
I don't think circumcision is a requirement for Hindus but I think if it were they might balk if somebody wanted to perform the task with a khukuri.
 
What bothers me is that if it, were truely just a symbolic item, it would have been located somewhere else on the blade. Why put it in a location that can potentially weaken the blade when there so many other places on the knife that could have been used. I think it is a blood(fluid) drip.

n2s
 
No, in fact, Hindus are never circumcised. Semites (Jews, Muslims) are the only religious practioners of circumcision I'm aware of. Circumsion for 'medical' reasons by non-Semites is most common in America (lots of Jewish doctors??). Pretty strange practice one way or another if you ask me.

In Hindu-Muslim riots in India the presence or absence of a fore-skin is in fact one way that the two groups sometimes distinguish one another for certain (when they're trying to figure out who to kill or set on fire, &c.).

Cheers, B.
 
Harry: As a matter of fact, the Cho on my Malla will indeed open beer bottles, but doing so puts the edge of the blade close to the hand holding the bottle.:eek: :eek: ! So I can only recommend using it on the first couple if ya wanna keep your fingers attached.:D

I also agree that the Khuk isn't the best tool for circumcision. That's what the Karda is for, Right?;) :) :D

-Craig
 
Apparently, no one has even come close to the actual function of the cho, which is to trap and remove excess lint from the scabbard - sort of like a khukuri belly-button. Geeesss..............
 
The days I spent on HI forum enlightened me with so many knowledge. Cho is a volcano in a deep trench, which popped up at the center of khukuri at the first time by convection current inside khukuri. It continuously flows toward handle with cho on it.... Believe me, I saw the pic on this forum! Cho is creeping to handle.

I named the first, original khukuri as "Gondowana" where the entire edge was one. Sounds like "Ganga Ram"? It's another old style khukuri. Here's the second proof!
 
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