what shop does sanu work in

[Conajohara]

I was wondering, what shop does Sanu work in?
I guess these shops are located in different areas in Nepal? Do the kamis ever get together to trade techniques and ideas?
How do they lug all those truck springs up to the shop? I'm guessing they hump up the hill with LPC's (leather personnel carriers i.e. boots)!

 

[rdnzl]

Sanu works at the BirGhorka shop. The best equipped shop in Nepal. The very finest blades come from BirGhorka.

Check out this Faq:

http://www.tx3.net/~howardw/Khukuris/KhukuriFAQ.htm#

Howard Wallace has done a marvelous job of putting a lot of information together about Khukuris and the people who make them

 

[Matt H]

Currently BirGorkha, or shop 2, is where all HI khuks are made (except villagers) and so all the kamis work there. Shop 1 was located in a different town and run by different people who are not connected to BirGorkha.

To the best of my knowledge, the springs used to make khuks are bought in India and taken to the shop by bus. The shop is not on a mountain, so I guess they can just carry them easily from there.

 

[Bill Martino]

Correct info. BirGorkha is located in Surya Benai which is still in the Kathmandu Valley but perhaps 25 kilometers from Kathmandu City. And this is where Sanu works. He may even be living above the shop now. Several of the kamis, including Bura, live in small apartments above the shop.

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