win a kukri

John has more khukuries than Carter's got liver pills.

But only I have a "genuine" paratrooper khukuri!

(Uncle knows what I'm talking about."

--Mike L.
 
Mike, you got pics of this knife? Pretty please?

Originally posted by Mike L.
John has more khukuries than Carter's got liver pills.

But only I have a "genuine" paratrooper khukuri!

(Uncle knows what I'm talking about."

--Mike L.
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Sorry, no pix yet. I hope to get a digital camera for Christmas.

The "paratrooper" model is sort of a joke...it's a village model that some enterprising kami made. Instead of the usual diamond-shape keeper on the butt, he used an old brass parachute badge.
A search of the archives might turn up Uncle's picture of it.
At the time it was up for sale, we joked about how it would appear if somebody had it on eBay..."Genuine Gurkha Paratrooper Khukuri...RARE!"

;)


--Mike L.
 
I have a khukuri just like #1 in the pic, except mine has a ivory ,horn and red fiber washer handle.
It's very well made too.
Terry
 
Terry has a lot of khukuris because he's almost as rich as John. It's all those scabbard covers that Sandi makes.
 
speaking of Sandi. It's almost time for her 5 minute break!
Water and a crust of bread and then BACK TO WORK!!!!!!
HA!
Terry
 
John,

Thanks for sharing those pictures. I guess this will be yet another chapter in that tome you are putting together.

n2s
 
John, did I give you the provenance to go along with that magnificent little silver khukuri that we gave you?
 
Nope, but please do since the story I got from your father in law had to do with eating rats, magic princes and 10,000 years of history.
 
Well, here's the provenance for you, John. Better print it out just in case you ever decide to sell the pin.

The khukuri pin was commissioned by King Tribuvan 200 years ago to be manufactured for the king of Siam who was to visit Nepal. The kami who made the pin was 128 years old, and was said to have magical powers. The knife was made and presented to King Tribuvan. It was held in keeping in the Royal Vault, awaiting the arrival of the king of Siam but political unrest and upheaval in Siam resulted in the cancellation of his journey.

The pin remained in the Royal Vault for 130 years at which time it was stolen by a dishonest Royal Accountant and ended up on the black market in Assan Bazaar where it was purchased by a blind but very weathy Newari by the name of Rajeev Shrestha. A servant of the Shrestha household stole the pin and it ended again on the black market in Assan Bazaar where it was purchased by a Bhramin dwarf by the name of Sudir Upadhaya.

The pin remained in the Upadhaya family for 50 years but the family fell on hard financial times and had to sell the pin to an Indian sauji named Subesh Bancharee who had a pasal which handled fine antiques.

I met the Indian Sauji in 1984 and tried to buy the pin from him but he wanted too much money for it -- $8000 which is not bad for a 200 year old pin made by an ancient magical kami and in the Royal Vault for 130 years but still too high for me.

But one day while visiting Mr Subesh's pasal we engaged in an afternoon and evening of drinking khukuri rum. Mr. Subesh was a compulsive gambler so when I felt the degree of intoxication was at the proper degree I challenged him to a game of bagh ra beera.

Being a westerner he thought he could beat me at the game so was willing to wager the pin against two thousand US dollars. Little did he know that the Sherpas had taught me the game and had honed my skills to such a fine degree that I could beat almost anybody in Nepal, especially a drunken sauji.

I won the game and I won the pin. It remained under my bed guarded by the infamous dust bunnies for 19 years until I gave it to you.

Now that's a provenance!
 
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