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Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:02 pm
by Pran
I picked up these two knives- a khukuri and a sirupati during my visit to Kathmandu last week.The first knife in the photo is a Angkola khukuri and the second a sirupati.Each of these comes with a karda- a small knife and a chakmak to sharpen(or is it hone?) the knife.
Pran
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:50 pm
by kanwar76
Nice khuks.. So you were in Nepal
-Inder
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:54 pm
by Pran
kanwar76";p="23207 wrote:Nice khuks
Thanks Inder.
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:57 pm
by penpusher
So you were in Nepal
No no no.That was ages ago.As a result of tectonic plate movement,the Himalyas moved up and the Kathmandu valley was lifted and tilted towards one side.Kathmandu then slipped down and now lies next to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,India.
penpusher
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:03 pm
by kanwar76
penpusher";p="23224 wrote:
So you were in Nepal
No no no.That was ages ago.As a result of tectonic plate movement,the Himalyas moved up and the Kathmandu valley was lifted and tilted towards one side.Kathmandu then slipped down and now lies next to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,India.
penpusher
Yeah .. Yeh.. Yeah.. Very Phunny....
But you missed first part.. I asked him in a seperate post where is he nowdays..
-Inder
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:16 pm
by Pran
kanwar76";p="23226 wrote:
But you missed first part.. I asked him in a seperate post where is he nowdays..
I missed it too. Must've been sometime after I left to Nepal.
When're you coming back to Bangalore?
Pran
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:22 pm
by kanwar76
See my post here...
http://www.indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php?t=1986
I will be back in first or second week of August ..hopefully
-Inder
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:31 pm
by penpusher
He did say that he went to Kathmandu.
penpusher
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:20 pm
by kanwar76
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:30 am
by snIPer
Did you have any problems with the customs on your way back?
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:06 pm
by penpusher
Pran,
They look nice and sharp.How about a field test?
penpusher
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:21 pm
by Pran
snIPer";p="23265 wrote:Did you have any problems with the customs on your way back?
Nope.I crossed Nepal border by road.Generally the airport authorities don't bother you if you have one or two khukuris and tell them they're souvenirs.I did travel from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur(in Nepal) by air with the khukuris in my check in baggage and had no problems at all.
Pran
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:23 pm
by Pran
penpusher";p="23268 wrote:How about a field test?
Waiting to do that next the time I'm at the farm
Pran
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:01 pm
by Risala
Pran,
Beautiful Khuks.
What is the blade length and th price ex KTM,just want to compare with those selling on Himalyan Imports.
Sanjay
Re: Nepali Khukuri
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:09 pm
by Pran
Sanjay,
The blade is 10.5" in length.I paid 1600 INR for both of them.
btw, I picked it from Thamel as you'd told me to.
Thanks
Pran