Nepali Khukuri

[diskaon]

hey

1. So breaking a coconut using a kukhri is not something wrong?? Now I have a normal Sickle for that job though.

2. Mack The Knife, you are right. this kukhri is just another kukhri, it happend to be sourced by my friend who is a major from one of his guys going home on leave. His neighbour is a blacksmith i guess!! This is not the official GR kukhri.

3. I got only the kukhri as a gift .... So I will have to borrow a chamak and karda from some one .. rusty.. when can we meet up??

4. Head is hangin in shame.. and the blade will get a some rubbing with super-fine emery paper and a coat of oil tonight.

Diskaon.

[snIPer]

diskaon, I have the exact same Kukuri, picked it up last year in Coorg (Tibetian monastery) for 650/- after a lot of bargaining.
Regarding Sharpening it without damaging the finish i would suggest you use the common 'Oil Stone" which is available in any hardware store for 100 odd bucks.
/S/

[TenX]

On IFG all firearms and other arms are tools....

This is a new direction of this discussion...

...Refer to the heading of this section .....knives and other edged TOOLS.

Heh Heh... OK OK..

But it does say knives and other edged tools.

But if you and others would like to redefine that a Khukri is not a weapon, despite the mention that it is, in dictionaries AND the manufacturer's website... then I have nothing to say, but pray

[lazybones]

diskaon: there's nothing unofficial about your khukri. In most GRs the govt issue khukri is oiled and stored for ceremonial occasions. The khukri purchased from the local blacksmith is the one used on a daily basis.

Ashok

[Pran]

So breaking a coconut using a kukhri is not something wrong?? Now I have a normal Sickle for that job though

No it isn't, make sure to wipe it dry and oil it to prevent rusting.

Btw, I'm sure you meant a Billhook. It's hard to open a coconut shell with a sickle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle

On IFG all firearms and other arms are tools....

This is a new direction of this discussion...

A weapon is an object used to induce pain/hurt or kill someone. Guns and knives don't qualify as 'weapons' as long as they are not used to harm anyone. A flower vase would qualify as a weapon if you used it hurt someone.

But if you and others would like to redefine that a Khukri is not a weapon, despite the mention that it is, in dictionaries AND the manufacturer's website... then I have nothing to say, but pray

Khukuri is as much a weapon as a kitchen knife, a sickle or a spade.

[Mack The Knife]

... was expecting this...

I am not surprised considering we have discussed this in the not too distant past.

Now, if the manufactuers and those who have been in the business of making and authenticating this stuff calls it a weapon, I see no reason not to:)

That statement has as much chance as being your 'ace' as I have of winning a gymnastics competition. Until not too long back, NRAI refered to the 'equipment control' procedure as 'weapon control'. That did not make them right.

Besides Yaj's and Pran's explanations let me also warn you that every time you chaps label a firearm or knife as a weapon, you are effectively putting another arrow into the anti's quiver because it makes it that much easier for them to take the things we love away from us.

To end the sermon, I would like to ask you the same thing you had suggested we use on Oleg's poster/s for India - Which side are you on?

[Mack The Knife]

Diski,

I don't know when we can meet up but keep that blade oiled (not excessively) until we do.

Alternatively, you could deburr the edge with light strokes at the appropriate angle using a fine file or sharpening stone. If it is a 'dink' rather than a burr, then you could use a light hammer to de-dink the the dink. Just use light taps and keep checking after every few taps. Keep the edge against a hard surface.

Incidentally, the chakma/chakmak is the honing steel, whilst the karda is the small utility knife. However, you can use the spine (back) of the karda or any other thick non-flexing blade.

[TenX]

I humbly bend down and fade away.. for the time being... traveling to the Bandipur-Chamarajanagar range tonight, and have not even packed....
.. no time for narrow minded african belly dancers

[Mack The Knife]

.. no time for narrow minded african belly dancers

Until the next time you need something...

[TenX]

.. no time for narrow minded african belly dancers

Until the next time you need something...

.. Did not mean to be mean.. was trying to pull a heavy leg...

[icemanV]

So nawabsa..........blackmail he? what happened to your little black book