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I'm in the market for another kukri knife. My old one is about 20ys old now.. and i've used most of the good out of it. it was/is a packistan model.. wood handle brass fittings. ( yeah.. a cheap one ). I carry it on the farm. it's hefty so a good knife. cuts good, swings like a machetti but not so long due to the curve.. has good weight so still cuts finger+ sized branches and brush. not flimsy or flexible so makes a good 'tool' to pry or scratch / dig with.. also in the end.. not a bad defense weapon.. etc... anywho.. I used to see them at flea markets and such for 20-30$ would like to get a new one. still looking for the wood handle style, and to be honest.. cheap chinese, nepal, indian or packistan is what I'm looking for. it's gonna be a farm beater again.. don't need a 60$ cerimonial wall hange with metal sheath. plain leather sheath wood handle is fine... I've seen the modern looking plastic handles ones with thin machetti style blades and painted black... don't care for those.

anyone got any leads on anything like that? looking for a large one.. 15" maybee 17" overall. my old one is a? 13" I think... could be a hair longer. the length will add some heft too.

thanks

soundguy
 
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What is the purpose of the pair of notches at the base of the blade?

Most of the US made ones don't have them, but most of the foreign ones do.
 
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What is the purpose of the pair of notches at the base of the blade?

Most of the US made ones don't have them, but most of the foreign ones do.


Dave-

The notch is known as a "Cho" and serves ceremonial as well as utilitarian purposes, representing the print of a cows hoof (a reference to Shiva) and a point for fluids to run off the blade rather than down the hand-grip....

T :D
 
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Spaking of khukuri, this is what I found the other day:

Lone Nepali Gorkha who subdued 40 train robbers
MANOJ ADHIKARI/SANTOSH POKHAREL

POKHARA, Jan 13: Gorkha soldiers have long been known the world over for their valor and these khukuri-wielding warriors winning the British many a battle have become folklore.

A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others, with his khukuri during a train journey. He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government.

Slave girl Morgiana in the Arabian Nights used her cunning to finish off Ali Babaエs 40 thieves, but Bishnu Shrestha of Baidam, Pokhara-6 did not have time to plot against the 40 train robbers. He, however, made good use of his khukuri to save the chastity of a girl and hundreds of thousands in loot.

Shrestha, who was in the Maurya Express to Gorakhpur from Ranchi on September 2 while returning home following voluntary retirement from the Indian army--saved the girl who was going to be raped by the robbers in front of her hapless parents, and in doing so won plaudits from everybody.

The Indian government is to decorate Shrestha with its Sourya Chakra, Bravery Award and Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Medal and the 35-year-old is leaving for India Saturday to receive the first of the awards on the occasion of Indiaエs Republic Day on January 26.

典he formal announcement of the awards will be made on Republic Day and on Independence Day on August 15, said Shrestha, whose father Gopal Babu also retired from the same 7/8 Platoon of the Gorkha Regiment around 29 years ago.

His regiment has already given him a cash award of Indian rupees 50,000, and decided to terminate his voluntary retirement. He will get the customary promotion after receiving the medals. The Indian government will also announce a cash bounty for him and special discounts on international air tickets and domestic train tickets.

The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were travelling as passengers, stopped the train in the Chittaranjan jungles in West Bengal around midnight. Shrestha-- who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting--was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3.

典hey started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers, Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers.

典he girl cried for help, saying エYou are a soldier, please save a sisterエ, Shrestha recalled. 的 prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister, he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He said the rest of the robbers fled after he killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others.

During the scuffle he received serious blade injury to his left hand while the girl also had a minor cut on her neck. 典hey had carried out their robbery with swords, blades and pistols. The pistols may have been fake as they didnエt open fire, he surmised.

The train resumed its journey after some 20 minutes and a horde of media persons and police were present when it reached Chittaranja station. Police arrested the eight injured dacoits and recovered around 400,000 Indian rupees in cash, 40 gold necklaces, 200 cell phones, 40 laptops and other items that the fleeing robbers dropped in the train.

Police escorted Shrestha to the Railways Hospital after the rescued girl told them about his heroic deed. Mainstream Indian media carried the story. The parents of the girl, who was going for her MBBS studies, also announced a cash award of Indian rupees 300,000 for him but he has not met them since.

摘ven the veins and arteries in my left hand were slit but the injury has now healed after two months of neurological treatment at the Command Hospital in Kolkata, he said showing the scar. 擢ighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being, said the Indian army nayak, who has been given two guards during his month-long holidays in Nepal.

的 am proud to be able to prove that a Gorkha soldier with a khukuri is really a handful. I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri, he said.

He still finds it hard to believe that he took on 40 armed robbers alone. 典hey may have feared that more of my army friends were traveling with me and fled after fighting me for around 20 minutes, he explained.
 
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Dave-

The notch is known as a "Cho" and serves ceremonial as well as utilitarian purposes, representing the print of a cows hoof (a reference to Shiva) and a point for fluids to run off the blade rather than down the hand-grip....

T :D

Thats interesting to know,because I have a notch cut out in back handle of a"Colt Commander" knife.The notch on mine is no wheres near as large.Its purpose on the Colt Commander is to install in,twist and cut fence if you find yourself in a bind not an all-day tool.
Boone
 
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Yes ,I lown one ,bought it a couple of years ago..leave in the four-wheeler or tractor depends what I am doing.Has enough heft to work.I like it.:thumbsup:
 

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