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Thank you for posting this video series. I just watched SweetCostaRica's video a little while ago and instantly thought, he has a vested interest in khhi's competitors. It looks like I was right. I've looked at khhi's website several times over the years and have decided to buy from them in the near future, I'm just trying to decide which models and mods I want request. Again, thank you for setting the record straight.

I know this is already old history by now, but: I have both a Tora (2003) and a Khukuri House (2013) piece. I have no relation with either, and tbh don't like mr Hengles online personality much. But I must say the Tora blade is of way higher quality than the Khukuri House one. In all aspects. I've now ordered a Kailash one, as that seems to be good value for money at this moment. I hope I'm right. One tip, don't mention Military orders, those are quite often proof of being cheaper than some other company. Not necessarily of quality.

WELL SAID PHILIP SALT!

Nobody makes kukris like KHHI Nepal!! Tora,Hymalayan and all the rest are a joke!! The Kkukri house was making kukri for the briths in the past and they are the only ones that can boost about yhis!! F@ck you Tora, Hymalayan and all you m@therf@ckers who try to robe The Khukri House!

I have 5 knifes from Kukri House, they are very good knifes!! F@@ck Tora knifes and everybody who talks sh!t! This company is helping alot of poor people and their products are build to last, Tora, Hymalayan blades, and all the others are fakes!! Copies made in India and China, plus the steel they use are garbage

Khhi is the best

I'm switching to KHHI from EGHK, EGHK is good but could be better. My knife does not have to be handmade to be authentic, and as an engineer I appreciate quality control. So after looking at KHHI manufacturing techniques, I think their knifes have a better chance of being on spec.

I have a 5chirra from Khukuri House. Bought it about 6 years ago. Top quality blade. This thing is a tank. Truly.

I really feel bad for anyone who unfortunately has to trudge through the muck of various online forums and videos about Khukuris and the companies behind them. After months of my own research I've ordered from KHHI. Why? I wasn't turned off by them like I was from the other two top manufacturers (which also have good reviews on their actual products) and the many other imitators.

I keep seeing videos about the best kukris that contradict eachothers information, i have no idea who to believe so i will just buy a *g u i l l o t i n e*

Tora blades are over priced GK&CO make great kukris and they are legit and half the price of tora blades.

All I know is Tora is always out of stock. Website never updated. 2 month wait? I call bullshit.

You guys are ridiculous.

I'd like to know where every dime is going to support these craftsman. You two lads seem to have a good ideal considering the endorsements and large inventory in the background. Considering it's 40 cents on me dollar to even buy them a beer if I were there.

From a East Tennessean who just ordered 2 (two) knives from KHHI and talking about third world makers and first world shares...who is Didier Wenger? I assumed my money for these knives would go straight to the Kamis who make this knife, but who is this person in charge of the paypal account? Doesn't sound Nepalese to me lad.

I don't know much about crow bars but I have spent 2 years studying reviews of Khukuris on youtube and blade forums, also the websites of manufacturer's and their claims. This lead me to the conclusion that there are 3 major manufacturers Himalayan imports, KHHI and Tora Blades. Having watched sweet's vids I felt that it went beyond just one man's humble opinion and clearly into the realm of advertising for Tora Blades, there are plenty more positive reviews of Himalayan Imports and KHHI from lots of different youtubers than Tora Blades. I believe most people will see sweet's vids for what they are infomercials for Tora Blades, I'm now the owner of 2 KHHI Khukuris the Beast and Mucurdy I find them to be well made and perfectly balanced not a hint of a crow bar about them. so for me KHHI are the best (IMHO) :).

This video was hilariously unprofessional and your surname is amusingly fitting.

I know little about the history or historical accuracy.But, what I can tell you truthfully is from experience alone and although I do say it myself! I have a lot of it, 45 years of using all manner of cutting tools. I taught bushcraft before it was called bushcraft.Anyhow, I bought a Khukuri from Tora blades, I put it through damned hard work and it performed absolutely brilliantly. Not a rattle, was perfect hardness on the belly, held a great edge but sharpened easily. Point was softer as it should be and I was happy about that, like anyone I'm not perfect and needed to repair the point a few times, easily done, great! It's one blade I would not leave at home when I wanted to carry one or two tools only during extended times out with my home on my back. ..... My Son in the forces begged it off me and was happy giving it to him. I felt more comfortable knowing he had the perfect tool to survive or fight if it ever came to that.I missed it almost immediately so thought I'd replace it. Being a bit strapped for cash I decided to give Khukuri House a crack. I fancied something a bit different so bought one with a fancier handle. When it eventually arrived I spotted with dismay that the two fullers were well done on one side but the other side was absolutely terrible, no way matching the decent side. Ok I thought it's cheap enough and being a knife builder (I call myself that as I can't forge steel) I can make that look a bit better with careful grinding. My first outing with it I found that it just did not handle well, tiring, nowhere near as nice to use. THEN, after about 40 chops the scales fell off! What! .... I can't believe this. When I inspected the construction there were great voids beneath the scales and the Kami had not even removed the fatty residue from inside the bone scales. The pins were rolled thin brass with aluminium, yes ALUMINIUM, bar running through the middle.Now before someone says, ar non standard construction it was a show piece, the description said it was a formidable user. I took a screen shot of the description I can post if no one believes me.Also as a builder I've bought some very big blades, made knife handles from all manner of material and NEVER had scale fall of or even become lose for that matter.So, after all my waffle, I returned it and also cancelled the decorative wall hanger they called the "stunner" I'd ordered.I was NOT going to trust them again, and ordered another from Simon at Tora blades.I'm confident it will perform as it should, I don't know Simon other than buying from him. If it turns out to be otherwise I'll pull no punches, ( intentional pun if you happen to read this Simon :-) and make it known, no bias from this purely end user. That's my experience with Khukuri House, sorry but true! ....... Tora Blades have my support, unless they screw up!After several months out in one stretch, several times, I know why the Ghorkahli need only to carry this blade, just add the skill. ..... Not saying I can match their skill before someone attacks that statement!

Sweetcostarica does not have anything talk about because the other companies are just as good

i've watched all three of these videos, and you've offered no real evidence. All three videos are just two guys ranting and engaging in ad hominem attacks. When I watched the sweetcostarica video, I didn't get the impression that that Kukri House was making bad kukris. He clearly had a preference, but CZcams is full of people expressing preferences. Expressing a preference on CZcams is not the same as defaming someone. I was still considering your company for purchase of a kukri although I was also looking at Tora and Himalayan Imports. After watching these videos, you've fallen off my list for consideration. I've given you a good bit of my time, and you've wasted that time. Maybe I'll just go to Cold Steel and avoid the whole lot of you.

I will never buy a Khukuri from your company. You are insulting the intelligence of all potential customers by throwing these claims around without showing any evidence at all, thinking people will buy your lies. The way you try to shill your product at the same time is just weak and you should be ashamed to post this garbage.

I have dealt with KHHI and purchased few of their products and i always get excellent customer service from Mr.Saroj .Every product was made to highest standards.Also made a purchase from Himalayan imports and was very happy with it ....I dont like about tora blades youtube videos fact that this English company constantly putting down others and insulting genuine Nepalese manufacturers and trying to teach Nepalese how Khukuri shall look like - that is RIDICULOUS ! Khukuries existed for hundreds years and were made in thousands of shapes and sizes from small utility ones up to large ceremonial - while Tora merchandisers deny this fact making ridiculous statements that only their blades are genuine ...these statements are so ridiculously funny that it is clear what is going on ...Also asking nearly double of price for khukuri than is the current standard is ridiculous ....KHHI is great company to order from and there is no question they are the leading manufacturer in Nepal

Having met Saroj I will say this, he is a true gentleman and I am very happy with the khukuri he got me. It is suitable for everything for lopping heads to chopping wood and I enjoy training with it.

Saved me from the Tora trap. Many thanks. I thought the letters to supply Brit Army a very useful guide. Might be worth putting a link to this vid on a few CZcams sites that are still pushing us in the wrong direction. I have done a couple

It is good to see a rebuttal.

It is good to see a rebuttal.

Interesting to see a different perspective.

Wow, who knew selling kukris was such a cutthroat business.

This is an agenda forwarding video, not taking it to seriously.

These videos are nuts. They remind me of the hit pieces that Scientologists put out when someone has left the group. It is devoid of facts and just come across as bizarre and desperate.

This video has killed all my interested in getting a blade from K house. It is just bull dressed as facts. None of the claims made in this video hold water and you defame people with no actual reason. I used to think K house was one of the better firms but this video proves that not to be the case. Very childish and very self destructive.

Unfortunately, Simon Hengle (and his minions) have been at this game of disparaging other manufacturers for a long time. It all started as a man who has done far more for the khukuri and the kamis that make them was dying of cancer. A man who has done far more for the Kami than Simon Hengle ever conceived of doing. Simon Hengle chose to troll this mans own manufactuer forum with his baseless claims of what makes a proper khukuri to the point where he was banned. Only to return mere months after that mans passing on, to again troll his manfactuer forum with the same drivel, under multiple usernames, to the point where he was banned from the entirety of bladeforums: www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/254268-Tora-Tora-Tora/page4 www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/355292-Kali-done-with-Khukri-s?p=3169574#post3169574 www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/357388-The-Great-Troll-Road-pay-at-the-gate/page2 Then we progress to the rise and fall of the Torablades forum where Simon Hengle and his minions routinely disparaged and mocked other manufacturers. He/They chose to call one of the most repected men in the khukuri industry a "liar and a "snake oil salesman" to the delight of Simons "friends" but to the chagrin of many notable collectors/potential customers. Upon being called out for this, Simon eventually deleted the entire thread. This action was to forbode his modus operandi concerning past remarks of his within his grasp to delete...along with any customer complaints about his product on his forum. I surmise the reason for the torablades forum closing was due to the many customer complaints of Warped blades, Rusted blades, Sawdust filled handles, Wet stinky scabbards and Scabbards filled with newspaper...all sold at full retail price. One member in the UK was banned and had his complaint thread deleted for daring to ask for a refund! Only a couple threads survive out of Simons reach on this matter:www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1076061-Help-Selecting-a-Khukri-Turns-into-my-review-of-first-HI?p=12278135#post12278135 www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1338007-Battle-Blades-Review-of-HI-World-War-II-M-43-Gelbu-Special-and-Tora-Blades-M-2?p=15386827#post15386827 Now we progress to Darris Sweet (sweetcostrica).... He decided to declare himself a "khukuri expert" after only a short amount of time doing any type of reasearch and decided to take up right where Simon Hengle left off. Anything that comes out of his mouth is Simon Hengles regurgitation and suspect to the same fallacies, suppositions and innuendo. The moderator there ended banning him for apparently taking up Simons baseless arguments and being as argumentative/disruptive to that forum as his sensei was. As noted here:www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1094967-In-support-of-the-Hasiya?p=12504463#post12504463 www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1287574-Bura-the-Royal-Kami Honestly, all these companies share customers and have their own market share in the khukuri community. There should be no reason for one company to disparge another, there is room for all. An honest khukuri manufacturer will take the good with the bad in reviews of their product and not be deleting their customers comments including complaints about their product or business. A vendor who does such a thing is committing subterfuge against it's customers. If a business owner cannot be trusted to tell the truth about its own product then his commentary about others product become immediately suspect and invalid. A vendor who must resort to disparaging others product to sell his own (especially with the antics shown here) is also immediately suspect. I personally applaud Mr. Salt for his concerned efforts here to call out Darris Sweet and Simon Hengle on their poor attitudes ,tactics and performances. It was about time someone did! They are both without couth and In my own opinion are nothing more than parasites feeding on the khukuri community. Mr. Salt has it right, such things not only hurt the businesses, but the kamis, their families and their livelihoods. Hopefully the kamis will realise this and avoid working for Torablades in the future. I dare Simon Hengle Or Darris Sweet to try to refute anything I've posted here. Many in the tight nit khukuri community already know that what I've posted here is absolute truth and with a bit of research can be shown as such.

If you make blades as well as you make videos and read off of a teleprompter, well then...

I did extensive rest each prior to purchasing a kukri. That research concluded that Tora Blades made, and makes, the most authentic kukris available. I planned on making a responsive video but have decided that effort would be superfluous as the idiocy of this three part series does more to discredit the foolishness posited here than anything I could create. Simon Hengle had a passion for kukris and the brave Nepalsese people. Any person unable to see that is unlikely to be persuaded by anything I could add.

Some thoughts here: Sweet espouses his opinions. Would you deny someone the right to their opinion? Weight is not the only factor in the performance of a blade. Overall design, blade material, and edge geometry among other factors are what contribute to a good chopper. There is a balance to be found. Weight alone does not make something chop well. Too much weight will cause fatigue and make it difficult to carry on your person for long periods. What good is a blade if you don't carry it all the time? Your heavy blades may be good for a bloke in his backyard making a CZcams video, but the Gurkha who has to carry it all the time may feel different. And chopping is not the sole purpose of a kukri. It must be suited to many different tasks, which is why it is such a versatile tool. And again, Tora's are based on dimensions and weight of historical military kukris, so how can you say they're too light? The only thing your videos convey is your jealous envy of the following Tora has

Well my last post here. After reading many posts and posting myself and seeing not ONE shred of proof whatsoever and just lies, slander, ignorance and more truthfully probably jealousy its apparent the author Philip Salt, KHHI Nepal and all their supporters have no shred of credability! Dont waffle post facts. Despicable behaviour from so called honorable men (self proclaimed....). Richard

Mr Salt, all seems a bit 'my company is better than your company'. I also very much doubt had you been a UK based company that these dreadfully narrated videos would have been posted. I don't know Simon, but I have purchased a blade through him, having watched your videos I would not buy a box of matches from you!

Peter Salt you have so far failed to specifically answer my points raised in the video (part 1), man up and do so in a ethical way (if that is possible for you), and without waffling

Peter Salt you have so far failed to specifically answer my points raised in the video (part 1), man up and do so in a ethical way (if that is possible for you), and without waffling

Peter Salt you have so far failed to specifically answer my points raised in the video, man up and do so in a ethical way (if that is possible for you), and without waffling

The comment about Tora making a Samurai sword is laughable. Who do you think makes Tora Kukri? Nepalese is who just like KHHI. To call Simon a coward is even more laughable. Undefeated full contact kickboxer, yep pure cowardice. Some who is not afraid to say what he thinks... yep more cowardice. You are deluded and if anyone should apologise it is you because of your lies and slander. If anything you have made KHHI look like a bunch of sour puss cretins.

There's nothing special about your kukri, they are made in Dharan, where all the other kukri houses get theirs made as well.

Fight ?....Cowards ?....Snakes belly ?....Someone forgot to take his meds I think !!

Having known both Simon and Sweet for the best part of ten years, I can say without doubt that they are both extremely honourable guys. Like Sweet, I've been buying Tora kukri for many years and can say quite honestly that they are the best, most historically accurate Nepalese kukri that I have ever handled. I'm still amazed at the quality control employed by Simon. Every new model of Tora kukri first has to be made as a sample and given the O.K. before being made in batches and released to the buying public. The fact that all Tora kukri are based on antique and vintage kukri that Simon personally ships out to Nepal so that the Kami have an exact idea of what is required is totally unique in the kukri world. Without a doubt, Simon supports Nepalese Kami and their families, in past instances, paying out of his own pocket medical expenses for sick family members and helping to improve their standard of living. In the future I would respectfully suggest that you raise your business ethics and the standard of your merchandise if you want to be taken seriously.

Hang about, aren't these videos in response to comments made publicly questioning the quality of other Nepalese companies? How long has that been going on? From what I can gather, some time and this is the first public response from the companies mentioned .

There is no personal motive or benefit here. There are many other houses that make high quality kukris too and they must be respected. Quality and knives should speak for itself rather than the mouth. Simon insults people, their opinions and defames who competes with him. This is the reason why so many people have already banned him in many forums and blogs. This must stop..

It's sad that Simon does the same ,he is very transparent in his approach to other competion,it's known globally.

Right im back from work so im going to throw my 2 cents into the pot. Firstly ive known Simon 20 years or so and like i said before he gave a much needed helping hand when there was none. I used to train at Tora Martial Arts and ethics and morals are taught very seriously to all students regardless of age. We all have our faults and i know Simon can be hot tempered which i believe comes from the passion of his arts he studies. He probably wrote the sequel to 'How to win friends and influence people' :) That said i admire him a great deal as a person and a teacher. I know there are a lot of sacrifices with regards to running the dojo and its not a great money earner. Simon does it because he wants students to be taught correctly, not like the many cash grab clubs that abound. Point is, he isnt all about money. The quality of the blades at Tora is also second to none as anyone who is lucky to own one will testify im sure. Waiting 6 months is no issue when the quality is just that good. The saying goes 'Good things come to those that wait'. With regards to cheating Nepalese people and being hated all over Nepal i would like to see proof and i mean actual proof. So far its your word and the words of KHI or Kami that work for KHI etc. Pure slander. Considering the friends Simon has in Nepal of high station and knowing him as i do i really doubt any actual evidence will be forthcoming. I cannot speak for Sweet as i said ive only watched one vid and that was him as a consumer. People who really like products will sometimes reach out to the creators. Nothing underhanded going on that i can see. And lastly i find it ironic that you say Simon cheats the Nepalese Kami... KHI also employ Kami do they not? if so then they will be paid the same or there abouts. It happens in all walks of business. In the UK our farmers lose out on the price of milk selling to the supermarkets. Sellers ALWAYS get more than the makers. End of. Sounds like a case of sour grapes from a company that from what ive seen of their site like to make outrageous looking Kukri and mass produced merchandise for the military. Not very impressive. If you were supplying special forces then i would be. Forces sub gear is notoriously sub standard! Cannot speak for the actual quality of KHI Kukri's as ive never had one. Whether or not you have been paid by KHI to slander Mr Hengle or just a pair of forum members who disliked his posts you obviously support that company as shown at the start. If anything this has made KHI look more foolish. Oh and dont start with that armor crap please i think ive read that spam enough! Cheers P.S Leanne runs the business side of Tora and always has. Again nothing underhand or cowardly. Sheesh P.P.S Tora Kukri batches always sell out fast. Business failing? deluded!

I've watched Simons videos and sadly he slags off other khukuri houses at every opotunity,this is done purly too build up his own buisness,I've never owned a tora khukuri and due to his behaviour on many forums that he is banned from and his attitude on his videos I never will buy one,plus heard too many folk go on about problems with the finnished product,and his excuses to why there warped etc.

This is a joke right? All Tora's are based on historical examples from collections or museums. All of the measurements and weights are based on these. Apparently you are too dense to realize that these three videos come off as a sad and pathetic attempt at getting attention. Tora's have a name only because of word of mouth (on the internet) of people who have compared them to others such as those from KHHI. You provide no proof of any of your accusations whatsoever. You come off as a spoiled little child complaining because you make a subpar product and as such are thought poorly of by consumers. If you could provide any information other than your unfounded, spiteful opinions, I may have given your video serious consideration.