Best Kukri / Khukuri Manufacturers - Exposing Sweetcosterica Part 3
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- The vast majority of those harmed by Sweetcostarica's defamation do not speak english, do not have access to computers and live in one of the poorest nations in the world. The harm he is doing in beyond measure. THIS IS the decisive reason behind doing these videos. I invite lawyers trained in international law to represent the business owners, workers and families whose livelihoods depend upon khukuri manufacturing.
The high level of dislikes currently are the result of a concentrated campaign to oppose the videos by Hengle's friends, time will tell the truth.
These three videos share the personal understanding of the authors and industry professionals. Accuracy is based on the observations of those who are being harmed by Sweetcostarica's defaming information.
I promote KHHI because I love what they do, their attitude, humility and how they quietly support the poorest children in their community. Money is not my motivation. I dearly love the Nepalese people and I am highly motivated to defend attacks on their welfare. There is also plenty of other companies like KHHI who are being slammed by Sweetcostarica's defaming video and I am standing up for them as well.
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) :).
Well said. I don't have a horse in this race but also after many months of browsing forums and videos, I think KHHI and HI both stand above the rest.
many thanks for coming out with this series of videos.At last Simon Hengel and his unethical and defamatory behavior is being exposed for what it is. Thank you very much...I myself have bought from Saroj and his brother Sanjay,who have sold me nothing but top quality khukuri...
It's sad that Simon does the same ,he is very transparent in his approach to other competion,it's known globally.
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.
Khhi is the best
It is good to see a rebuttal.
WELL SAID PHILIP SALT!
Fight ?....Cowards ?....Snakes belly ?....Someone forgot to take his meds I think !!
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.
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
I gave you a list of examples that build the case of fraud already, yet you have ignored it. By repeatedly making the above statement you are trying to impress those who skim over these comments to think I have not answered you - just another devious tactic.
You again failed to give specific examples to your slanderous and libel claims, you have given generalised statements, it is you that is being devious and behaving in an dishonourable way by not giving specific examples, simply because you can not
You are one f the most dishonourable men I have come across
If you make blades as well as you make videos and read off of a teleprompter, well then...
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.
Sweetcostarica does not have anything talk about because the other companies are just as good
From part One;
0:41 you accuse Sweetcostrica (Sweet for short) of Fraud, what evidence do you have of him committing fraud? (fraud; wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain)
Also what evidence do you have of Sweet being prejudice against third world businesses?
0:50 what evidence do you have of Sweet of defaming? (defame; slander or libel)
1:03 what evidence do you have that Sweet was trying to steal a market share? (steal; to take another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.)
1:08 what evidence do you have that Sweet was trying to transfer business?
1:10 Tora was founded in 1998, please get your facts right
1:25 The person in the picture with me is General Narayan Malla (a noted Nepalese military historian), who kindly showed my around the Nepalese National Museum (in Kathmandu), explaining about the different kukri and arms in the museum in 2009. The same year Lt. Col. Tamang the curator of the Nepal Army museum along with some officers and men of the Nepal Army took me around their Army museum were we discussed and made notes about kukri.
The year before (2008) Bhess (the Curator of the National Museum in Kathmandu) took me around the museum, discussing various aspects of Nepalese kukri in the museum. Also Brigadier Basnyet (a renowned Nepalese military historian) took me around the Nepal Army museum in Kathmandu discussing aspects of kukri and Nepalese military history. I was also shown around the Gurkha museum in 2009 in Pokhara by Major Lama, who showed me his personnel kukri, as did Brigadier Basnyet and General Malla, both of whom btw are friends of mine and I was blessed to have dinner with them at their homes in Nepal.
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.
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 .
No, not questioning, slamming by calling their products sharpened crow bars. Hengle has been slamming his competition unfairly for years, this is why he has been banned from blogs and forums.
I only know it is that the final product of Tora Blades is far superior in quality and performance than any other company, including Kukhuri house...
How do you know this? Are you an expert in traditional khukuri's, are you a professional knife maker, are you a survival expert? These expertise ARE the substance of these videos exposing Sweet the Deciever - not silky lies in the name of stealing market share (the lies of Sweet make it obvious that there is some deal going on between him and Hengle). Hard use with Tora's blades will injure you wrist and elbow - is that a good thing? You have been sold a lie Perseorey.
Sadly everyone thinks there a khukuri expert especially Simon,I just know what I've learnt over 30 years of interest in gurkhas and khukuri, I own old khukuri's and khukuri from khukuri house, yes new ones are wider at the spine but there well balanced and perform well,the kamis do a lovely job furnishing there product,no warped blades .
Tora is cheap crap. I had one and it bent when used lightly. They look nice that's it other then that they are absolute garbage
If the people involved in the video want to insult Simon Hengle and sweetcostarica, maybe they should try it without a poorly-written, childish script. Isn't it rather awkward to be paid to insult people who act and speak according to their own volition? And, really, it may be acceptable in business to insult competitors in such immature ways (in no way comparable in severity to anything the mentioned parties have said against KHHI- nothing Simon Hengle or sweetcostarica have said is so vile), but how ethical is it to do the same to independent customers and content producers such as sweetcostarica? By western standards, that is considered cowardly and pathetic- and I doubt that a true Gurkha, of famed character and humility, would promote such behavior.
I have been paid nothing, in fact it has cost a lot of my time and some money in numerous ways and don't expect to make much in the long run. See the reply above. Clearly, shooting the messenger is your only option. The truth is what people want, not silky lies in the name of greed. Deceiver won't reveal his name and you call me a coward. He states a large group of Nepalese manufacturers make sharpen crow bars - a blatant lie - and you call me unethical. Your moral high ground posing is dismantled by the truth. Intelligent people will see your words for what they are.
Simon has done the right thing for you and that is good. What motivates me are the false statements he makes through Sweet. Three military groups have purchased KHHI khukuri's starting in 1992 with repeated contracts by the British Gurkhas - yet Sweet claims - his opinion - that KHHI make sharpened crow bars. Are you willing to stand by that statement? Are all these military groups fools - making Sweet and Hengle right? We need to look a little bit deeper to see what is going on. Outrageous contradictions need to examined to reveal the truth. Fair, reasonable, sound and factual is my approach, not emotive loyalty.
Philip Salt
"Fair, reasonable, sound, and factual is my approach, not emotive loyalty." Do you really stand by this statement? Do you really not see the logical errors in the claims of this video series? I'm not sure that the errors can even be understood by the video producer(s). If you want to analyze the "sharpened crowbar" analogy, that is an option for discussion. If taken as a literal statement, it is most certainly an extreme exaggeration; you must understand that it is not a literal statement, but an analogy, and a rather common one in recent decades in the western knife world. It usually refers to knives which are considered unbalanced, or very heavy and/or thick when compared to their cutting performance (though it may not necessarily mean that the knives are ineffective heavy choppers). Sometimes it may refer to knives that are seemingly made overly thick and heavy, marketed by the manufacturer as "unbreakable"; undoubtedly, they can be extremely strong. Obviously any of the "Kukri House" kukris are much higher quality than a crowbar, being made out of decent blade steel (usually spring steel) with, presumably, acceptable differential tempering and general production values- something that most certainly is a blade, not a crowbar. The point of the analogy is to highlight the extreme weight and blade-heavy balance of the "Kukir House" kukris; any proper kukri will have a blade-heavy balance, but will have reasonable handling below a certain overall weight; "proper" kukris also usually have a significant distal taper (the blade nearer the point being thinner than the blade nearer the ricasso), a feature that is more expensive, and very rare on factory-produced blades in the west (requires more work to make from a blank of uniform thickness), but shifts the balance slightly towards the handle (more significant on longer blades). The "sharpened crowbar" analogy is seen by its proponents as an effective contrast between a lighter, thinner kukri with distal taper (from certain western sources, military issue kukris from the Royal Nepalese Arsenal, and Tora Blades), and the kukris produced by the Kukri Houses. The kukri--practically seen by many as a symbol of Nepal--ought to be a source of great pride to the Nepalese people. Is it truly prudent to potentially damage western opinion perception of the kukri by marketing modern-designed, completely ahistoric ("poorer", according to many) kukris as "genuine"? I certainly wouldn't want to be the one responsible for that. Such a situation also creates problems for students of history, who may thenceforth not be able to acquire insight into the combative use of the kukri when studying modern, ahistoric examples. I don't have a problem with modern, ahistoric kukris being produced and sold; I have a problem with dishonest marketing that links them with historical usage, especially when it involves name-smearing of people who disagree and prefer historic designs.
Also of note is that, at least in the west, even public content producers such as CZcamsrs prefer to retain some degree of privacy and information security (not that this really exists in today's world where email content, mobile phone contacts, and other seemingly "private" conversation is sold "securely" to advertisers). I wouldn't blame sweetcostarica for not sharing personal information, especially when the recipient is seemingly of devious intent (such as, oh, I don't know, producing a smear campaign). Even large CZcams channel hosts often prefer to not reveal their full name and address to random individuals. I suppose you might as well call at least 75% of CZcamsrs cowardly- I'm sure plenty of them personally speak out against a particular brand, product, group or individual, yet also prefer to retain their personal information (likely the most valuable information an independent individual possesses in the modern era). It's common practice nowadays. As it is, dueling and/or murder-due-to-disagreement is illegal, so I'm not sure what value dissemination of personal information is expected to provide to either party. Now, if you ask sweetcostarica to explain his position (opinion on kukri manufacturers, affiliation or lack thereof with Simon Hengle & Tora Blades, etc.), and he then refuses to show despite having personal time to devote, and being presented with an honest and impartial environment for discussion, then you may perhaps label him as a coward. As it is, he would have no reason to enter into a situation where the observers have already been biased against him by a smear campaign- there is no reason to enter an argument that is already lost and futile. A popular modern saying is "Never argue with an idiot (replace with any appropriate derogatory term for a presumed illogical and biased opponent). They will bring you down to their level, then beat you with experience.". The intended meaning is that it is impossible to win an irrational argument using rational logic.
Hi Andrew, appreciate your interest. For me it is simple, be truthful and transparent, not something else. It gave me no pleasure to report the information I found. I want to defend a large of group Nepalese workers who have had their livelihoods attacked, which has happened - however you may interpret it. It is a case of ethics. I am compelled to defend the voiceless having their struggle to thrive being harmed. This is what has motivated me, nothing else. It is all very simple.
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!
Hi Chris, the production of the videos were done in a hurry, but the contents was thoroughly checked by an industry expert. I have a large young family with many time pressures. The recording was done in a very cold shed between 1 and 3am with a borrowed mic. Ralph did his footage having not slept the night before staying with a man dying in local hospital between 10pm and 5am - something he does regularly. Please watch Sweets video (Nepalese Kukri Manufacturers - the best and the worst) where he is doing a massive amount of harm to the livelihoods of a huge number struggling poor people. This is what it is all about. Please also read the updated video description - this precisely explains the big picture. There are many good companies in Nepal selling khuk's and invite you to investigate them for yourself.
It looks like confusion on my part has occurred based on unclear information from Toras website. It was my thinking that it is very appropriate to mention ones production team on their website - but now I suspect the husband and wife team they vaguely referred to is themselves - not the Nepalese Kami. It was an automatic presumption that they would be talking about their production team. Backing this presumption, with a successful martial arts business, I didn't think Leanne had to work full time. It seems so strange, if they have the best Kami's, why don't they profile them on the website? Why is there no mention of who Tora's kami's are? The only one I know about is not getting enough orders and wants to work for KHHI named Hari BK. Since it seems I have made this mistake, why has nobody raised it? It all seems strange to me. It seems Hengle prefers to avoid the topic of his Kami's - why is this?
Philip Salt Hi, Not sure why any particular Kami(s) should be mentioned, maybe they have been asked and prefer not to be in the spotlight for personal reasons.
BMW (for example) don't spotlight engineers.
I think the more you feel the need to promote yourselves at the expense of others shows profound insecurity.
Not everyone like to blow their own trumpet.