The Gurkha & Their Kukri
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- A brief history of the Gurkha and the national weapon of Nepal - the Kukri.
Credits
1st Photo by Taylor Miles
Other Photos are Creative Commons 3.0
Public Domain
Facts & Content
Simon Hengle of Tora Blades
Ben Judkins - (Kung Fu Tea)
Identifying & Collecting the Nepalese
Military Kukri.
Music:
1st Song - Train by Dexter Britain. From FMA
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2nd Song - Heroic Age. From Incompetech a Kevin MacLeod website.
Closing Song - Skyfall by Adele.
Album Title: Theme from Skyfall.
Bought from Amazon MP3 by sweetcostarica online.
I love the quote, If a man says he not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.
That's is a good one and so true thenrylee.
I was wondering what's the difference between a military and a villager kukri?
xmistersinisterx Besides the obvious a main difference is the *military ones* are mass produced and are similar to each other for uniform characteristics & design. Can be great designs, fair designs, or poor designs. These kukris are made by the Battalion/Regiment Armorer.
In Nepal *villager kukris* are tailor made for the buyer by local kamis. Some of the best examples of kukris are villagers because of this system. If a buyer's hand was large the kami would make the handle larger, if the buyer wanted the kukri to cut bamboo it was made longer & lighter, a kukri for sacrifice was made really long and heavier, and so on.
Hey, love your channel. i was wondering what you use as a protective oil or grease for your khukuri's?
In the field I use mineral Oil.
(either Baby Oil or food grade USP/FCC)
At home when the Kukris are not in use or when they are in storage I use Renaissance Wax on them.
I have not had any rust on my blades except one tiny speck on the spine of a Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri that I believe I didn't cover with oil or wax by accident. That speck was very easy to remove.
thanks for the quick response. I just received a very beautiful chopper, HI chiruwa AK.I need a big chopper for yard work ha!
Sean Farwell That's great if you like HI's. Enjoy using your kukris at camp, hiking, and firewood making.
sweetcostarica I was wondering if a rat tail tang khukuri house kukri would be strong enough for outdoor use.
kendric476 From my studies and use test of different tangs on all types of big knives, even a hidden tang should be strong enough for indoor or outdoor use. Take for example a hidden tang sword like the Katana. Most Japanese swords are hidden tang which is considered the weakest tang on knives. Yet for centuries the Samurai have use them in war. This is true for the traditional hidden tang kukris. Full-tang kukris are made mainly for exporting tourist type kukris to foreigners (check e-bay).
So I think it is not a matter of strength of the type of tang but a matter of:
*- quality of the tool*
*- the skill of the user*
*- the task to be performed*
Something to think about: the way Nepalis use they kukris in Nepali compared to how many Westerners use their kukris is very different.
A foreigner would use his/her kukri to cut down a big tree with and/or split 7 inch logs. A Gurkha or Nepali farmer would use an axe to do those things. This is why many Kukri Houses and other Nepali Kukri companies export large heavy ungainly kukris to westerners.
The tourist type Kukri don't sell in Nepali because even if the Nepalis could afford them they would not use them, except maybe for animal ceremonial beheadings. That is the only benefit for a large heavy kukri in today's Nepal.
Long story short, *yes* a rat tail tang kukri made by anyone would be strong enough for outdoor use.
Have a great day!
I have no idea how you would skin an animal with the large kukri. It must be awkward.
+brandon rentschler Hi brandon please re-watch this video at minute 2:55.
We are not talking about skinning in any way with a kukri. We are talking about butchering animals.
For skinning an animal that is done with the small knife that comes with the kukri called: the karda.
butch·er [ˈbo͝oCHər]
VERB
slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food:
"the meat will be butchered for the local market"