Kailash Blades
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Nov 21, 2015
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Recently some of the admins of the various Khukuri facebook groups got together and hatched a plan to run a competition where the various nepalese manufacturers could put forward their best work and have it independently judged to see who the best maker of 2019 was. It's a pretty small community and the initial reception was pretty lukewarm but after it was announced that Jason Knight was on board to judge it got a lot of tails wagging.
The organisation of the competition up until this point hasn't been flawless and it's clear that Jason hasn't got been given that much info on the various maker's or their knives but after this video has been posted the organisers and makers have gotten into gear and it's all looking smooth from here.
It's fantastic to be able to take part in this competition and a huge thanks to Jason for lending his expertise and platform to it. Nepal has an amazing bladesmithing culture and hopefully doing something like this helps generate interest within a wider audience and maybe convince someone to take the leap into getting their first traditional khukuri. This is the first of a series of videos he'll be doing and I'll be posting the rest for discussion here as it goes along.
The organisation of the competition up until this point hasn't been flawless and it's clear that Jason hasn't got been given that much info on the various maker's or their knives but after this video has been posted the organisers and makers have gotten into gear and it's all looking smooth from here.
It's fantastic to be able to take part in this competition and a huge thanks to Jason for lending his expertise and platform to it. Nepal has an amazing bladesmithing culture and hopefully doing something like this helps generate interest within a wider audience and maybe convince someone to take the leap into getting their first traditional khukuri. This is the first of a series of videos he'll be doing and I'll be posting the rest for discussion here as it goes along.