Khukuris -- a review and overlook mostly for newbies and strangers.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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This may be old hat to old timers but it might be worthwhile reading for newbies and strangers.

If you break a khukuri down to its smallest component you begin to realize what it's really made of -- start magnifying and keep zooming in. You end up with some molecules, then some protons and neutrons, then quarks, and then pure energy.

If you break Bura down to the smallest component you get the same thing -- pure energy.

So what we have is one energy manupulating another energy. What is done in the manipulation is a changing of the universe. The universe is changed and will never be the same because of the action -- remembering that energy cannot be created or destroyed -- only manipulated.

Although many are illiterate the kamis have some innate sense of what it going on in the process and view it as a spiritual undertaking which I find quite understandable. They are profane but they are also very religious. The khukuri itself is imbued with notions from the Hindu and Buddhist faiths and there are physical reflections of this on both handle and blade.

So, the prayers and blessings of the kamis are a part of the deal. I personally admire the prayers and blessings -- never fail, always serve well, never draw in anger, if drawn in conflict serve the owner well and pity to the enemy. However, some do not share the same philosophy so if you are adverse to prayers and blessings then buy a factory khukuri.

Our entire operation is based on religous considerations and we will never change this modus operandi. All of us pray for each other. When the kamis thought I might die they conducted special prayers for me. They pray for the customers. They pray for themselves and their families. They pray for peace in the world. We do the same here and this is why we took on a Chaplain so that we might conduct our prayers in perhaps a little better fashion and in doing this maybe also help some in need.

I could ramble on but I think this is enough to get my point across and perhaps explain to strangers why and how we operate. If loving God and neighbor, trying to do what is good, decent and proper turn you off then you don't belong here.

Everything considered allows us to make the true statement that it all has to do with khukuris.
 
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Thank you Uncle Bill. Good points and well said.
I can't imagine anyone who would object to prayers and blessings. The more the merrier I say.
 
Very well said, Uncle Bill. I feel that your feelings on life, religion, and honesty are why most of us love it here in the Cantina. I doubt any will feel the need to go elsewhere. I will be here till they drag me away!:D ;)






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I will be here till they dray me away!
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:D I've seen (some!) of your knife collection Rick---I think all they'd drag away is the stump of their own arm:eek: :D
 
They try to haul me away I'll take my imitation blackthorne stick to them. Hardwood core glued inside galvanized steel and overlayed with glass epoxy. 40 ounces that'd break a Louisville Slugger.
 
Now all we need to do is find a President that thinks like Uncle Bill and the Kamis.

Do you supose we could elect Uncle Bill with write-ins? Sure would be something wouldn't it.:)
 
Thank you Uncle Bill. I have been looking into this forum for about a year and half, always thinking I need to get myself one of these HI khukuris. But I never did, I would always look at the latest tactical high end do-all knife. Well, 5 months ago I went to a reno gunshow and saw my favorite knife dealer Jack:). He told me he had a HI Khukuri, a 16.5" AK Chiruwa. The exact Khukuri I was thinking I would get if I ever got an HI. He brought it out from under the table and handed to me. It felt completely different from anything else I held, it felt good :D. I bought it. My first HI Khukuri, made by Bura. It immediatly replaced the large knife in my bag. A few days later I was at a job where we had to level an area for a water storage tank and had a large root that was in the way. Brought out the Khukuri and went to work. It was like having a small axe in my hand. The ground had some rocks and I heard a few contacts:(, but kept at it(we forgot to bring an axe). I used that khukuri harder than I had used any other knife, or would have used any other knife. Only 2 small dings in the blade that came out pretty good with a steel, and the finish wasn't so pretty anymore. I was more happy with this knife than any other, it is tuff and will never fail.

I now have 7 HI Khukuris. Almost all my other knives would go before these(got to keeep the busse knife used on the wedding cake). There is just something different about HI Khukuris, and something different about all you people on this forum:p. HI khuks feel like they will protect you through any hardship and never fail. I like that.
 
Nicely put Uncle Bill.

As a Taoist, I think you nailed it. Yin and Yang represent energies balancing each other and describing all things - that we know and don't know.
 
Some of my co-workers were Indians who were Hinduists. They called Hinduism not a religion, but "way of life," I learned much about it from them. There are energy everywhere, some has focus and some does not. We can call great focus(es) of energy god(s), that we admire. There can be found smaller focus of energy in good artificial hand crafts with full of experienced skill, that we love to see or hear.

For me, HI khukuris look to equip well focused energy. Not the components its made of, but the entity carries the focus of energy. Maybe Americans know much more about that kind of things than I. "United we stand, divided we fall" also works with the relationship between molecules and a khukuri.
 
It works for us and I wouldn't have it any other way. We have seen good results from prayer threads we have put up. You can call this coincidence or answered prayers. I prefer the latter.
 
I have 7 Khukuris now and a Tarwar. :D

They all hold a special place in my heart, and I will never sell any of them for any reason.

There is something special about each and every one of them and all of them are unique.

My personal preference is the Ang Khola's, I have 4 AK's, there is something about a unbreakable knife that just grabs me. I tried to bend or break my 15" and 18" AK's just to see if they were unbreakable. They both came through with flying colors not bent or broken.:D
 
Years back I used to destruct test a knife every now and then. To put a bend in an AK takes a pipe, very big, strong vice, that is anchored very, very well -- then maybe.
 
Well said, Bill. And we HI regulars know they aren't just fine-sounding words, but they come from the heart.

Here's best wishes to you and all the guys for a better year ahead.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
Years back I used to destruct test a knife every now and then. To put a bend in an AK takes a pipe, very big, strong vice, that is anchored very, very well -- then maybe.
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You said it all with that statement. :D

Very True. :)

I can testify to that one. :D
 
Thank You Bill.....You have explained another of the many reasons why my 12 inch Ang Khola Khukuri stays at my side while I roam the woods and face my Self.....Frank
 
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