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This is the Kami mark to verify identity. Thank you
Lol he does good work!Pretty sure that's Purna, I can see where it looks like a cow now. Used to have more horns and was a bull.
Called him the Bull Head kami.
My Purna has a cow/bull head without horns...I believe I have a Purna 15" BAS @21oz I bought during Christmas time, it's awesome.
Is it Ram Kumar or Kumar that uses the six point star?View attachment 717649
This is the Kami mark to verify identity. Thank you
That's a beautiful knife ndog!Yup! Purna does first class work!
I keep wanting to comment on this but whatever I say cant possibly be enough to express my fascination and amazement with these Kamis skills. Amazing craftsmen they are!
Me too!I'd love to see Kumar get his ABS Master
Yes, Kumar is the 6 point star. I don't know what Ram Kumar's mark is yet.
...put a blade in a vise grip and bend it 90 degrees without it breaking and still be functional. I've watched these blade achieve all these tasks except the bending.
I just was under the assumption these knives were capable of doing everything required to pass the test! I posted links of requirements and other info. I sure wish we can get these Kamis the exposure they need!! They need the money and absolutely deserve it!!There was an infamous "destruction test" of a 12" Ang Khola (from HI) done on YouTube around 2008 (no longer available). As I recall, after the knife survived all kinds of other abuse, a couple inches of the tip were put in a vise and the blade was bent without breaking. The end of the blade stayed bent (at 45 degrees or so?). Then the middle of the blade was clamped in the vise and the handle was repeatedly struck with a sledgehammer. The horn grip fractured, of course, but the stick tang didn't break -- it bent roughly 90 degrees.
After the sledgehammer treatment, the blade (with tang) ended up bent at the tip and tang, but it was unbroken!
I checked a blade I got from Yangdu with the same mark and it's Ram Kumar
Thanks. What kind of khukuri was your blade made by ram kumar?I checked a blade I got from Yangdu with the same mark and it's Ram Kumar