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Post by aldarith on Jul 28, 2021 1:55:25 GMT
Yeah, he absolutely deserves credit where it's due. He seems like he is personally invested in improving peoples conditions as well. He's on my list of people to support financially  I will definitely be buying a Heritage Blade at some point in future. As for the book, I asked him in a PM on FB so perhaps we'll get news. |
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Post by pgandy on Jul 28, 2021 2:50:00 GMT
I’ve had time to only skim the SirKukri but you can believe that I’ll be scrutinizing it. I read every article on Gurkhas/Gorkhas I can find and there is now for me a fascinating video on the Nepalese rural life.
Not sure of the last photo you posted but those kukris look puny compared to what their ancestors carried. Also surprised to see the shields, as tiny as those bucklers are. Not much is said about it but Gurkhas carried shields at one time. The sizes varied all being small but none as small as those. Truly reflects the modern thinking where the kukri is no longer the primary weapon but a utility/show piece.
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Post by Murffy on Jul 28, 2021 15:10:00 GMT
Dang, I think I need to get one of those Indian dhal shields.
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Post by pgandy on Jul 28, 2021 19:12:18 GMT
Dang, I think I need to get one of those Indian dhal shields. From my post above: "That prompted me to order a 15” GI4 from KHHI, which is my primary combat knife although a backup, for a spear for home protection. That one doesn’t handle as well as the surplus model but a terror to be reckoned with especially when use with shied. |
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Post by Murffy on Jul 28, 2021 20:09:35 GMT
Dang, I think I need to get one of those Indian dhal shields. I have two of these, one is a modern , cheaper rendition. The other is an antique made out of Elephant leather. I'd settle for the cheaper, modern rendition. Are they sold somewhere? |
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Post by Murffy on Jul 28, 2021 20:10:32 GMT
Dang, I think I need to get one of those Indian dhal shields. From my post above: "That prompted me to order a 15” GI4 from KHHI, which is my primary combat knife although a backup, for a spear for home protection. That one doesn’t handle as well as the surplus model but a terror to be reckoned with especially when use with shied. For whatever reason, when you mentioned that, I pictured you swinging a kukri with a medieval kite shield. |
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Post by pgandy on Jul 28, 2021 21:13:08 GMT
From my post above: "That prompted me to order a 15” GI4 from KHHI, which is my primary combat knife although a backup, for a spear for home protection. That one doesn’t handle as well as the surplus model but a terror to be reckoned with especially when use with shied. For whatever reason, when you mentioned that, I pictured you swinging a kukri with a medieval kite shield. Mostly a 23” round shield. At 5 lbs it handles almost as well as my 12” buckler and gives more protection. |
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Post by aldarith on Jul 28, 2021 21:17:23 GMT
Dang, I think I need to get one of those Indian dhal shields. From my post above: "That prompted me to order a 15” GI4 from KHHI, which is my primary combat knife although a backup, for a spear for home protection. That one doesn’t handle as well as the surplus model but a terror to be reckoned with especially when use with shied. If you read This paper by VK Kunwor (SirKukri/heritage Blades Proprietor) there is a collection of historical accounts organized by year regarding the use and 'effectiveness' of the kukri. It is a super interesting read! |
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Post by Simpleman on Jul 29, 2021 0:03:50 GMT
Thanks for the link aldarith. I havent seen that, its almost to much information to absorb and read everything at the same time.  Brain overload.  |
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Post by aldarith on Jul 29, 2021 0:39:09 GMT
The thing is that I have the 'advantage' of a 2 hour train ride on Wednesdays so I have a lot of time to read these things  |
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Post by aldarith on Jul 30, 2021 2:56:06 GMT
They shipped!! Should have them in-hand by next tuesday!
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Post by aldarith on Jul 31, 2021 2:04:33 GMT
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Post by Simpleman on Jul 31, 2021 13:15:26 GMT
Great find! More good articles and research always welcome. |
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Post by aldarith on Aug 1, 2021 12:41:16 GMT
Sold a jacket, used the windfall to buy a fourth antique kukri. This time I went for the WWI category, should be veeeeewy intewestiiiing....  Exciting to think that I will be able to comment on all 3 of the primary types of offerings from the cache! |
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Post by aldarith on Aug 10, 2021 1:31:03 GMT
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Post by aldarith on Aug 10, 2021 1:57:12 GMT
Well! A good haul, all in all Two of the three blades I ordered came with inscriptions and one was twice inscribed to the same regiment. The one with the single nice inscription is 'Sri 3 candra :Na : Go: 2/24= Naya Gorakh Battalion' The double inscribed one is 'Sri Ra Ma 6/4 = Sri Ramdal Battalion' (Upper) and 'Ra ma 6/4 sri 3 candra= Ramdal Battalion' lower. Pretty darn cool! Shout out to Neil Champion and Juanci Orozcus for helping with that translation. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2021 2:04:20 GMT
Man those are dope. A little work to clean em up but I like the look of them just fine as is tbh
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Post by aldarith on Aug 10, 2021 2:28:48 GMT
Man those are dope. A little work to clean em up but I like the look of them just fine as is tbh I wanted to keep them mostly in as-found condition, but the one was so bright already that I polished it alone. It really is a looker. Too bad it has that one very deep rust pit, but it's inactive. |
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Post by Murffy on Aug 10, 2021 3:49:35 GMT
Nice haul. What's the weight of them?
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Post by Simpleman on Aug 10, 2021 4:23:48 GMT
Well! A good haul, all in all Two of the three blades I ordered came with inscriptions and one was twice inscribed to the same regiment. The one with the single nice inscription is 'Sri 3 candra :Na : Go: 2/24= Naya Gorakh Battalion' The double inscribed one is 'Sri Ra Ma 6/4 = Sri Ramdal Battalion' (Upper) and 'Ra ma 6/4 sri 3 candra= Ramdal Battalion' lower. Pretty darn cool! Shout out to Neil Champion and Juanci Orozcus for helping with that translation. Looking good! The Khukuri bug cometh. |
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I will definitely be buying a Heritage Blade at some point in future.
Brain overload. 
