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Post by aldarith on Oct 15, 2021 15:47:44 GMT
Yeah, it's my impression that there are semi-serious supply shortages and backlogs right now.
The impression given at time of purchase was that there might be delays but not differences in quality.
Since I haven't bought before I have no frame of reference to compare their other work to this, but it seems like there are discrepancies.
The general impression I have got both from Andrews response and from y'all is that this is abnormal & it's unusual to have this many compounding issues.
Apparently the guys have gone on vacation or are away from the workshop again so I am waiting until the 20th for a more concrete response regarding the problems and the missing sheath.
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Post by Simpleman on Oct 15, 2021 16:16:19 GMT
Nepalis have many festivals, one major religious (hindu) is Dashain. So many are away. About the stitching on the scabbards, I think we are many that can attest to what you recieved is unusual. So in that aspect not normal. I recently saw a picture of a 27 kg khukuri that had been made for the festival. The balance must be way of.  Major Festival Of Nepal, making of swing. |
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Post by pgandy on Oct 15, 2021 16:20:42 GMT
They are celebrating a national holiday know as Dashain. The entire country comes to a stop, about like Chinese New Year.
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Post by Simpleman on Oct 15, 2021 16:26:42 GMT
They are celebrating a national holiday know as Dashain. The entire country comes to a stop, about like Chinese New Year. If everyone runs around with these its not strange the entire country comes to a stop. The 27 kg khukuri I mentioned, made for Dashain (ronb Pic: Shiva Tiwari).  |
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Post by Simpleman on Oct 15, 2021 23:40:58 GMT
Yes the classic, "thats not a knife". Note that the blood bypasses the cho onto the hand.  |
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Post by pgandy on Oct 16, 2021 0:50:36 GMT
Here’s one of mine that works. No questions. Maybe the man above should ask for a refund?  |
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 16, 2021 6:51:37 GMT
They are celebrating a national holiday know as Dashain. The entire country comes to a stop, about like Chinese New Year. If everyone runs around with these its not strange the entire country comes to a stop. The 27 kg khukuri I mentioned, made for Dashain (ronb Pic: Shiva Tiwari). Man, I'd hang that on my wall.  |
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Post by howler on Oct 16, 2021 7:54:40 GMT
If everyone runs around with these its not strange the entire country comes to a stop. The 27 kg khukuri I mentioned, made for Dashain (ronb Pic: Shiva Tiwari). Man, I'd hang that on my wall. Don't even need an edge, you'd be crushed to death if it fell on you. Talk about ROBUST wall mounts. |
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Post by Simpleman on Oct 16, 2021 10:15:45 GMT
Here’s one of mine that works. No questions. Maybe the man above should ask for a refund? Perhaps he should. Here is an article from 2019, check out the khuda with guard and cho, and look at what the blacksmith are selling for the festival. Its called Gadhimai. If you search for pictures you will also see a piece of cloth around the cho. www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/world/gallery/gadhimai-festival-intl-hnk-scli/index.html |
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Post by pgandy on Oct 19, 2021 12:16:05 GMT
With Dashain going on and mentioned several times above I thought this video of how one family is celebrating it would be of interest to some.
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Post by pgandy on Oct 19, 2021 20:16:11 GMT
Here's a better one.
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Post by pgandy on Oct 20, 2021 15:30:22 GMT
Dashain is well under way at this point, should be about a week remaining and the videos are beginning to come rolling in. I received two more one sacrificing a goat and the other a lamb. It’s interesting to see the variations of how four different families celebrating the same fiesta. I won’t post without a request as my interest exceeds that of most members.
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Post by aldarith on Oct 20, 2021 17:28:50 GMT
Those were really interesting, thanks for sharing!
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Post by pgandy on Oct 20, 2021 19:20:11 GMT
On the verge of running the Dashain topic into the ground here are two more. I love comparing the different variations. I noticed that the khukuri for butchering the larger animals is greater than the everyday working knives. The subjects with these videos is sheep and a goat. When pig killing time came around we put the pig in a large iron kettle to remove the hair. They do it differently but I dare say or pigs were larger than these animals. With the exception of the first video they use fire to remove chicken feathers, we used water similar to the first video above.
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Post by Simpleman on Oct 20, 2021 20:20:38 GMT
Thanks for the good videos pgandy, excellent source of information.  Edited the photo to depict The first recorded “Dashain” in the Gurkha/Gorkha regiments, believed to have taken place in 1864 in Shillong, India. Photo: London Illustrated News, via Gurkha Antiques.  |
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Post by pgandy on Oct 20, 2021 21:01:03 GMT
I’m glad you guys are enjoying the videos. I found a wealth of information in them, not all in the first viewing.
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Post by grauwulf1944 on Oct 21, 2021 5:05:05 GMT
Can anyone help identify a Kuhkri I was given by a family member who served in the Far East in WW2. Unfortunately I cannot seem to post photos on here so if anyone is an expert please contact me at kazandchris05@gmail.com and I will send pics and details
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Post by pgandy on Oct 21, 2021 7:03:38 GMT
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Post by aldarith on Dec 15, 2021 19:34:26 GMT
So Kailash finally sent me a replacement scabbard three days ago, arrived within the past hour.
Not marked as a gift/replacement/repair so there goes $25 (about the price of a new scabbard from their site).
It's the loosest I've ever had for a Kukri. No retention & at a run I expect it could potentially bounce out.
Feel like I have been written off as an unpleasable customer at this point, have had some back and forth with them prior to this about sheaths and there seems to have been issues documenting which features I did and did not pay for. Doesn't really feel like a 'me' issue, but more of a comms and tracking issue where artistic features were discussed but not captured well enough.
I'll definitely be more concise in future.
When this discrepancy came to light (over the issue of how much and what features to refund), it felt like the e-mails became pretty short and to the point. That's about when I began to feel things weren't going to come to a polished conclusion.
I know that there have been delays and issues this year but this project does seem to have been fairly laden with them, enough that I probably wouldn't do anything but a stock option again and would have some reservations doing that.+
Ah well, I'd be happy to hear others having better experiences than I did.
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Post by pgandy on Dec 16, 2021 13:19:25 GMT
I would have been more surprised than not if the replacement scabbard fitted correctly. I’m not familiar with Kailash but I suspect their kukris are handmade, at least for the most part, meaning variations. My advice is to shim. The fit cannot be worse than the Windlass I received a few months ago. That shim started with a tongue depressor and went from there. Having said that, I prefer a one handed draw. Not only have I shimmed several kukri scabbards, the mentioned Windlass and a generic ACC, but on the last order I specified a one handed draw and shimmed to suit. I sent KHHI an inquiry yesterday that included three scabbards and have specified a loose fit as I will shim to suit. Below is a photo of the tongue depressor that I put in the Windlass scabbard before blackening. And I went from there with thinner shims until I got the fit I wanted. I also stuffed hair in the scabbard to stabilize the kukri’s distal end. That’s an old Japanese trick as I understand it. In fact shimming is my preferred method now. I have a kukri, not mine, that I’m trying to sell. That damn thing requires both hands and a struggle to draw or return, to the point I consider it dangerous. I have two from perhaps a decade or more ago that still requires both hands but do not fight to draw, just an inconvenience.  |
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Edited the photo to depict The first recorded “Dashain” in the Gurkha/Gorkha regiments, believed to have taken place in 1864 in Shillong, India. Photo: London Illustrated News, via Gurkha Antiques.
