Monstrous Kukri for comment

Valjhun · 1st November 2010, 05:06 PM

Hi,

Thank you everybody fror your helpfull comments.

The balance point is as showed on the nex photo.

The kukri weights 1.430 gramms, withot scabbard.

spiral · 3rd November 2010, 01:43 PM

Thanks for the measurments!

Chitlange come with a full length fuller & untill the last few years a bell shaped hilt/pommel. This kukri exhibits none of those features.

6 years ago when I watched these bieng made in Dharan & marketed in Kathmamndo by the various factors, they were still made of white metal then not aluminium.

Perhaps they have changed the alloy recently? or perhaps they got the word Alloy & Aluminium confused. Many westerners also seem to have id problems with alloys after all. With the featured kukri the balance point with an Aluminium handle would be much further forward.

An alloy handle & nearly closed cho do not a chitlange make.

But as they say "whats in a name"

It is definatly a kukri though! {or is that khukri,kookery,khukuri etc.etc.

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spiral

laEspadaAncha · 3rd November 2010, 07:23 PM

Thanks Spiral for the correction & the information...

Any suggestions for a good resource - online or otherwise - that would serve as a solid reference point for determining a kukri's origin?

Regards,

Chris

1st November 2010, 05:06 PM	#1
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Hi, Thank you everybody fror your helpfull comments. The balance point is as showed on the nex photo. The kukri weights 1.430 gramms, withot scabbard. Attached Images

3rd November 2010, 01:43 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Thanks for the measurments! Chitlange come with a full length fuller & untill the last few years a bell shaped hilt/pommel. This kukri exhibits none of those features. 6 years ago when I watched these bieng made in Dharan & marketed in Kathmamndo by the various factors, they were still made of white metal then not aluminium. Perhaps they have changed the alloy recently? or perhaps they got the word Alloy & Aluminium confused. Many westerners also seem to have id problems with alloys after all. With the featured kukri the balance point with an Aluminium handle would be much further forward. An alloy handle & nearly closed cho do not a chitlange make. But as they say "whats in a name" It is definatly a kukri though! {or is that khukri,kookery,khukuri etc.etc. } spiral

3rd November 2010, 07:23 PM	#3
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Thanks Spiral for the correction & the information... Any suggestions for a good resource - online or otherwise - that would serve as a solid reference point for determining a kukri's origin? Regards, Chris