Questions About a Curious Kukri

spiral · 21st March 2005, 06:51 PM

I totaly agree Conogre, I to try to find examples of peasents weapons / tools as well as kings.

I learn much from both types of examples, although I must admit my collection leans more to the military side of things so far.

Happy collecting!

regards,
Spiral

sirupate · 21st March 2005, 06:55 PM

For me the the fighting and workhorse blades hold the most interest, but at the same time I wouldn't turn down a high quality piece either

Cheers Simon

Conogre · 21st March 2005, 09:01 PM

Here's a link that I ran across that seems to be fairly authoritarian and with a lot of information that's concise and very readable.
http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gu...ri_history.htm

Hopefully, our specializing members and those with books on the subject will correct any innacuracies.
Mike

spiral · 22nd March 2005, 09:46 AM

Well IMHO thats sounds a great recounting of the folklore of kukri.

If you realy want to look for inaccuracies in it, The 12 or 13 inch length mentioned seems strange unless they mean some of the kukri of ww1 or 2, with that type blade length.

current British forces kukri blade length is 11 in. . obviously O/A is more.{16in.}

I have heard the "shake your head story" as originaly bieng about a 1920 Missisipi straight razor man, which to me sounds more likly, even with the adrenaline pumping, one would know when they were hit with a kukri.

A razor cut take take a few seconds to start to sting or bleed. {IMHO.}

Sadly ther is a great shortage of accurate detailed information on kukri, currently available, in book or internet format.

Here is a great factual site , although in German.

http://www.kukri.de/kukri/kukri.html
{each kukri clicked on opens a Adobe pdf file.}

regards.
Spiral

tom hyle · 22nd March 2005, 10:45 AM

The "and then his head fell off" story is widely told. The earliest version I'm aware of (.....) is in a C. 19 English book about a crusader cut with a Moslem sword. Now, one of the beautiful and frightening things about a cut from a sharp edge is how freely it bleeds after that instant of bloodlessness; the sharpness and lack of resistance counteracts the shock which would help protect from a more traumatic/concussive/contusive injury.

spiral · 22nd March 2005, 11:54 AM

Cheers Tom, this storys obviously had a lot of reincarnations!

Razor cut still sounds most realistic to me, rather than decapitation, but each to thier own.

cheers,
Spiral

JPSF · 22nd March 2005, 03:05 PM

Still in the working stages, but there are lots of kukris to look at. Eventually when an image is selected it will "open". Try the first one in each category and it will give you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish.
www.kukris.net

22nd March 2005, 09:46 AM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Well IMHO thats sounds a great recounting of the folklore of kukri. If you realy want to look for inaccuracies in it, The 12 or 13 inch length mentioned seems strange unless they mean some of the kukri of ww1 or 2, with that type blade length. current British forces kukri blade length is 11 in. . obviously O/A is more.{16in.} I have heard the "shake your head story" as originaly bieng about a 1920 Missisipi straight razor man, which to me sounds more likly, even with the adrenaline pumping, one would know when they were hit with a kukri. A razor cut take take a few seconds to start to sting or bleed. {IMHO.} Sadly ther is a great shortage of accurate detailed information on kukri, currently available, in book or internet format. Here is a great factual site , although in German. http://www.kukri.de/kukri/kukri.html {each kukri clicked on opens a Adobe pdf file.} regards. Spiral Last edited by spiral; 22nd March 2005 at 10:37 AM.

21st March 2005, 06:51 PM	#1
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	I totaly agree Conogre, I to try to find examples of peasents weapons / tools as well as kings. I learn much from both types of examples, although I must admit my collection leans more to the military side of things so far. Happy collecting! regards, Spiral

21st March 2005, 06:55 PM	#2
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	For me the the fighting and workhorse blades hold the most interest, but at the same time I wouldn't turn down a high quality piece either Cheers Simon

21st March 2005, 09:01 PM	#3
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	Here's a link that I ran across that seems to be fairly authoritarian and with a lot of information that's concise and very readable. http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gu...ri_history.htm Hopefully, our specializing members and those with books on the subject will correct any innacuracies. Mike

22nd March 2005, 10:45 AM	#5
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The "and then his head fell off" story is widely told. The earliest version I'm aware of (.....) is in a C. 19 English book about a crusader cut with a Moslem sword. Now, one of the beautiful and frightening things about a cut from a sharp edge is how freely it bleeds after that instant of bloodlessness; the sharpness and lack of resistance counteracts the shock which would help protect from a more traumatic/concussive/contusive injury.

22nd March 2005, 11:54 AM	#6
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Cheers Tom, this storys obviously had a lot of reincarnations! Razor cut still sounds most realistic to me, rather than decapitation, but each to thier own. cheers, Spiral

22nd March 2005, 03:05 PM	#7
JPSF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 56	Still in the working stages, but there are lots of kukris to look at. Eventually when an image is selected it will "open". Try the first one in each category and it will give you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. www.kukris.net