Khukri
Since we all miss khukri talk, I thought I'd post his one for comment.
When I got it off ebay I thought the pics looked a lot like those taken by Spiral, so I thought it might be one of his. May not be.
Anyway, it's a nice ang khoala with a 14" blade, about 1cm thick at the bolster. The handle is very interesting as it is very big in comparison to all other khukri I have and it has an elongated oval cross-section. It feels very nice in hand and and very well balanced, not top heavy. (bottom one in the pics)
I can't weigh it due to lack of scales, and I'm not home at the moment, also forgot to measure the POB.
The blade surface has uneven undulations accross its entire length, seems like someone took a buffer to it in an attempt to clean it.
It reminds me of some of the older khukri Spiral showed in his picturs from a Kathmandu museum. Thoughts?
Emanuel
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