Kailash m43 martial further thoughts

[@glenh4971]

You have a great collection of kukri's. If I was looking at your collection purely from a practical point of view I would go with that utility chopper you have. I live in Panama where we use cheap machetes. Machetes are nice. We use them for everything. I like kukri's because I just like them. I have no real need for a kukri. This is just my opinion, but to me the well forged kukri that is light and agile is just something nice to have. I have a nice kukri like that Kailash blade. I have never chopped wood with it and never will. I use beaters for chopping. I like the beater blades just as much but they are for different uses. That Kailash kukri looks great. Thanx for showing it to us.

[@ShelleyRaskin]

A good machete is a very handy tool, hard to beat and I use mine when I am chopping near to rocks or when it might get damaged, I also chased off three crooks with it once too, but if I was was just keeping one kukri it would be a hard decision between my Tora mk1 Fort Williams due to the history of that blade and the construction or the Kailash pensioner as it’s such a wonderful shape and a joy to use.

[@glenh4971]

@@ShelleyRaskin I enjoy the heritage knives page that shows some of the history of the kukri and photo's of some of the kukri's. The kukri's seem to vary a lot and have small wooden handles and big wide blades. The modern blades that we have access to now are fancy. I doubt an average soldier would get a kukri as nice as the pensioner. That is more likely a kukri that an officer or a gentlemen would have. The enlisted man or conscript would get one of those massive heavy honkers that weigh 1000 grams. Heavy kukri's are hard to use for us green horns.

[@elusivellama]

Thanks for the further thoughts on the M43, I'm probably going to buy one in the new year.

[@ShelleyRaskin]

It’s a good solid khukuri, light enough to chop with all day! If I was buying it again I would go for a micarta handle though.

[@elusivellama]

Why would you choose micarta over the Indian rosewood? (EDIT: Never mind, I understand why now) Is your M43 a performance or standard grind? I'm thinking of getting mine with the traditional sheath, performance grind, rosewood handle that's slightly flatter (width-wise), polished blade. I'd be willing to consider a micarta handle, though it is another $60 and practically 2/3 the cost of a normal khukuri on their site.

[@ShelleyRaskin]

@@elusivellama I went with the performance grind, always do, I would go for micarta because my wooden one chipped a piece of the wood off whilst it was in the sheath, the wood is not stabilised and comes from high altitude, binging it to a low altitude environment can cause stress, hence the wood chipping, micarta will not chip.

[@elusivellama]

Thanks again for the clarification on the grind type, and the thoughts on micarta. If I do go for it, I'll get it in an olive green or maybe a light sand / bone color, as it seems to fit more with the style of this blade.

[@ShelleyRaskin]

I don’t think they have those colours available, but if you contact Andrew Lucas there he will tell you what they have, I do know that they have some new handle material in stock that’s not on the website. But to throw another spanner in the works I must say that my pensioner model is my favourite.

[@sazanrai2735]

NICE KHUKUREE....

[@mdmojibur786]

Bro can delivery be available in India pls let me know

[@ShelleyRaskin]

Not sure, I use them but don’t work for them, to me they were about 45usd.

[@КонстантинКонстантинов-о9ц]

Ка бар кукри это самый лучший кукри лучший и для работы и для зомби

[@brnobre4301]

Diferenciado

[@khushiramchaudhary6137]

Malai ekdam manparyo

[@aayanmog9733]

MRP kitna hai

[@bhatiaanil3]

Sir what's the price ?

[@ShelleyRaskin]

You would need to check their website, if you do get one though I would pay extra for micarta handle scales as the wood on mine cracked.

[@szilardfineascovasa6144]

Caution! Never unsheath a kukri by holding the belly of a (traditional) sheath that way. There's nothing more than two pieces of wood held together by leather; the knife can cut roght through it and then slice your fingers. All the best!

[@chandarbushankumarroy4390]

1 piece purchase

[@ShelleyRaskin]

Good choice, it will serve you well!

[@jwaricontruction2837]

Its original pronaunce is khukuri not kukri😂,and gorkha is pure pronaunce not gurkha its total wrong pronauntiation...anyway this khukuri is our national pride...🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵😍

[@ShelleyRaskin]

Yes, in general English speaking people are very poor and disrespectful of the proper pronunciation of Nepalese words, I assure you on my part it is ignorance and no disrespect is intended.

[@ТахирТахир-й5с]

Слишком шумно на фоне

[@andysyvashchenko470]

Для чого на лезі хукрі виконують дві виїмки з язичком? Ви продаєте хукрі?

[@olivertwist6620]

Don’t say Kami say Bishwokarma,it’s like saying a Black person Nigga.

[@ShelleyRaskin]

I did not know that, thank you for informing me.

[@gianpalacio5635]

What the heck are you even saying