Kukri Knife - History & Fighting Techniques

[@baselifter]

Yep... And just at 2:53, when he pulls the khukuri, he disqualified himself as a khukuri user. NEVER reach around the sheath when drawing the khukuri. Simply grasp the sheath by the spine and then draw the khukuri. This is because the khukuri has a kinked blade, over time it will cut into the seam of the scabbard. Eventually, when you least expect it, she'll cut through that stitching and cut your hand if you get it wrong. With a real Khukuri made by the KHHI in Khatmandu, you can count on the cut going down at least to the bone. Therefore, remember (even with a Kydex sheath) only ever grab the sheath from behind. Ps: If anyone does not agree with this, he should urgently ask a Gurkha warrior. He'll tell him exactly the same thing I said here. Because I learned it from one like that.

[@timberwolf7341]

Correct! And I love my KHHI khuks. Between KHHI and Kailash (Andrew used to work with SLT) you can't go wrong!

[@baselifter]

@@timberwolf7341 I am the proud owner of a KHHI "Beast" Khukuri. And this damn thing absolutely lives up to its name in every way. It really is a beast.

[@timberwolf7341]

@@baselifter Very cool! My KHHI Tin Chirra Beast was on my second order. They did a custom finger-grooved grip on it with white rosewood. 1000g of pure wickedness.

[@baselifter]

@@timberwolf7341 Custom-made rosewood? Totally awesome!! The thing is likely to become a top-class killing machine that handles like a Swiss army knife (extremely comfortable and precise). I only have the standard version with Chakmak and Karda. But even this version is a freakishly vicious monster that's just as happy to eat through flesh and bone as it is through wood.

[@o0FranklySpeaking0o]

That khukuri he has is urrghhhh, interpretation of imo

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

My favourite stories begin with: "My L85 jammed, so I drew my Kukri..." Much respect for the gurkhas.

[@lindseykipp191]

I worked with some Gurkhas in Afghanistan, they were some bad dudes. They’d poke themselves every time they drew the blade. They said it had to have blood when it came out and since they weren’t killing, they’d use their own.

[@mmajiujitsu2spain]

I dont know Rick...

[@Kenny_nolastname]

@@shaintheredpanda6834 No​t true? Do you live in Nepali? Because this is definetely a combatant weapon, my great grandfather Ermal Glenn Allen (he's actually famous and you could look him up) used one of these in WW2, when he was running through the japanese prisons saving prisoners. My dad has this knife rn in memory of him.

[@bochica3562]

I had a small encounter with three former Gurkhas. Politest and friendliest killers I got to know. 😅👍

[@powerplay4real174]

Silly of them because some of them got infected and need the Kukri to chop the hand or arm off because of gangrene poisoning (⁠*⁠_⁠*⁠)

[@pennsyltuckyreb9800]

​@powerplay4real174 They're in a well supplied combat theater. A little prick isn't going to be anything to worry about. You know how many other random open wounds you get just doing daily, routine combat operations? Getting cuts on random rocks, glass, etc Yeah, maybe not the smartest idea in a long term survival scenario.....assuming this is a true story 😁. I never had the pleasure of meeting a Ghurka but they did serve recently in Afghanistan. One Ghurka caused an accidental "war crime" and international incident when he beheaded a Taliban with his khukuri...😎

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I recently invested in a custom made Kukri from Nepal, and it's the finest knife I own! I've been impressed by how the curvature contributes to axe-like cutting power. I encourage people to invest in one where legal, as it's well made enough to pass down to the kids and grandkids.

[@TrustinChrist-truthseeker]

And as far as standards go, Khailash blades is possibly one the best and do oil quenches instead of the normal teapot method! Highly recommend! I love my 13" Scourge Anniversary from them and cuts very deep and retains a good edge. Kukris for the win! Sincerely, JS

[@randomactsofriding4850]

So glad you guys covered the kukri, it’s one of my favorite knives

[@1911syndicate]

Super cool blade

[@iam-mp1pe]

Kukri. My favorite knife, it does it all & have found a 10 inch blade is the best all around length. And alot of people think of the longer ones when it comes to a kukri. Now if you haven't held a shorter one like 7ish inches you'll get a knew appreciation for them. My buddy thought all kukri are short swords for example. But dont go any shorter than seven and a half inches, the advantage of the knifes designed doesn't come into play when it's any shorter than that. Thanks for the video brother

[@longrider42]

As usual, you guys got it wrong. The Khukuri, started out as a farming tool, and to this day, in Nepal, in the urban area's and farms, you will always find at least one Khukuri hanging some where, even in the kitchen. So, tool first, weapon second.

[@kastle1972]

If you want to be accurate about it, all blades are tools first, weapons if need be.

[@longrider42]

@@kastle1972 Well there is that, but I have a Bowie knife with a 12 inch blade and big S Guard. It is primarily a weapon, because of how big it is. I have several knives that fall into that category in my collection.

[@billmelater6470]

​@@kastle1972 I'd have to disagree. Some blades are tools (in the more mundane sense) but some blades were and are for martial purposes. For example, the katana, longsword, tulwar, cutlass and many many others were never developed with farming in mind. Edited for sentence structure because the original read like I typed it drunk.

[@arkadikharovscabinetofcuri3465]

@@billmelater6470this is solid gray area though. Properly balanced this is much more like a fighting hatchet then true long knife. I carry typical length khukri (15 inch) and can say, a Bowie of similar size does not have the same spin or balance, a Bowie is better at stabbing but the khukri is about how many pieces you leave it in. And this is far more a tool than a sword, it is the same space as Bowie knives and any dagger. A defensive weapon and survival tool

[@billmelater6470]

@@arkadikharovscabinetofcuri3465 I agree that the Khukuri treads in both worlds but that's not my argument. My argument is that not every blade is or starts as as tool. The word "tool" of course not meaning anything with a martial intent, without getting into semantics. As previously stated, not all blade designs started with farming in mind. As an aside, I've been eyeballing a 15" Mutiny from Kailash Blades, though I'm partial to khukuri of about 10-13". I'm a big fan of their Pensioner and Mk1.

[@georgeazar6879]

Himalayan Imports sells some fantastic knives that are made in Nepal. “Kami’s” are a class of people that make Khukris. If your father was a Kami, you will be a Kami. Kami which basically means a knife maker. They forge their blades and they work!!! So much more I can say about them but I hate texting. Thank you for your videos

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

I got mine from them. Only issue is the diameter of the grip, but that's just my weird hand size coming in, I plan to fix that myself. Blade's good, chops great of course, just kind of figuring out how to attach it to a molle/battle belt without using the leather loops on the sheath.

[@demo2952]

I just got a ww2 model. I also have a siru, mid sized ak bowie, seax, crow’s knife, and 3”sarge knife 👍🏻

[@emanuelroth7960]

HI needs to make more of their models with visible full tang handles imho.

[@georgeazar6879]

@@emanuelroth7960 you obviously don’t know half of the blades that are made there. So many are full tang. You’ll not find it on their web page.

[@timberwolf7341]

HI has excellent quality but, aside from the "Kobras," they are WAYYY too heavy to be anything but choppers. Bill Martino made his models big and heavy because that's what the Western market wanted. (I still don't get why they alone measure their khuks by OAL.) Generally, the Nepalis make khuks that are 2 lbs and much less. I'd use a Kobra as an all-around blade, especially as a fighter, but a half-inch thick 3+ pound khuk would wind up as a wallhanger. Personally, I like a 13-14" blade at 600-700g the best. (Nepalis measure mass in grams/kilos so I think of khuks like they do.) That length and weight are a great compromise between a fast blade and an impressive chopper, as well as being a good blade for finer work.

[@920fist4]

Dude hell yeah. This is gonna be rad.

[@tonyg25]

Khukris are pretty versatile, I use one as my main hunting knife, works as a small hatchet, big enough blade to clear bramble, good for butchering animals. Obviously not as good at any of these things as a dedicated tool, but as an all in one it just can't be beaten.

[@sjk9429]

That is national weapon of Nepal 🇳🇵,those khukuri had shed the blood of bloody British soldiers and colonels in 18th century in Anglo Gurkha war,that’s a deadly weapons till date,don’t mess with that🙏

[@powerplay4real174]

I love a good Kukri, especially one with a good stabbing tip and chopping belly like the Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri in 01 tool steel and even their Cold Steel Machetes are excellent combat blades. ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@wildsnook]

Really good commentary. I forge these, very vood.

[@sudarshankelkar7682]

That's not a Kukri, it's a knife that looks like a kukri, but that's not a kukri

[@GeorgeT0504]

Watching you sheathe and unsheathe that blade gave me so much anxiety, you should hold the back of the sheathe so you don’t take your fingers off 😂😫

[@floydb9100]

12:30 those whooshes sounds incredible

[@ecofriendlylawyer]

Gorkhas of Nepal and India as well, residing in Darjeeling ( state of West Bengal), Sikkim and Uttarakhand.

[@martymccarthy79]

I subscribed solely because of the curves comment and I watched a history animation on a Gurkha who killed somewhere in the realm of 30-50 people much respect

[@laynesellers]

Thrust in the gut horizontally and draw cut out. It’s in historical British stories about the knife and how it’s used.

[@glautreu8431]

Imagine not owning one of these. I can’t.

[@dragon9372]

Thought I lose mine last week was the most stressful two days of my life I found it in my closet by the front door. Literally went to buy another from the guy I got mine from he makes them in Nepal and they’re BEAUTIFUL…his shops no longer on Etsy I though I fucked up. No longer leaves my side.

[@bottlethrower1544]

Makes a great gift

[@jeba7j]

Now i want my 18:10mins back.

[@powerplay4real174]

The Kukris a Khillin Tool 🔥🔥🔥⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@MovieGuy666]

always use a lanyard when using a big kukri for chopping.

[@JugglesGrenades]

When I worked third shift at a steel stamping plant, there was a young man from Nepal. He and I became good friends. His house was just a few miles away. He cut out two kukris from plywood and after work I would go to his house. We would spar in his front yard. I have kept a razor sharp kukri in my truck ever since. BUT.... I would NEVER try to cross blades with a Gurgha They grew up with a kukri in their hands since childhood. Daljit (my friend) would always win. Test out your technique with wood weapons. When you get good, both men put on white T-shirts and rub red lipstick on the edge of your wood kukri. "Better to die, than live as a coward."

[@mbm2355]

Great Ghurkha Khukuri House - if their blades are good enough for Jason Knight, they're good enough for me.

[@timberwolf7341]

Khu-ku-ri, as Jared says, NOT koo-kree. Oh, khuks and hawks are NOT primarily defensive weapons, they are all-out offensive by design. *grins* At, 12:20 or so: Yes, that hooking motion would be the way to go with a historically accurate 15-16"/500+g salyani or other hanshee style khuk. I like minis and you have a good design there. What are the specs on it? For an all-around working/training/multi-function khukuri, I think something with a peened stick tang on the order of 13.5” and 600g is hard to beat. Still light enough to carry and agile enough to yell, “Ayo Gorkhali!” and have fun with, but heavy enough to do outdoor work. Finally, for anyone wondering, the Nepalese don't use khuks to chop up trees or pry things up/apart. They DO know what axes and crowbars are.

[@wildsnook]

Well done commentary. Cool tool aswell. Not traditional but well done.

[@jasonbranam1253]

Actually you can buy one if you look up the gutka house of kukris they have a long list of kukris you can buy and it's made by a gurka knife maker I bought my first one about 3 yrs ago and it was made as a tribute to the soldiers in the Iraq war it's a beautiful well made pc that will be passed down to my son and so on.

[@chadwik4000]

I love my Rajah II...

[@-RONNIE]

The Gurkha should be respected as much as any world elite military unit. However personally I never liked the Kukri a good design but just not for me. Something that size I would rather have a small sawback machete with a D-handle.

[@presidentmerkinmuffley6769]

Or a nice big bowie.

[@-RONNIE]

@@presidentmerkinmuffley6769 You know I don't really like them either. Being a marine for 6 years I'm quite fond of a serrated Ka-Bar or a OKC3S. Other than that I like historic period correct weapons.

[@SoldierDrew]

The 12" blade super fast light infantry kukuri is light weight, quick, severes limbs and powerful thrusts

[@keithjackson4985]

You need to put warnings on your videos? That blade came out, I had anxiety!

[@1911syndicate]

You’ve been warned

[@keithjackson4985]

@@1911syndicate lol 😆 😂 🤣. Classic.

[@margaloosboy257]

I see u maori boy...wihongi ❤️

[@longrider42]

I now own a military Khukuri, made in Katmandu, Nepal. 10 inch blade, full tang, and what that knife you have, is well, more like a Khukuri shaped object. Get a real military Khukuri and you will see such a difference.

[@briankern6644]

Jaya Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali!

[@TricomTraining]

🔥🔥🔥

[@billhaney8160]

A knife fight is serous business. First strategy should be to retreat i.e. run like hell.

[@1911syndicate]

Of course

[@briankern6644]

Unless your a Gurkha and want that nice German Tiger Tank..... there a rumor that the first captured Tiger tank where captured by Ghurkas, who climb in and cleared the crew with their kukri's

[@bottlethrower1544]

May I assume you pee sitting rather than standing?

[@billhaney8160]

@@bottlethrower1544 lol. I need to try that!

[@point47390]

Very nice blade, that design has a more aggressive slope.

[@flagpatchtacticalchannel799]

Knife fighting? Where’s the Filipinos?!

[@chadwik4000]

Thoughts on the guy in Texas that got his head smashed by a concrete brick in the summer of 2020 while trying to defend a downtown business with a large kukri?

[@HollerHomestead]

We'll ...don't be bad at fighting if you plan to fight multiple people bad things will happen

[@chadwik4000]

@@HollerHomestead that's racist

[@mbm2355]

Never bring a knife to a rock fight..

[@Treble941]

Large khukuri ayo ? That mustn't be khukuri might be katana smth blade

[@timothyproffit2026]

Not slash and thrust but thrust and slash.

[@karmanawangshenga2899]

Firstly your knowledge on Gurkha/Gorkha is limited secondly the knife youre holding isnt a khukuri but a khukuri inspired cheep knife and etc

[@presidentmerkinmuffley6769]

That whole having multiple purposes is why for a long time (especially at work), I carried a good size knife but not my pistol. Also I've handled some kukri, they are cool but feel unnatural to me, catch me outside with a 10" bowie.

[@tonyedge2457]

Thats really not a kukri....look at khhi kukri house to see something really special...especially the panawal or defender kukri..imo the best lengths ,not including the handle are from 10 inch to 15 inch blade length making the knife from 15 inches to 21 inches over all

[@longrider42]

Wow, um, yeah. Okay, yes they want to join the British Army and become a Gurkha, because Nepal is one of the poorest countries on earth. So if they get in, they can send money home. Yes there is prestige in being a Gurkha, but its more about money and helping your family.

[@timothysmith6211]

Does sheriff Taylor know Opie has all them tats?

[@1911syndicate]

Pa knows. So does Barney

[@SoldierDrew]

It's pronounced koo-KOO-ree.

[@dago4076]

Wasted money.

[@stevepark2643]

Zzzzzzzzz......

[@sudarshankelkar7682]

That's not a Kukri, it's a knife that looks like a kukri, but that's not a kukri