Browning Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I have had this thing for around 17-18 years. My sisters father gave it to me, not knowing anything about it. I dont remember where or how he got it. I remember as a kid it being the coolest knife I have ever seen. On the blade it says India, with some design. On the bottom of the handle it has what appears to be a lion(not sure because its beat up) How would I go about finding out if its homemade, or ?? I forgot I even had the thing. http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6548/knife9zo.th.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3663/knife27hx.th.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/8560/knife37af.th.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/286/knife47zy.th.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 A guy I used to work with was in the British Royal Army. They employed a sepcial force of people called the Gurkhas. IIRC they tried to fight the Gurkhas at some point and they were so ferosics that they decided to employe them. That knife is what the Gurkhas use, I guess mostly to cut peoples throats. He was saying that their equivilant of our Rangers were a bunch of badasses that you didn't mess with. Well he also said the rangers knew better than to even touch a Gurkha because they would end up in a Hosptial. He said they always smiled and almost never talked, but were crazy and efficient as a fighter could be. They were deployed on one of the Falken Islands and given X amount of hours (48 iirc) to clear everything out. They were done in about half of that time. I'm sure all you wanted to know was that they were Gurkhas, but that's what little I know about them. I'm sure you can search on google and find some stuff about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted July 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I have it on a couple knife forums now, getting a little bit of info on it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1647545492 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 If a Gurkha removes his Kukri he will draw blood before he returns it,I have never seen them do that but it scared the crap out of the Argentinians. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Originally posted by Captain cracker: If a Gurkha removes his Kukri he will draw blood before he returns it,I have never seen them do that but it scared the crap out of the Argentinians. C.Were you in the British Royal Army? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1647545492 Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Yes I was in the British Army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Originally posted by Captain cracker: Yes I was in the British Army.Very cool, I did not know that. graemlins/thumb.gif It seems like a lot of people I meet over here that are from Britian were in the army over there, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 the knife is also designed for hacking through underbrush. notice the appearance. half bowie knife, half hatchet, all nasty. those things are very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 I dont think that mine is the cheap soft metal, I used to put it through hell when I was a kid, no damage done to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Originally posted by Petey Wheatstraw: I dont think that mine is the cheap soft metal, I used to put it through hell when I was a kid, no damage done to it. Dont be so quick to knock soft metal. It withstands abuse better than brittle hard metal even if it can't hold an edge as well. "Cheap" metal is often brittle flash and prone to breaking. "Good metal" is often a combination of hard and soft attributes. Anyway - that knife is a nice weapon and is classed in the machete category. Current utility knife of the British Ghurka Regiment. The design has some fundamental flaws in execution but a good design theory. Here's a page on a guy going over pros and cons, with a good set of links: I want to keep my finger thanks. Here you go, someone else looking to put together history of a particular example of one, it may help: Khukuri knife origin hunting Sweet knife. /off topic rant on Love the urban legend stuff around the Ghurkas now. Gave me a chuckle The Gurkas were indian militia, right. British used em in WWII against the japanese alongside the local chinese and other local forces. Made good cannon fodder for the Brits I read. "Draw their knife they need to draw blood before they put it back" "Ranger touches a Ghurka they end up in hospital in 5 minutes" ROFL - nothing ever changes I'm sure they fly and shoot rockets out their asses too. Actually, I bet I can find those same two quotes around Ninjas, SS, and Samurai somewhere. Probably even on this board. Are the Ghurkas better than line indian infantry? Certainly. Do they strike fear into the heart of Argentinians? I'm sure if I'm some uneducated Llama farmer in the hills outside Buenos Aires I'd beleive anything too. Are they supermen better than every other nation's special forces? Hardly. Personally I'd be more scared of the British SAS or a Harrier with a ADEN25 bearing down on me. But its nice to know the "Grass is greener" effect fully in force still. /off topic rant off [ 18. July 2005, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: Mowgli ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Personally I'd be more scared of the British SAS or a Harrier with a ADEN25 bearing down on me. british sas = one kickass unit. american special forces using the landwarrior system are the best i know of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Mowgil better not talk bad about the Gurkha's, they will come to his house and cut him and not even care. Originally posted by Mowgli: Here's a page on a guy going over pros and cons, with a good set of links: I want to keep my finger thanks.Ahhahahhahhaa, look at that guys website. Revelations is around the corner, run out and get a Khukuri to fight off the demons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 ...and a Remington bolt action rifle to fight the dinosaurs... and the homosexuals. Eh, I shit bigger than Gurkas. Little fellers. Persians, now persians are some specimens I don't want to have a tussle with. My home's safe from Ghurkas - I got argentinians with Exocet missles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattyona12 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I've heard of the Ghurkas and they are rumored to be beyond bad ass...as stated here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash1647545504 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 My Uncle > Ghurkas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar1647545494 Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Originally posted by Mowgli: [QB]...and a Remington bolt action rifle to fight the dinosaurs... and the homosexuals. QB]ROFL LMAO.. .is it sad i know what movie that's from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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