How they make a kukri

[ACORN]

Prowling around Youtube last night and found this.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcqdvfXxVS8[/ame]

A steady hand to cut the bevel on the blade. I think he may have done this before. He actually looks to still have all his fingers.

 

[6518John]

You slip cutting that metal or brass on that cut off wheel and you will remember it!. I was cutting a piece of chain with an angle grinder and just a tiny bump/a bit of a slip and I was half way though my middle finger! But for a great hand surgeon, any one to whom I made an obscene gesture with my left hand would have said, “hey stubby, keep that nub to yourself!”

 

[Tyree1867]

Incredible skill level. Any info on how to get one from this guy?

 

[ACORN]

Incredible skill level. Any info on how to get one from this guy?

No idea, but I’d like one myself.

 

[THEmodelof1989]

Really great. Thanks for sharing. I was sweating the entire time he was cutting the brass.

 

[VictorLouis]

I took a bunch of sundries to a funshow last year, and my table was right next to a gent dealing in them. IIRC, they come in like three basic tiers, a field workhorse, a 'duty' model...and a dress-uniform model. Lovely things, built for a purpose....

Khukuri House- KHHI Nepal | Real Gurkha Kukri Knife maker

 

[bummer]

This guy put one to good use Bishnu Shrestha - Wikipedia

 

[moosedog]

I take it that they don't yet have OSHA over there yet. Looks like some of the sweat shops I worked in years ago.

Here's mine that I picked up years ago when IMA imported a bunch from an old arsenal storage in India.

 

[Igiveup]

I think I finally watched three other of the instructional films after the kukri one. Very interesting.

 

[deadin]

That guy must have calluses an inch thick on his hands.. I can't hold a piece of steel to a grinder or cut-off wheel without burning myself in very short order.....

 

[hkcavalier]

I take it that they don't yet have OSHA over there yet. Looks like some of the sweat shops I worked in years ago.

Here's mine that I picked up years ago when IMA imported a bunch from an old arsenal storage in India.

I have a Made in India one lying around, probably not very authentic but that's okay. The steel is pretty soft IIRC.

 

[Goblin]

I’m also impressed that he could sit on the ground like that through the entire process. I’d like to have one of his knives as well.

 

[Kurusu]

A steady hand to cut the bevel on the blade. I think he may have done this before. He actually looks to still have all his fingers.

Yes. The man's got skills.

And this was not his first Rodeo either.

Thank you for sharing ACORN.

 

[s&wchad]

Interesting video.
He obviously has gas and electric, you’d think he would invest in a workbench and a stool. My knees don’t bend like that anymore!

 

[steveno]

the video is 10 minutes but wonder what the actually time frame is to complete the knife.

my knees would have gave out after out seconds

 

[THEmodelof1989]

Interesting video.
He obviously has gas and electric, you’d think he would invest in a workbench and a stool. My knees don’t bend like that anymore!

Concerning the gentlemans posture... Throughout Asia this is considered a very comfortable position, even in a developed Asian countries such as South Korea. Posture-wise, this is a very healthy position for the human body, so much so that they poop like this as well using a squat toilet or squating pan, or hole in the ground (think less developed countries in Asia like Afghanistan for a simple hole in the ground). By the way, pooping in this position as opposed to sitting on a toilet is more natural for the human body and therefor healthier. Yea, I get it, I prefer my porcelain throne too fellas, but facts are facts.

 

[steveno]

that is more than I ever wanted to know

 

[smitholdtimer]

During the video did anyone notice............

When he was grinding brass on the grind stone wheel? Absolute No No, will cause the wheel to fly apart eventually. The brass is forced into the wheel as he grinds it & acts as a wedge, This is an accident that could be fatal or cause eye damage. Yes, his knife making skills are right up there with his "Hunkering Down" skills!

 

[BubbaBlades]

It takes me over six hours to make a kukri. This is the first one that I have made with a stag handle. It is a lot faster to modify a production kukri and add features like I did with blade serrations in the below knife.

 

[D Brown]

Government Issue Kukri

This is one of two Kukris I currently own. One, I've had since my dad brought it back to India (we were living in New Delhi at the time) from Nepal in 1970. The other one, I inherited after my father's death in 2014. By the way, my dad negotiated with the Nepalese government and received permission to fly his U.S. Army U-8 into Kathmandu, Nepal in 1970. He subsequently made monthly trips in and out over the next two years. When he touched down on that first trip into Kathmandu, it was the first U.S. military aircraft that had been allowed into the country since WWII ended.

These are the real deal, made for Nepalese Government issue to their Gurkhas.

They are as sharp as can be and you have to apply force to the back of the blade when you draw it from the scabbard. If you don't, you will cut right through the inner curve of the scabbard, and could cut fingers or a thumb off, depending on how you're holding it.

Genune Kukris are available.
British Issue Kukris (2012 Military Standard) | Gurkha Official Khukuri Set

Interesting thread.