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Yep. Meaning of Life. A damn good movie too. :)




Smartarse ;) :p.


Mick

Well if it was dark, they may not have realised it until they were being screamed at and hacked up in quick succession. Those little buggers know how to use their "ceremonial" knives to devastating...

They're only ceremonial because they aren't the decapitation devices that they used to be...And what were the dozy Brits doing sleeping when there's screaming sentry's and grenades going off? :) At...

They did that well enough against the Japanese in WWII (amongst other times, people and places), but the Japanese at that time were considered almost invinceable. I can't recall all the information...

Yes, I think it would be a bit disconcerting being killed by someone as happy as a Gurka. They always seem to have a smile on their face.


Mick

Yes I have, just once, and I would again. My delivery came through just fine. As for use as a machete, yes you could use one as a machete, but I would tend to look into Willies idea, as a khukuri...

A khukuri slashes more like a sword and chops more like an axe (depending on the model of khukuri). Generally the Khukuri is a heavier blade than a bowie keeping the respective blades in the same...

Care to stand in front of one and say that? :) I might have to hunt up that book for myself now.


Mick

No that link was supplied by BobH. Thanks Bob. :)


Mick

My Ka-bar in it's after service condition...Or at least in the same condition it was in when I was given this peice of history. I don't know who was issued it during it's service. All I know is the...

Just keep in mind that not all Khukuri were 'issued'. If the Gurkha carried his own personal Khukuri, then it won't have the MOD stamp on it. There were plenty of issued and unissued Khukuri in use...

They generally don't. you have to look at the knife and see what features it has or hasn't got and take it from there.


Mick

Here are three of mine; The top one is a WWI model, Middle is the model carried by todays Gurkha and the bottom one is just a general knife that you would find in use in a kitchen or a field. Mainly...

The Khukuri is just a general purpose everyday knife in Nepal. It's used from food prep to clearing a patch of ground ready for planting. The two small 'knives'; One is a small knife used for...