FEBRUARY calendar

JPSF · 31st January 2005, 04:22 PM

I have no idea what this month's example is. Looks Indian, but has a strange clipped point. 22" w/o the the pommel ring. Any ideas?
If anyone wants to send me a picture for next month's calendar please do.

Jens Nordlunde · 31st January 2005, 05:06 PM

Thanks for the calendar. You are right, it is a bit of a strange one, maybe someone knows more.

Regards

Jens

Mark · 31st January 2005, 05:38 PM

It looks like a mutant kukri ...

Battara · 31st January 2005, 11:41 PM

Mark, would that then make it a kook?

tom hyle · 1st February 2005, 01:00 AM

It's a regional kukuri variation (Western Pakistan?), though the depth of the fuller seems unusual.

Rick · 1st February 2005, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Mark, would that then make it a kook?

Definitely not Jose , as the term kook is a derivative of the Hawaiian noun Kukai .

JPSF · 1st February 2005, 05:25 AM

Tom,
If you have specific knowledge or examples of this variation I would really appreciate getting them.
Thanks!

Andrew · 1st February 2005, 05:36 AM

How about this one, JP?

tom hyle · 1st February 2005, 10:54 AM

That appears to be the wrong photo?
I certainly don't have any examples to offer up, and no ability to post photos to websites. It's actually not an incredibly uncommon variety, except, as I say, for the deep wide fuller. True, one doesn't see them much in US, from which alone one can quess they come from a land not muchly visitted by Americans. Again, fits well to Western Pakistan. Trying to think where I saw a bunch of them all together; somewhere on the internet; perhaps for sale; I don't remember. The extremity and style of the curve are as much a part of this style as the tip. This one has a more or less sabre-like shape to its tip. There are others (and I think these are two distinct regional styles, with, from what I've heard and read, these others more southern) with a pronounced short clip similar to those seen on bhuj, for example, while otherwise remaining clearly kukuris.

JPSF · 1st February 2005, 07:11 PM

Tom, if you have any pictures you can send them directly to me. I'd be very interested to see more of this type since this is the only one I've ever discovered. Do you know if it came in a sheath and if they are common in Western Pakistan do they have a name? Any explanation for that strange clipped tip or is it like the kauri on kukris...just there?

Mark · 1st February 2005, 08:09 PM

I believe Andrew's suggestion was for a calender edition, Tom ...

31st January 2005, 04:22 PM	#1
JPSF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 56	FEBRUARY calendar I have no idea what this month's example is. Looks Indian, but has a strange clipped point. 22" w/o the the pommel ring. Any ideas? If anyone wants to send me a picture for next month's calendar please do.

1st February 2005, 05:36 AM	#8
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	How about this one, JP? Last edited by Andrew; 1st February 2005 at 06:00 AM.

31st January 2005, 05:06 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	Thanks for the calendar. You are right, it is a bit of a strange one, maybe someone knows more. Regards Jens

31st January 2005, 05:38 PM	#3
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	It looks like a mutant kukri ...

31st January 2005, 11:41 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,143	Mark, would that then make it a kook?

1st February 2005, 01:00 AM	#5
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	It's a regional kukuri variation (Western Pakistan?), though the depth of the fuller seems unusual.

1st February 2005, 05:25 AM	#7
JPSF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 56	Tom, If you have specific knowledge or examples of this variation I would really appreciate getting them. Thanks!

1st February 2005, 10:54 AM	#9
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	That appears to be the wrong photo? I certainly don't have any examples to offer up, and no ability to post photos to websites. It's actually not an incredibly uncommon variety, except, as I say, for the deep wide fuller. True, one doesn't see them much in US, from which alone one can quess they come from a land not muchly visitted by Americans. Again, fits well to Western Pakistan. Trying to think where I saw a bunch of them all together; somewhere on the internet; perhaps for sale; I don't remember. The extremity and style of the curve are as much a part of this style as the tip. This one has a more or less sabre-like shape to its tip. There are others (and I think these are two distinct regional styles, with, from what I've heard and read, these others more southern) with a pronounced short clip similar to those seen on bhuj, for example, while otherwise remaining clearly kukuris.

1st February 2005, 07:11 PM	#10
JPSF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 56	Tom, if you have any pictures you can send them directly to me. I'd be very interested to see more of this type since this is the only one I've ever discovered. Do you know if it came in a sheath and if they are common in Western Pakistan do they have a name? Any explanation for that strange clipped tip or is it like the kauri on kukris...just there?

1st February 2005, 08:09 PM	#11
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	I believe Andrew's suggestion was for a calender edition, Tom ...