Kukri Knives

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Originally Posted by ausjulius

...It may well be Mongol and Turkic nomads also used their chakmak strikers on the pouch to hone a knife and Nepalis learnt it . Or the Nepalis invented this method natively

I have a large crown stag grip khukuri that came with the karda/chackmak striker in a dangly belt pouch - the khuk itself has a scabbard cover made for a baldric shoulder belt - a later add-on.


I note the size of the larda/chackmak seems to be proportional to the khuk's blade lenght - and are pretty much useless on small khukuri. they get lost very frequently and many people take off the empty little pouches on the scabbard.