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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.

1st February 2005, 05:36 AM	#7
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	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	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	#2
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	It looks like a mutant kukri ...

31st January 2005, 11:41 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,325	Mark, would that then make it a kook?

1st February 2005, 01:00 AM	#4
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	#6
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	#8
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.