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14th April 2005, 01:18 AM
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What a trip...congratulations and look forward to seeing more pictures and reading your report. So many of those pieces are spectacular. What kind of shape is the museum in and are the items free of rust and dust?
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14th April 2005, 02:34 AM
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Great pictures - looking forward to seeing more. The fretwork on that kora in #5 is quite amazing.
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14th April 2005, 03:59 AM
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Thanks for pointing that out, Berkley.
What about that one, guys? Is that as uncommon as I imagine? JP? How about the cho treatment on the kukri immediately below it? |
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14th April 2005, 05:44 AM
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Wonderful pictures, simply wonderful. Thanks Spiral.
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14th April 2005, 07:38 AM
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Very nice pics, so after all what do we say khukri is more of a Nepali more of a Hindustani or a ,,Himalayan region,, creation ?
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14th April 2005, 01:44 PM
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Fantastic stuff, guys. Looking forward to hearing more.
Sirupate, you recently won a very nice kukri on ebay (outbid me for it!). Please post a few pics of it when you can. Back to "kora #5". Would it have been used by swinging the inside curve forward, like a kukri? Or is this one 100% ceremonial? -d |
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14th April 2005, 01:49 PM
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The guard on the example in the top middle pic may have answered my question.
That looks extremely awkward. I would be interested in seeing how this was used as a fighting weapon. I imagine it was a unique style, like fighting with a shotel. -d |
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14th April 2005, 06:37 PM
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Actually, i'm afraid I was to blame for outbidding you on that kuk!! I spotted it whilst Simon was away and knew i'd be in trouble if I didn't atleast have a crack at getting it for him, especially for the money it went for!! Its not in great condition and will need a lot of work..... will get Simon to post pics of it for you later. Cheers, Leanne |
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14th April 2005, 01:44 PM
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Thank you for the "perdy" pictures.
Wish I could own half of them. 
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14th April 2005, 01:51 PM
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Hello Everyone,
I just like to re-iterate what Spiral had to say, we learned an awfull lot about the Nepali kukri (the main item we concentrated on), Khuda, Khadya, Talwar etc. The importance of each one in battle and so on. The Nepalese we spoke to showed immense patience with our cross questioning and openness of their knowledge, and they supplied us with a tremendous amout of food  Most people when they go to Nepal loose weight, we set a new record of putting weight on We are in the process of putting our two heads together to present the findings to you all. I would like to say it would not have been possible to get the information we did, without this fact finding mission being done in Nepal. I hope you like our report when it is done. Cheers Simon |
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14th April 2005, 02:01 PM
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Some more pics for you all;
   This one is Prithwi Narian Shah's personnel kukri, and this type of kukri was used by both Goorkhas and Gurkhas up until 1930's  Whilst I was in Nepal I had this one made for myself and the Tora range, its the Goorkha army version of Prithwi's kukri.    Cheers Simon Last edited by sirupate; 14th April 2005 at 02:31 PM. |
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14th April 2005, 02:10 PM
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