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09-14-2021, 11:46 PM
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 Republicans, Fuck Off Poster Rank:3008 Suck my lady balls, cunt. Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 131 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 16 Post(s)
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
Awesome post as usual, Herman!  |
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09-15-2021, 12:08 AM
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
Here in Indonesia, the blacksmith makes Kukris from leaf springs too. So far, by experience, the best was made from Jeep Willys leaf springs. But at last, the skill and heat treatment process will be the one define it.
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09-15-2021, 07:32 AM
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
Purchased mine from Nepal about a decade ago as well. Doesn’t get much play as it is merely for presentation only. Wall hanger i.e. conversation starter. It’s made of 5160 spring steel from memory. Buying handcrafted is the only way to go in my opinion. Although it has never ‘drawn blood’ as Gurkha tradition or custom would suggest, I always imagined it could deliver mutilating strikes. The blade certainly has some heft to it, yet they’re remarkably well balanced at the same time. So it’s vindicating to witness such graphic photos on here as well as the subsequent X-rays of internal damage. Awesome post Herman! |
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09-15-2021, 08:27 AM
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
The ones that are apparently prized in the Nepal/India/Pakistan region come from Mercedes-Bentz leaf springs. I think it's a super interesting weapon. Historically, the Nepalese seem to have adapted it from the Greek Kopis, which they were exposed to when Alexander the Great was around like 2300 years ago. They liked the design, and they compacted /modified it for their use. It's been in use ever since. It's a digging tool, knife, chooper, hammer, pry bar, you name it. They're made to last, and for the price range, if you get it from a good Nepalese site (I suspect some Southeast Asian websites are also quite good), you won't get anything better. |
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09-15-2021, 01:45 PM
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
The human jaw in the mouth of almost every Homo Sapien now living (even with 2% Neanderthal DNA) is an example of imperfection I throw at Theory-of-Evolution sceptics who cite lack of evidence of a gradual functional eye existing in the fossil record (Why is everyone I interact with wearing gold framed glasses, contacts, or LASIK'd?) and soon to join the 'fossil record' as of this very moment. |
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09-15-2021, 08:47 PM
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Re: Woman Fatally Assaulted on the Street with a Gurkha
This one was made by an Indonesian knifemaker/blacksmith. It's a D2 tool steel. If I had one, I'll just hang it on the wall I guess. Don't wanna scratch it   |
