Details
Details
This is 15 inch blade Chitlange rosewood full tang khukuri. This type khukuri is made in eastern part of Nepal chitlang village. This chitlange kukri is comes from Chitlang village where skillful craftsmen make this special kind of Khukuri/Kukri. Therefore it is called Chitlange Special. It is similar to Sirupate Khukuri but the handle and the blade of this khukuri is little bit different than Sirupate kukri. This kukri is very famous in chitlange village ther people used this blade chop to meat, wood and they keep at home like pride wealth. All Khukuris have two pockets on the back of the scabbard which hold a blunt steel called "chakmak" for sharpening the blade or for striking spark from flint and a little knife known as "karda" used for skinning small animals . The notch (kaura or kaudi) in the blade near the hilt of most khukuris serves as conduit for the blood on the blade to drip out, thus preventing it from soiling the hilt, as well as a device for catching and neutralizing and enemy blade.
Additional Info
Additional Info
Material Used | Highly Graded Carbon Steel(car & jeep leaf spring, 5160) for blade, Buffalo Leather for Scabbard(outside) and Rosewood for the Handle, Pinewood for the Scabbard (inside), Whitemetal "Laha" (Nepali Traditional Glue). |
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Blade Size and Type | 15 inch (38.1) Handmade Unpolished blade. |
Handle Size and Type | 5 inch (12.7) rosewood full tang. |
Upper Spine | 9mm. |
Lower Spine | 4mm. |
Handle Circumference | 4 Inch. |
Belly | 4.5cm. |
Hardness of steel | spine= 22-25 RC, belly= 45-46 RC, edge= 58-60 RC. |
Weight(Gms) | 900.0000 |