16.5″ Traditional Sirupate Etched White Metal Handle Kukri

This is a 16.5″ Traditional Sirupate Etched White Metal Handle Kukri – Hand-Forged 5160 Carbon Steel. Crafted from highly graded carbon steel, with a water-poured temper for added strength, the 16.5″ blade is versatile for both heavy-duty and light-duty tasks. Whether used in combat or for chopping wood, bone, and clearing bushes, this kukri embodies the resilience and prowess of its users.

Use of Khukuri
The Kukri is effective as a chopping weapon, due to its weight, and slashing weapon, because the curved shape creates a “wedge” effect which causes the blade to cut effectively and deeper.
While most famed for use in the military, the kukri is the most commonly used multipurpose tool in the fields and homes in Nepal. Its use has varied from building, clearing, chopping firewood, digging, slaughtering animals for food, cutting meat and vegetables, skinning animals, and opening cans. Its use as a general farm and household tool disproves the often-stated “taboo” that the weapon cannot be sheathed “until it has drawn blood”.
The Kukri is versatile. It can function as a smaller knife by using the narrower part of the blade, closest to the handle. The heavier and wider end of the blade, towards the tip, functions as an axe or a small shovel.

Karda Chakmak
The small knife with a sharp edge is called a “kadra” or an extra knife especially used for skinning purposes or as a paper knife. Another knife accompanying kardra is the “chakmak,” or the sharpener. The traditional method of sharpening a kukri is done by using the chakmak against the edge of the blade.