Comments on: The Gurkha Khukri – A Saga of Snow, Steel, Blood and Sacrifice https://www.hinduhistory.info/the-gurkha-khukri-a-saga-of-snow-steel-blood-and-sacrifice/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:27:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 By: Jon Miner https://www.hinduhistory.info/the-gurkha-khukri-a-saga-of-snow-steel-blood-and-sacrifice/#comment-44986 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 08:47:35 +0000 http://www.hinduhistory.info/?p=1999#comment-44986 In reply to Partha Shakkottai.

I think it is a matter of leverage, as the blade was used as a village tool for carving and shaping wood, and butchering animals. Curving forward would aide in this work.

]]> By: Partha Shakkottai https://www.hinduhistory.info/the-gurkha-khukri-a-saga-of-snow-steel-blood-and-sacrifice/#comment-22786 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:15:24 +0000 http://www.hinduhistory.info/?p=1999#comment-22786 Why is the blade curved forward?

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