![]() However, at Atlanta I also found this bad boy: It currently shaves forearm hair (knife fighter mange) and shreds paper with no problem. ![]() I’ve continued to work the blade and, thanks to a tip from a reader (thanks, Robert!) picked up a new replacement sheath for the old man that fits it like a glove. Maybe it resulted in some people saving some of these old knives. Well, that post got picked up by The Truth About Knives, which is cool. ![]() Like the Francotte and its bayonet, the $89 Bhojpure Kukri came from IMA/Atlanta Cutlery’s 2003 purchase of the entire Royal Nepalese Arsenal, then located at the semi-ruined palace of Lagan Silekhana in Katmandu. Gahendra Rana’s “kami” cottage gunsmiths in the 1880s (more on the rifle and bayonet here.) A couple months back I posted about the Nepalese Gurkha Kukri Bhojpure fighting knife that I bought to go with my semi-cleaned Nepalese 1878 Martini-Henry Francotte pattern short-lever rifle and bayonet as created by Gen.
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