Khukuri Lessons

[Highlander]

Out of interest,.. this photo was taken in 1970 in Malaya, I was invited to this cerimonial passing out of the blade.

When a Gurka joins the army, he first has to learn how to use his blade, he doesnt do any military training untill he has passed out with his Khukuri

In order to pass the test, they used to take a year old cow, the man has to sever the animals head in one clean cut, if the head doesnt part the body he fails.

As you can see from this photo this man has passed

Incidently, this event is watched by whole [military] families,... you can see the ladies in thier fine clothes sitting `at ringside`

Personaly I wouldnt want this kind of weapon, its clearly a keen blade, but its not an easy weapon to use,..for a survival situation I would m uch prefer a much more simpler blade