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Blades and Edged Weapons Including Khukuris, Himalayan Imports Khukuris

What can a custom 21″ HI Sirupati look like?

This HI Sirupati had a 16-17″ blade and was about 21″ overall when it arrived to us with a busted handle so the first step was to boil it and a few others with bad handles and then pry it off:

Custom 21" HI Sirupati rotisserie spit with steam rising Close-up of antique silver cutlery with engraved details in a pot  Custom 21-inch HI Sirupati knife with dark horn handle and metal ferrule. Four custom 21" HI Sirupati kukris in progress on a wooden surface.

I made two new handles by gluing assembled blocks around the tangs of the two Sirupatis.  I didn’t mention it before, but they are twins – both about 21″ long so you can see a before and after shot.  The trick was to form a block made of black paper micarta and black glass reinforced Acraglas epoxy.  I then used my new Esteem grinder to remove the parts of the micarta that didn’t feel like a handle:

Custom 21" HI Sirupati machete handle and bladeCustom 21" HI Sirupati belt grinder with motor and controls

The following photos are of the first completed Sirupati that has an acid etched blade and its custom sheath made from 0.093″ thick Kydex:

Custom 21" HI Sirupati kukri knife on a Ridgid tile saw Custom 21-inch HI Sirupati knife on metal surface with leather sheath Custom 21" HI Sirupati knife and sheath with paracord wrap Close up of custom 21-inch HI Sirupati sheath with blade on metal surface Close-up of a custom 21" HI Sirupati kukri, showing ornate handle details. Custom 21" HI Sirupati knife and sheath Custom 21" HI Sirupati kukri with sheath on a belt sander

The intent of posting this is to show how a very traditional looking khukuri can look after some modernizing.