Hand Made Knife for FnF Forum Bank

KySongDog · October 21, 2008, 11:55:14 AM

I've gotten a lot out of the FnF forum since finding this site and wanted to give something back to you good folks. From time to time I collect knives and thought I'd put one up for auction to benefit the FnF bank.

This knife was hand made in Nepal by a kami (blacksmith) named Sher Bahadur ('Brave Tiger') Bishwakarma who works for Himalayan Imports. It is called a "Kumar Karda" and has a 6" blade and 4 ¾" hand engraved wood handle together with a hand made sheath. Brass bolster and end caps peened. The blade is high polished bright steel (it looks black in my pics but it's not)

The knife was made out of a Mercedes Benz truck spring. Himalayan Imports makes the finest khukuri in the world IMHO. They also make a few of the smaller knives like the Kumar Karda. (a puuko style knife)

You can find out more about Sher Bishwakarma here and more about Himalayan Imports here. I don't work for them. Just want you to know a little history of the knives they make if you are interested.

All proceeds of this auction goes to the FnF Bank. I will pay shipping and ship the knife to the winner when Jim says the funds have been received. This auction ends at 10:00pm CST on Sunday October 26.

I'll start the auction off at $20 and reserve the right to bid again later.