My journey to a Kailash mini-khukuri began with this vid from Rocky Handsome appearing on my YouTube feed.
I have always wanted a khukuri but never got around to getting one and that video reignited the fire so to speak. After doing extensive research, getting some recommendations, and experiencing Kailash’s legendary customer service first hand (as you will see below), I placed my order for a mini.
It still boggles my mind how Kailash can provide such service with work in progress pics and provide such a great product at their prices!
I have asked Kailash for permission to share their emails and they have graciously granted it so here we go with my journey…
I love the way they signed it “from the top of the world”
Based on this, I went with the performance grind. Here are the full specs.
Here we go with the first in progress update!
Rotated for a better perspective
Second update
A lot closer to completion by the third update
Cropped the pic a bit
I also took the liberty of mocking up how it might look next to my full size Himalayan Import WWII…we will see how close I was in my estimate
Final update on the sheath making process
And it arrived today! Just 2-3 days to get to Canada from India! Great packaging as well! Even that is professional and artistic
Package within a package!
Still some layers to go
And here it is!
Feels great in the hand. I am glad I got the largest handle option
Beautiful horn
Ok let’s see how the size really compares to the WWII
And compared to my Cold Steel Trainer
A recap of the journey
So far I love it!
Thank you Kailash! I plan to get a Salyani next.
RL
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