Originally Posted by
Gecko17
The Khukri knife originated in Nepal. It was taken on by the Gurkha Army regiments around the world. It is more of a short machete than anything else and was used as a tool more than a knife by the Nepalese. We had an exercise with the Ghurkas years ago. They were to play the part of the enemy. We asked them how we would know if they killed us and were told that they would attack at night and that our boot laces would be cut, simulating us having our throats cut. Being the smart, war savvy soldiers we were and not about to be taken down by a bunch of hillbilly dwarves from some God-forsaken frozen place, we came up with the brilliant plan to keep our boots on at night and, as we were sleeping in underground trench just big enough to lie in that was about 6 feet long and about 3 feet by 3 feet square at the mouth, we would make sure our boots were at the end of the pit. When we woke up in the morning, those sneaky little mofo's had paid us all a visit in the night. None of the posted sentries had seen a thing and all, to a man, had had our boot laces cut. The Ghurkas are considered one of the best fighting forces on the planet, and given what I know and have heard about them, I concur. As for the little "Knives" in the scabbard, they are actually sharpening and honing pieces....
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