Sort of knife related...

[woof]

Had an email from my son yesterday, he's in the army currently at Aldershot & on nights. He said he was woken up mid morning, by a lot of shouting outside the block, He opened the curtains, to tell the offenders to shut up, & he saw it was the Gurkha's doing their kukhri drill, so he closed the curtains & got back in bed !.

Little men with big knives are best left alone....

Rob

 

[Disco1]

I worked with the Gurka's for a couple of months great bunch of blokes they invited us to eat and socialise with them.

 

[Goatboy]

Probably a wise move. A mate of mine was out in Oz years ago and having a drink with a little Gurkha. It was a bit of a backwater and some of the locals weren't taking kindly to a Nepalese face in their pub and were giving him a really hard time. Three big chaps in particular were being pretty aggresive.
Next thing there was an explosion of arms and legs and one big Auzzie was spark out on the ground and the rest of them were cowering in the corner as the little Gurkha was brandishing his kukhri and asking them "if they want to play now?"
Brilliant guys though, have met a lot and they always seem happy.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[oldtimer]

My son sometimes works with the Gurkhas in connection with the large international charity he works for and always enjoys the experience.

He told me that on a long distance charity walk jointly organised with the Gurkhas and his organisation, they were having trouble with some local lads who thought it was funny to alter the direction signs to send the walkers the wrong way.

With police connivence, a small detachment of Gurkhas were sent on ahead to lay in wait for the malefactors. When the lads arrived, the Gurkhas emerged silently from the undergrowth, kukris aloft. The shock was sufficient to send them running away in panic. Result: no further trouble on that or subsequent walks.

 

[DurhamBushcrafter]

Gurkhas are tough little beggars...with or without the Kukris.

 

[sunndog]

Why is it in every gurkha story you hear nobody in authority seems to mind them brandishing large knives at folk? Can imagine if me and a group of mates suggested that at a charity walk

 

[FGYT]

and the Khukuri drills where invented and taught to the Gurkas not long ago buy the guy who runs Tora Blades Simon Hehgle

 

[woof]

Some interesting stories, & an interesting anecdote there FYGT.

My dad served along side them "in the line" during the Italian campaign, he had a lot of respect for them.

Rob

 

[demographic]

Seems we have quite a few of the retired ones here.
Seem friendly enough.

 

[Tommyd345]

I remember hearing a story on the news of a retired gurka (possibly) on a train, and something like 15 robbers started smashing the place up and going through luggage, when they got to him he chopped off a few limbs and had the whole group under control and the rest got arrested at the next station!

 

[Drain Bamaged]

Did it say if he was wearing a poncho and smoking a cigar?

 

[sunndog]

Did it say if he was wearing a poncho and smoking a cigar?

To be fair though, thats something i'v heard doing the rounds before

 

[santaman2000]

I remember hearing a story on the news of a retired gurka (possibly) on a train, and something like 15 robbers started smashing the place up and going through luggage, when they got to him he chopped off a few limbs and had the whole group under control and the rest got arrested at the next station!

Did it say if he was wearing a poncho and smoking a cigar?

To be fair though, thats something i'v heard doing the rounds before

Here it is www.neatorama.com/2011/01/29/40-train-robbers-vs-1-gurkhaCached

 

[woof]

I remember hearing a story on the news of a retired gurka (possibly) on a train, and something like 15 robbers started smashing the place up and going through luggage, when they got to him he chopped off a few limbs and had the whole group under control and the rest got arrested at the next station!

I heard that story a couple of years ago. There was a feature about him on facebook. As I recall, there was more than 15, they were armed & he intervened when they attempted to rape the daughter of a couple sitting near him.

No poncho or cigar DB, he was in uniform having I think just been discharged from the army.

Rob

 

[santaman2000]

I heard that story a couple of years ago. There was a feature about him on facebook. As I recall, there was more than 15....

According to the article there were 40.

 

[woof]

According to the article there were 40.

Is that all ?, Just as well he only used on hand then.....

Rob

 

[santaman2000]

Is that all ?, Just as well he only used on hand then.....

Rob

........

 

[Bluffer]

Those of us who regularly work with them have some vastly different stories to tell, much less glamorous...

The train story is true, unlike most Gurkha stories which are pure fantasy.

However, the individual was not a British Army Gurkha.

 

[sunndog]

Those of us who regularly work with them have some vastly different stories to tell, much less glamorous...

The train story is true, unlike most Gurkha stories which are pure fantasy.

However, the individual was not a British Army Gurkha.

Execpt for the (chuck norris style) fact that every gurkha in the british army has at least once knocked out four men in a bar in as many seconds
Also when a gurkha does push ups he's not pushing himself up......he's pushing the earth down!


Seriously though, they do seem to often be treated like second class citizens
And you gotta respect any man who can get through their selection process....from what i'v seen, just getting to the place they hold it on a handful of rice a day would nearly kill most of us

 

[Bluffer]

Seriously though, they do seem to often be treated like second class citizens
And you gotta respect any man who can get through their selection process....from what i'v seen, just getting to the place they hold it on a handful of rice a day would nearly kill most of us

They are very often the experts at treating other people like second class citizens, let us not forget their caste system and treatment of women.

The candidates for selection are vastly different from those in yesteryear, the academic entry requirements rule out uneducated country boys.

The Singapore police, Indian army and Nepalese army take priority in certain recruiting areas and where the British Army take candidates is very well covered.

The tales of horrendous hardship during selection and of throwing themselves off bridges are so last century.