Thats a shame Tim, but we learn as time gos on. I am sure many of us made similar errors in our earlier days.
Titus the article is about the history of the models.
But sadley human biengs are a vulnerable easily broken specis.
The knives you mention work in combat but given the choice I would take a kukri over them personaly. slighty different tecniques perhaps{& yes long ago I have expierinced real knife use in multiple scenarios. unfortuanatly.} .
But I dont think this is the correct forum to discuss the detail of the dissasembly & distruction of human biengs.
Kit Weight isnt an issue with Gurkhas , The are propably pound for pound one the physicaly toughest nations on earth.
Today air support & fire power is more the military key, but as recently as WW2 it was still common for Gurkhas to drop there rifles & sprint charge the last 50 yards at the Enemy screaming "Ayo Gurkali" { roughly translates as "Here come the Gurkhas " or the "Gurkhas are coming.}} at the top of thier lungs waving ther kukris high in the air & either dying or leaving the battlefield coverd in often headless & armless corpses of thier enemys. {Which is partialy why their units have one more Victoria Crosses than any other British Or Indian army unit. {even the Sikhs.}
Peace.
Spiral
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