KATHMANDU
3 Tours Reviewed
You can make a Gurkha knife in Kathmandu. In this 4-hour workshop near the Garden of Dreams, you create a real Gurkha-style knife and personalize it by stamping your initials on the blade, with an Indian rosewood handle that you’ll…
A khukuri starts as plain metal. In this small workshop in Nepal’s Bagmati Zone, I like that you learn the meaning of the blade and then take part in turning iron into your own 6-inch knife. You’ll work with a…
A knife starts as scrap and fire. I loved the chance for hammering hot iron and walking away with a genuinely sharp khukuri you helped make. One thing to consider: metal can show hidden issues later, so in rare cases…
