Allergic Reaction\rash

[Wolverine5]

Sadh Sangat jio I wanted some advice please.

I recently had a body rash and this was identified by my GP (Sikh GP) as eczema.

He couldnt say what caused the reaction. He said it could have been a humber of things.

He later saw that I had a Kirpan and said that the metal casing could have potentially kicked it off as the coating

around the case may have potentaily been cheap mateiral. I did recently change it over for a new one I bought from the Taksali stall in

Amritsar.

Can anyone advise if there have been cases of this? If so how do I get round it please?

Is there a particular type of kirpan that I could purchase? The one I have is Sarbloh.

I want to try this to eliminate the possiblitly of this being the case.

My diet hasnt changed and I haven't introduced anything new.

Hope the above is clear.

Pull Chuk Maaf.

[TuhadaDaas]

You can get some kirpans in which all of the metal bit on the case is sarbloh - this wouldn't give you a rash. Just make sure there is no coating on the sarbloh or on top of the sarbloh handle of the kirpan. It should be rust prone,not coated with nickel or some other coating which may be causing the problem.

You could also wear a banain (vest) and wear the kirpan on top of the vest.

[simran345]

@ Wolverine, also if u can, get the doc to refer you to a dermatologist for help with ur eczema, or immunologist if other type of allergy, as docs dont really know much, the others mentioned are the specialists.

[Wolverine5]

You can get some kirpans in which all of the metal bit on the case is sarbloh - this wouldn't give you a rash. Just make sure there is no coating on the sarbloh or on top of the sarbloh handle of the kirpan. It should be rust prone,not coated with nickel or some other coating which may be causing the problem.

You could also wear a banain (vest) and wear the kirpan on top of the vest.

Many Thanks for yuor response. It's greatly apprecaited. I do wear the Kirpan over my clothes rather then under the vest.

Could you please advise where I am able to purchase a kirpan like the one you mentioned and is it known by a particular name? This one I purchased from the Taksali stall was supposed to br Sarbloh.

Thanks

@ Wolverine, also if u can, get the doc to refer you to a dermatologist for help with ur eczema, or immunologist if other type of allergy, as docs dont really know much, the others mentioned are the specialists.

Thanks for the advise. He prescibed me some creams which clamed it down, but is hasn't got rid of it totally. I will mention the below to my Dr and see what he can do for me.

Many Thanks.

[Singhstah]

Many Thanks for yuor response. It's greatly apprecaited. I do wear the Kirpan over my clothes rather then under the vest.

Could you please advise where I am able to purchase a kirpan like the one you mentioned and is it known by a particular name? This one I purchased from the Taksali stall was supposed to br Sarbloh.

Thanks

The kirpan (the blade and handle) you bought probably is sarbloh as I think all taksali kirpans are, but if might be coated with nickel (you can tell if its just overly shiny), and the decorative metal on the case is almost always steel or some other metal.

I bought a kirpan like that (sarbloh on the case as well) from cross road gurdwara coventry, though I dont think all kirpans they have are like that