What size kirpan do you keep with you?

[Gurbar Akaal]

does it really matter how big your kirpan is? as mentioned above mkhalsa has suddenly noticed his kirpan blade is not 9" and now needs a new kirpan, what difference will it really make? :wub:

shouldnt the reason behind carrying a shastar be the main thing, how well you look after your shastars and how much abhiyas of shastars you have achieved, are you good in battle or is ur sri sahib just there because you were told to carry one by ur panj piyare, i have come accross a rehitnama which states "without training know your weapons to be poison", the use of shastars is more important then how big it is

[raj_karega_khalsa]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

where can you get ur kirpan sharpened from?

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

"does it really matter how big your kirpan is? "

Eh...at least the Sangat is not carrying the ever-dreaded Fly-Jabbers on a necklace shown at the other post as their Kirpans. That and there are two or three hukamnamas that state that a Kirpan should be a certain length (Taksal says 9", Hazoor Sahib in the early 1900's says 12", and I have hear that 6" was another standard, though not sure from where).

[Mkhalsa]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

where can you get ur kirpan sharpened from?

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

buy a bench grinder from home depot or khols, its not very expensive, like $20 maybe..

try it on some old peice of metal or a kitchen knife first, or an older kirpan thats worn... i messed mine up first, but then i fixed it by grinding it some more, then i put a blade on both sides, made it really really sharp, but its loose and sometimes tends to move around in the sheath and can fall out if im doing a lot of physical activity (and for those that know me, i dont really do a lot of physical activity) lol!

[Guest rsingh]

lets see some pics!

[atl singh]

yeaaaa post up some pics of your Shashtars :nihungsmile:

[Niranjana]

does it really matter how big your kirpan is? as mentioned above mkhalsa has suddenly noticed his kirpan blade is not 9" and now needs a new kirpan, what difference will it really make? :wub:

shouldnt the reason behind carrying a shastar be the main thing, how well you look after your shastars and how much abhiyas of shastars you have achieved, are you good in battle or is ur sri sahib just there because you were told to carry one by ur panj piyare, i have come accross a rehitnama which states "without training know your weapons to be poison", the use of shastars is more important then how big it is

Guru Gobind is paraphrased, I believe in the Suraj Prakash Granth as saying:-

"BIN ABHYAS, SHASTER BHEEK JANO"

"Without training know your weapons as poison".

[Gurbar Akaal]

Thank you niranjana