Kukri with carved wooden scabbard.
 

Last of the spoils from the weekend. I have seen these on Kukri blogs and threads, and now I have one. The blade is excellent, the scabbard something I wanted for ages, but the grip plates are either crude replacements or heavily worn, and don't really match the rest of the package.

Mine must have come from the same Sarki carver :D. It's a smaller one, 6in. blade.

The funny thing is that I remember seeing others like these elsewhere on the 'net but have nothing in my files. I would say a traditional pattern with little variation. This is the only other carved example a quick peruse on google threw up! There are plain ones around though.

Appears to be a fairly common style of wood scabbard. Below is my example. I borrowed the black and white photo below showing a similar style from Peter Dekker's site.

Nice to see others. I don't think they are rare in absolute terms but this was the first I saw on a dealers table here in the UK.
Personally I think the grip on mine lets it down somewhat, the blade and scabbard being discernibly better quality... but they all have a history.

I should clarify that I am a keyboard collector and when I comment about seeing ethnographic weapons, that I don't own, it is almost exclusively from photos online (and a small collection of books). Of the wood scabbards I've seen they seem to fall in 3 classes - ones like these in this thread with pattern carvings, ones carved to mimic traditional leather scabbards, and fairly primitive (usually very worn) versions. I like the handle on your khukuri.