Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2017, 10:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2017, 05:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2017, 02:24 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2017, 02:11 PM
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On my latest visit to Nepal I came across a...
On my latest visit to Nepal I came across a different and to me a more plausibe view to the visit in 2009.
Speaking to my kami about the khunda/khuda (pronounced Kora), they firmly believe that the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2017, 06:35 PM
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Hi Robert Guy, they are classified as Service...
Hi Robert Guy, they are classified as Service no.1 or Service no.2, there is no NATO number as the RGR deal with the orders themselves, as opposed to the MOD. Also if you're on FB join my FB page for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2017, 01:31 PM
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Yep that is an Indian made kukri, Atlanta...
Yep that is an Indian made kukri, Atlanta Cutlery, they call it an 'Officers Kukri'
Atlanta Cutlery Officers kukri (http://www.atlantacutlery.com/p-1050-officers-kukri.aspx)
There isn't a Mk5...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th December 2016, 06:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2016, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2016, 07:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2016, 01:39 PM
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The British Government is often accused of...
The British Government is often accused of stopping local inhabitants practising their Martial Arts or carrying this or that in the 19th and early 20th century etc. So far I have found the claims...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2016, 05:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2016, 11:57 AM
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Hi mross, their isn't a tradition of 'heirloom'...
Hi mross, their isn't a tradition of 'heirloom' (i.e. a treasured item handed down through the family) kukri as such in Nepal, it is more like, this is the kukri my dad had and its still usable, so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2016, 12:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2016, 06:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2016, 06:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2016, 06:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2016, 08:50 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st July 2016, 12:39 AM
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Once again thank you Kronckew, I just assumed...
Once again thank you Kronckew, I just assumed everyone would know about Dashain, which of course would not be the case.
In the picture is Captain McCalla's (Gurkha Officer) WW2 kukri, both were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th July 2016, 01:14 PM
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Thanks for that Kronckew
Here is potentially an...
Thanks for that Kronckew
Here is potentially an armourer made (no proof, just compared to others I have seen and handled) kukri for Dashain potentially from the WW2 era
Next to it is potentially a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2016, 09:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2016, 02:24 PM
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Hi Bandook,
Thank you for posting the...
Hi Bandook,
Thank you for posting the picture of your kukri, all but one appear to be Indian kukri made for export/tourist. On the one one with the wooden handle, whay is the spec of that kukri?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2016, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2016, 06:30 PM
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A Goorkha Kothimora kukri
A lovely ring handled Kothimora kukri presented to C A Hutton Esq; by the 2nd Battalion 2nd K E O Gurkhas (still Goorkhas in their title, formally the Sirmoor Rifles) in 1927
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2016, 05:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2016, 05:12 PM
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Chris, no misrepresentation of the pictures at...
Chris, no misrepresentation of the pictures at all, and I don't have so called 'previous' lol!! and to insinuate I pretended to be my wife is laughable, and I think to try and discredit Major General...
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