Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Captain Boileau's kukri from the Gurkha Museum

sirupate · 19th September 2013, 09:06 AM

This battalion armourer made kukri is hidden away in the store rooms of the GM in Winchester. If I remember correctly the specs on this kukri were roughly; a 35cm long tin chira blade, and a weight of around 800-850 grams, and that Captain WS Boileau served in the 7th Gurkhas in WW1.

19th September 2013, 09:06 AM	#1
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	Captain Boileau's kukri from the Gurkha Museum This battalion armourer made kukri is hidden away in the store rooms of the GM in Winchester. If I remember correctly the specs on this kukri were roughly; a 35cm long tin chira blade, and a weight of around 800-850 grams, and that Captain WS Boileau served in the 7th Gurkhas in WW1.