Hello Daniel,
Thanks for your viewing and comments. This is my first Kukri
It's size is quite large the blade is 41cm and the total length is 54cm long...the spine thickness is 8mm at the handle.
The decoration on the blade is not filled any that I can see...but the etching is of a very uniform depth. The white diamond shape decoration on the handle seems to be some type of bone/ivory..with one loss and some sort of glue in it's place. The end of the handle has a plate and two nails of sort are driven in through the handle.
I agree in that it was for some type of festive or at least a decorative/ dress knife...I'm not expert...but when I did show this to another collector/seller...he said it looked similar to one of the knives carried by Nepal's Prime Minister Shree Tin Chandra Samsher. That is all I know? Anything anyone else might add, I would be much appreciative