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Old 22nd December 2012, 03:39 PM   #1
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Default SOME EARLY KUKRI FROM KATHMANDU MUSUEM

Bhess the Curator of the National museum who kindly took me around in 2008;

One of Drabya Shah's kukri

One of Prithvi Narayan Shah's kukri

Two of Sadar Ram Krishna Kunwar's kukri, who defeated Captain Kinloch in 1767


A seized kukri from Kirtipur in 1757

Two of Panday's kukri

A captured kukri from the Palpa War in 1808
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Old 22nd December 2012, 03:46 PM   #2
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The first one is a Lambendh Khukri.

hmm it seems that early Kukri's normally didnt have the Kaudi. It seems to be developing at later stages.
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Old 22nd December 2012, 06:35 PM   #3
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Although we have seen these pieces from this museum before, what you have done here is extra - you placed provenance and dates to these. Perhaps now we have more of a timeline of development for this.

Example - the ones from the 1700s seem to differ in blade shape to those in the early 1800s.

I admit more research is needed to confirm my hypothesis/suspicions.

Thank you.
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Old 22nd December 2012, 10:48 PM   #4
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Before jumping to , to many conclusians Battara , as you rightly note, you should persuade Simon to post photos of all the kukris of similar date in that museaum... Although those posted doe show trends in some ways, there many styles of blades even in the early days.... Some of the more exotic blade shapes probably show more regional areas on some occasions.

{Nepal bieing many kingdoms at that time. {over 500 I recall?} plus some Bengali stuff of course.}

But yes it all helps the learning... think I took about 200 photos there in 2005. {Simon thought it funny , I took so many at the time.}

Still he did pose in front of a couple of displays, while I was taking them, to add something to the pics...




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Old 23rd December 2012, 02:11 AM   #5
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The other awkward thing to point out is that these blades were mostly trophies from captured opponents. I wonder if khukuris are like falchions, in that the best ones got used up and only a few oddballs made it into collections.

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Old 23rd December 2012, 10:39 AM   #6
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Hi Fearn, the vest majority of the weapons in the National Museum are attributable to individuals, rather than captured weapons, and are clearly marked as such.

Jonathan perhaps with your photo collection from 2005 you could list in date order etc for Battara, I would of course contribute.
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Old 23rd December 2012, 07:03 PM   #7
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Oo, oo.......that would be great folks!
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Old 23rd December 2012, 07:54 PM   #8
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... But yes it all helps the learning... think I took about 200 photos there in 2005. {Simon thought it funny , I took so many at the time.}

Still he did pose in front of a couple of displays, while I was taking them, to add something to the pics... ...
This is not the way to go, Jonathan; when walking in the rain, one ends up wet .
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Old 23rd December 2012, 11:21 PM   #9
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It would be good if Spiral and I could combine our photo's for you Battara
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Old 24th December 2012, 12:05 AM   #10
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No complaints from me.......
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