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Had the camera out, and though I'd photograph this and share. A basic plain kora/khunda/khuda.
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Sadley at the very least to my eye the new parts & welding are not in the old style of these pieces.
Is it just a poor renovation or a totaly modern "replica" I wonder? Spiral |
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A very nice, plain yet attractive variant of a good fighting kora with a traditional nepalese style hilt! I too questing the welding marks... However, I like it a lot.
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And Of course replicas are still made in Nepal to day for western importers, tourists & indeed sometimes the locals. spiral |
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The blade is forged - the fuller is shallow and the edge of the fuller isn't sharp. The disks are cut from sheet metal, and I think the grip is the same sheet metal rolled into a slightly conical tube. The domed cap looks like it might be a different steel.
The thickness of the spine is about 4mm at 2", 7mm at 6"-7", and 6mm from 12"-18". Positions along blade in inches as per photo. I doubt that it's differentially hardened, since the point is a little bent. Are "real" ones usually differentially hardened? 800g. I don't have any reason to think it's older than perhaps mid-late 20th century. Could be late 20th. |
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Hi Timo, well distal taper is always good in a blade, Helps stop it snapping under duress, after all.
![]() They should be differntialy hardend if for use but the very tips are likely to be left soft judging from kukri, {Ive never etched a kora/khonra etc.} if you can lightly etch it you will see whether the man who made it , made for it to be potentialy used or purely a wallhanger.Post ww2 does seem likely, I agree. Who it was made for, as with many ethnographic weapons from that area we will probably never know. Beheading buffalo is there main job today if made for locals. Spiral |
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Here is another. A bit shabby, with a big bend in the blade at about 20", about 10-15 degrees. Perhaps I can straighten it, if I feel the need.
My first impression was that it would be a bit of a pig to try to fight with, a rather heavy and unwieldy brute ("only" 1.36kg, but still a pig). Maybe OK for dealing with unmoving sacrifical targets. |
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