Monstrous Kukri for comment

spiral · 1st November 2010, 09:23 AM

These are interesting pieces Valijun, Ive had a few of them, I agree with Kronckew & Battara its a ww2 era piece sold as a sacrificial kukri for maar etc.

This style seems prevelant in the Darjeeling/Assam area & many of all sizes were bought by British & American service personel during ww2. Some of the smaller ones were carried some were for mementoes. The frog indicates it was marketed towards ww2 era soldiers rather than locals as Gonzalo indicates.

The grips are usualy a white metal mixture including large amounts of zinc, rather than aluminium, The blade spines are usualy flat rather than rounded.

I would be interested to know its weight & how far the point of balance is in front of the bolster.

spiral

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1st November 2010, 09:23 AM	#5
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	These are interesting pieces Valijun, Ive had a few of them, I agree with Kronckew & Battara its a ww2 era piece sold as a sacrificial kukri for maar etc. This style seems prevelant in the Darjeeling/Assam area & many of all sizes were bought by British & American service personel during ww2. Some of the smaller ones were carried some were for mementoes. The frog indicates it was marketed towards ww2 era soldiers rather than locals as Gonzalo indicates. The grips are usualy a white metal mixture including large amounts of zinc, rather than aluminium, The blade spines are usualy flat rather than rounded. I would be interested to know its weight & how far the point of balance is in front of the bolster. spiral