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Originally Posted by spiral
By 1990 at the latest, {Lets be genourous say 20 years ago} they were having made, fake 1917 marked kukri British army Issue stamped kukri that unscroupulous dealers still buy & use to con naive or inexpierienced collectors.
There still making & selling them today. I`d guess when the real stuff ran out 30 years ago the fakes came in wholesale. 
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There is a trick to telling fake from real in WWA descriptions. They choose their words very carefully eg a Kukri of the British Army PATTERN / STYLE / TYPE etc .. ie they dont say this is a British Army kukri .
30th November 2011, 03:12 PM
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