Excellent kukri with, dare I say, a wootz blade

RSWORD · 7th September 2008, 08:45 PM

Thanks for all the feedback. The blade, when measured along the spine, is a tad over 14" long. The longer handle helps give the blade a nice feel and while not a big, heavy blade, the blade does have some heft to it. I am afraid I do not have a proper scale to weight it. The POB is 2 centimeters past the cho. The blade shape reminds me a bit of a Sossun Pata and perhaps the maker of this blade was familiar with those swords and incorporated some of those features, ie, T-back spine with hollow grind and beveled edge.

I'll try and post some close up pictures of the koftgari later this evening.

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7th September 2008, 08:45 PM	#13
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,086	Thanks for all the feedback. The blade, when measured along the spine, is a tad over 14" long. The longer handle helps give the blade a nice feel and while not a big, heavy blade, the blade does have some heft to it. I am afraid I do not have a proper scale to weight it. The POB is 2 centimeters past the cho. The blade shape reminds me a bit of a Sossun Pata and perhaps the maker of this blade was familiar with those swords and incorporated some of those features, ie, T-back spine with hollow grind and beveled edge. I'll try and post some close up pictures of the koftgari later this evening.