Ivory Handled Kukri

[Silver John]

Lovely kukri.

It reminds me of this one (which I sadly failed to win today).

[spiral]

Certainly does Mr.W

A good buy at C.$789 for someone...

Not for sale to UK or China though , despite bieng sold from Brit. address buy a member of this forum.

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[Silver John]

Yes it was a few $100 more than my max bid. Because of the restrictions I had my brother in New Zealand up at 2:30 in the morning bidding for me!

Oh well wasn't meant to be, and the winning bidder must really have wanted it at that price! Beautiful piece.

[spiral]

Originally Posted by Silver John

I had my brother in New Zealand up at 2:30 in the morning bidding for me! .

You dirty Cheat! {Go to top of the class!}

Originally Posted by Silver John

Oh well wasn't meant to be, and the winning bidder must really have wanted it at that price! Beautiful piece.

Yes and the second highest bidder did as well!

Originally Posted by russel

The rough finishing makes me doubt the idea of it being set with rubies. It is difficult to photograph, but there does seem to be a reddish residue in the base of some of the carving, perhaps a red resin?

Attached is an image of the butt as requested.

Could be Russel, But I did wonder if some of the roughness is later work with file or grinder, particularly around the butt, perhaps to remove or smooth out chips?

Thanks, for extra picture, I wanted to see what cut from the tusk they had used.

Originally Posted by CharlesS

WoW...an even better example of the fullering, better than the first one in terms of quality of craftsmanship. Very impressive and certainly does remind one of Persian and Indian work.

Thank you Charles, I think it is almost certainly Indian in construction.

Heres another one.....Both of these have 14 to 15 inch blades.

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[russel]

Here are a few images of the scabbard which came with this Kukri. The seller's images were quite poor so the quality of the scabbard was a complete surprise (and added bonus). It has seen better days. Much of the quill-work has worn away, but that which remains is quite lovely. It is the only example of quill-work in my collection.

[spiral]

Lovely scabbard to have Russel! Congrats, it all helps bring the piece together.

quill work is quite rare indeed...

Clearly the right scabbard for that kukri & same era as well.

The Chapes not right & much later , but who cares?

love the strap & side scabbard work particularly!

Thanks for sharing!

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[kronckew]

the blade shape of the ivory one reminds me of my salyan khukuri: (landscape is of Salyan in Nepal)