Kukri...

spiral · 29th April 2007, 03:39 PM

Nice kukri Flavio! well made blade, good fullers, could definatly be of ww1 or slightly earlier. Nice price as well, sometimes they go a fair bit more than that.

The kora handled ones are from Nepal the genuine tulwar handled ones from the Punjab , but there are many are fakes & or composites of the tulwar handle ones with kukri blades, made in India & Nepal & by unscrupulos western dealers, this has probaby been occuring throughout the 20th century.

Here one of my smaller wall displays. The top one of these is a typical high quality Punjabi Sikh Sossun Patta {Liilly leaf.} style bladed kukri with tulwar handle from C.1850 or earlier.

Fantastic quality blade you show with the composite brass handle! never spotted that photo that on the net, where is it from? {If its ok to say?}

Spiral

29th April 2007, 03:39 PM	#16
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Nice kukri Flavio! well made blade, good fullers, could definatly be of ww1 or slightly earlier. Nice price as well, sometimes they go a fair bit more than that. The kora handled ones are from Nepal the genuine tulwar handled ones from the Punjab , but there are many are fakes & or composites of the tulwar handle ones with kukri blades, made in India & Nepal & by unscrupulos western dealers, this has probaby been occuring throughout the 20th century. Here one of my smaller wall displays. The top one of these is a typical high quality Punjabi Sikh Sossun Patta {Liilly leaf.} style bladed kukri with tulwar handle from C.1850 or earlier. Fantastic quality blade you show with the composite brass handle! never spotted that photo that on the net, where is it from? {If its ok to say?} Spiral