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Had a super day at the GM, it was good to see a couple of old friends Gavin (the curator) and Mergh Rai and discuss with Gavin various aspects of kukri supply, as well as to do some research.
I was also able to get Jerry to verify and confirm handle type of the issued kukri (in the 'Official' picture) of Gobarsing of the 1/4th Gurkhas in Burma in WW2, which is of the ring/banded with rivet style of the same type in the picture of the mannequined Gurkha Last edited by sirupate; 4th February 2016 at 11:32 AM. |
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I had a chance to browse through some of Villiers-Stuarts marvellous photographic records of his battalion and regiment
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Some of the displays
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Some of the kukri
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Hi guys, I took this picture of the below sword at the GM on the recent visit, which was potentially carried by Officers of the 8th Assam Rifles, later 6th GR C.1830, is it based on the French sabres of the same period? or another European's countries sabre?
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It is interesting to see the Afghan choora and Tibetan weapons in the display.
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They are nicely made too Estcrh, glad you like them
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I managed to get a slightly better view of the Tibetan swords Estcrh
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Many thanks Teodor, I already have as the post was slipping into obscurity, but once again many thanks for the reply and answer
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Any info on this type of hilt, I have seen it on both kora and kukri with dates ranging from the 19th to 20th century.
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Very nice. Was there any provenance info on the labels for the Bhutanese swords? That is, the reason why they are in a Gurkha collection? Are they captures from the Younghusband expedition, for instance?
The short sword is quite interesting. Ones of that length usually seem to be working knives without such quality fittings. |
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The earliest I have seen that type of hilt on kukri is from the Palpa war in 1806 pictures attached from my visit in 2009 |
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Jung Bahadur Rana (1817-1877), in the national Museum all the khunda have the classic handle as per this picture
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here ), but don't know much about the influences of these hilts (that look decidedly European rather than indigenous) I stumbled upon one and picked it up for nearly nothing, so I didn't do much research beforehand. Thoughts? |
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Shadye78, if you really want to know more about these blades, you should look at South India - centuries back.
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Are you referencing the ayudha katti from around Karnataka? I am always curious about origin of weapon forms, but in this case, I was mostly concerned with determining when kora blades were mounted in these gilts, and if that points to a specific place of origin for these specific weapons. Still, if you have info on the origin of the kids and related blades, I'm curious to hear more ![]() |
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Koras were used in the south very early, and so were kukris.
Why they stopped using them is unknown to me, but maybe you can research it. |
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