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Hello Nathaniel :)
Without actual measurements I'm guessing the blade is a big one. 18 in?
If so I would guess that kukri was made for ritual use at festivals such as daishan. Kukri looks well made perhaps 1920s to 40s :shrug: My speculations may be off track as I am not familiar with this type. Others will know more.
Is it possible to tell if the decoration was filled with any other material?
Thanks for sharing Nathaniel.

Best regards,

Daniel

Hello Daniel,

Thanks for your viewing and comments. This is my first Kukri :)

It's size is quite large the blade is 41cm and the total length is 54cm long...the spine thickness is 8mm at the handle.

The decoration on the blade is not filled any that I can see...but the etching is of a very uniform depth. The white diamond shape decoration on the handle seems to be some type of bone/ivory..with one loss and some sort of glue in it's place. The end of the handle has a plate and two nails of sort are driven in through the handle.

I agree in that it was for some type of festive or at least a decorative/ dress knife...I'm not expert...but when I did show this to another collector/seller...he said it looked similar to one of the knives carried by Nepal's Prime Minister Shree Tin Chandra Samsher. That is all I know? Anything anyone else might add, I would be much appreciative :)

A very nice kukri there, probably around the WWII period maybe post WWII, the decoration by the spine before the curve down looks typical Nepali, the other decoration doesn't look Nepali at all, and may have been added later?
41cm blade size is not an unusual carry size in the hills of Nepal pre-land reforms.

Thanks for theadditional information, Simon. Always interested to learn more :)