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With silver foil. Is this Indian or Nepalese? Nice heavy double fullered blade and chased steel grip. I could think about restoration? Cookson's Precious Metals London and Birmingham do foil sheet and leaf for only a few pounds. Bade 35cm long, 45 cm long in total. The supplementary knives are unusually small? I think a chape is lost, perhaps silver?
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Hello Tim,
Nice one! Seems pure Nepali to me - just trying to bait Spiral & Co. ![]() Regards, Kai |
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Your doing well Tim! you should start collecting them!
![]() OK Kai Bait taken! ![]() I would say its Indian probably erly 20th century & pre.1930 at latest , A nice ek chirra blade, shame about the silver lifted of by the rust but one sees them that way more often than not. Thier not commen but they do turn up a couple of times a year. Cant realy see the karda & chakmak Tim? or is it twin kardas, how long are they? what do they look like? I see theirs a tinder pouch as well. Scabbard appears in very good condition, & it is certanly a kukri many collectors would be happy to own. I can think of one at least who hasnt one in his collection, most of the newer more recent budding collectors as well I am sure.. I always usualy the ek chirra as quite serious fighting blades, this would most likley have been brough by a Brit. officer or some such. The grips provide a solid & textured hold as well. As for re finnishing the silver, thats your choice, they do look nice done in the original blue/black steel & silver. But each to thier own regarding what restoration/refinnishing is appropriate. Spiral |
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Nice cho, but I don't think the scabbard is the original. I think it is a little older than Spiral does. Email me if you want to sell.
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Excellent assessment Spiral! It seems you and BBJW are well versed in kukri!
I am never really sure which fields everyone is specializing in (except the obvious dha, Moro, and keris guys ![]() ek chirra, karda, chakmak BTW, very attractive example Tim, you've really been busy!!! ![]() |
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Yeah, I also noticed the nice cho and fullers...
Thanks, Jonathan for setting me straight! ![]() BTW, are there any hints to look for wether a blade from Nepal may have got rehilted in India? Is (or rather was) the production of good quality khukuris in northern India restricted to ethnic groups also present in Nepal? Quote:
2. utility knife 3. knife-like tool for setting the edge Regards, Kai |
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