Kukri for coments

fernando · 7th October 2007, 10:59 PM

Thank you very much indeed, Andreas.
I am starting to get an impulse to tell the seller that he has cheated me. He assured me that this piece was gathered by a certain collector by latest 1920. Now i see that this piece didn't even exist in that period. In this case i don't reject the idea that the scabbard was probably an old ( older ?) item that was added to this kukri, which would have been unsheathed at a certain stage.
So this is an Indian kukri, not Nepalese, right?
And is its style called Sirupate ?
Thanks again for sharing examples from your collection.
Kind regards
fernando

7th October 2007, 10:59 PM	#10
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thank you very much indeed, Andreas. I am starting to get an impulse to tell the seller that he has cheated me. He assured me that this piece was gathered by a certain collector by latest 1920. Now i see that this piece didn't even exist in that period. In this case i don't reject the idea that the scabbard was probably an old ( older ?) item that was added to this kukri, which would have been unsheathed at a certain stage. So this is an Indian kukri, not Nepalese, right? And is its style called Sirupate ? Thanks again for sharing examples from your collection. Kind regards fernando