My newest acquisition for comments

Atlantia · 7th November 2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by spiral

Cheers Stu, Tirri book is a great coffee table book, but lots of his identifications & terms are rather dubious I find.

Its a non functing kukri, With a probably later tourist Tulwar type hilt. {I agree with Alex, re. the hilt...The Diety looks more like a pixie to my eye.

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Gene to my eye that hilts not quality? Looks poor casting?

Heres a few kukris all of which are larger than the featured one. some with kora grips, For me only one of then is approaching sword size. {21.5 inch blade & 7 inch handle.}

But to me its just a kukri.

But each to there own.

Spiral

Hi mate,

'Pixie' lol, harsh!

Indian bronze casting often looks somewhat 'nieve' in style. This hilt isn't bad, it's just not 'great'.
As for the blade, it certainly does have that early 20thC look, similar to the ones we so often see from the bannerman cat's and the others that form part of the flood of early 20thC Indian wall hangers etc.

There must be pictures on the forum?
(goes off to find)

Atlantia · 7th November 2012, 06:23 PM

Similar blade, I'd date it to about the same period 1900-1930

Atlantia · 7th November 2012, 06:26 PM

And one with chiselled decoration:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=bannerman

Berkley · 7th November 2012, 07:04 PM

FWIW, in my experience the "Bannerman" blades are uniformly made of thin sheet metal, unlike a functional kukri whose spine is typically thicker than the blade at the edge bevel. The blade of Stan's item appears to be of more substantial thickness, although of similar shape. The presence of a kaudi (ritual notch) is highly uncommon among the "Bannerman" blades I have encountered - offhand I cannot remember one which had it.
Since rehilting seems to have been so common in Indian weapons, I think that the present casting may well not have been original to the blade. It's a very interesting and atypical piece.

spiral · 8th November 2012, 11:32 AM

Ahhh yes indeed Gene thats the type I meant, had a few of them {& the ingraved ones, Like Berk illustrates.} when I first started buying kukri.

Interesting Berk, I always assumed the slighty silvered ones were the same sources as the engraved ones, perhaps not Bannerman then.{I only have one of his catalouges, I must admit.} But in my humble opinion the silver wash pieces based on the several I have handled & many I know of are non functional decorative items & am sure were if not from Bannerman, were from a similar source.

Pictures of spine & any distal taper would be interesting.

Spiral

7th November 2012, 06:23 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Similar blade, I'd date it to about the same period 1900-1930 Attached Images

7th November 2012, 07:04 PM	#4
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	FWIW, in my experience the "Bannerman" blades are uniformly made of thin sheet metal, unlike a functional kukri whose spine is typically thicker than the blade at the edge bevel. The blade of Stan's item appears to be of more substantial thickness, although of similar shape. The presence of a kaudi (ritual notch) is highly uncommon among the "Bannerman" blades I have encountered - offhand I cannot remember one which had it. Since rehilting seems to have been so common in Indian weapons, I think that the present casting may well not have been original to the blade. It's a very interesting and atypical piece. Attached Images

7th November 2012, 06:26 PM	#3
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	And one with chiselled decoration: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=bannerman

8th November 2012, 11:32 AM	#5
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Ahhh yes indeed Gene thats the type I meant, had a few of them {& the ingraved ones, Like Berk illustrates.} when I first started buying kukri. Interesting Berk, I always assumed the slighty silvered ones were the same sources as the engraved ones, perhaps not Bannerman then.{I only have one of his catalouges, I must admit.} But in my humble opinion the silver wash pieces based on the several I have handled & many I know of are non functional decorative items & am sure were if not from Bannerman, were from a similar source. Pictures of spine & any distal taper would be interesting. Spiral