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spiral · 7th October 2009, 10:15 AM

Intresting thread, Heres a few kukri from my collection showing very similar marks.
Interestingly 2 of them are laminated & one etched. When these marks appear on kukri they usualy imply better than average workmanship.{But not always!}

The little one in the middle, etched to the 4th Gurkha rifles has a 12 inch blade.

Spiral

katana · 7th October 2009, 05:50 PM

Hi Spiral,
excellent examples on the Kuks, also interesting that it is considered a sign of better quality.

Here are a few more that have been previously posted by Lew, Jens, Norman , Stephen and Tatyana.....nearly all Tulwar blades except no 1 Stephen's unusually marked Kaskara ( which started a debate to whether this was a re-worked Indian blade) Number 2 is Tatyana's Nimcha and Number 3 is Lew's Bichwa.

Regards David

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katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Spiral, excellent examples on the Kuks, also interesting that it is considered a sign of better quality. Here are a few more that have been previously posted by Lew, Jens, Norman , Stephen and Tatyana.....nearly all Tulwar blades except no 1 Stephen's unusually marked Kaskara ( which started a debate to whether this was a re-worked Indian blade) Number 2 is Tatyana's Nimcha and Number 3 is Lew's Bichwa. Regards David Attached Images

7th October 2009, 10:15 AM	#1
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Intresting thread, Heres a few kukri from my collection showing very similar marks. Interestingly 2 of them are laminated & one etched. When these marks appear on kukri they usualy imply better than average workmanship.{But not always!} The little one in the middle, etched to the 4th Gurkha rifles has a 12 inch blade. Spiral