Kukri marking question.

BBJW · 13th January 2007, 08:43 PM

Hello. Can anyone tell me what S S ) 3 7 4 means on this kuk?

Thanx
bbjw

spiral · 13th January 2007, 09:06 PM

mmmm never seen an SS mark before, 3 arabic numerals normaly denote a soldiers last 3 identyfying numbers in British or British Indian units or Nepali units attached to Brit .indian army post C.1900 pre.c.1920 in my expierience to date.

The intials sometimes identify army base,armoury or indeed unit.

Can you do a close up of the ss & number ? so I can see the nature of what type of stamp , that made the stamp.

That sometimes adds a little info.

Spiral

BBJW · 13th January 2007, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiral

mmmm never seen an SS mark before, 3 arabic numerals normaly denote a soldiers last 3 identyfying numbers in British or British Indian units or Nepali units attached to Brit .indian army post C.1900 pre.c.1920 in my expierience to date.

The intials sometimes identify army base,armoury or indeed unit.

Can you do a close up of the ss & number ? so I can see the nature of what type of stamp , that made the stamp.

That sometimes adds a little info.

Spiral

That is as close as I can get with my camera. I thought that pic was OK. That is what the S S ) 3 7 4 looks like. I haven't seen markings like these before.
Cheers
bbjw

Rick · 14th January 2007, 12:24 AM

Enlarged.

spiral · 15th January 2007, 04:17 PM

Thanks Rick, BBJW,

Sadley its not clear enough for me to see what tools, made the tools that made the stamps, so that doesnt take us any further forward.

To illustrate the point.

Heres a kukri, with Nepali made Devangari stamps made from many individualy shaped tools for each stamp.

It also has what appear to be hand cut British Indian made western numeral stamps that often occur on British Indian kukri.

Its from IKRHS & owned by Mike.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/editpo...itpost&p=40339

British made stamps cut with wheels by tool & die makers look mpore precise than the Indian ones.

One finds many kukri come out of Nepal some saw Nepali army use, Some British Indain, some post independance Indian & some acombination of all the above.

I cant even guess at what SS means, It doesnt match any unit I can recall, So An armoury where it was inspected or a base it was issued from is most likely.

For instance.

Co. is Cossipore.
Ca. is Cawnpore.
FW is Fort William
RP is Rawlpindi etc.etc.

But British India was a big place including, India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan, Burma etc.

Sorry its a questian I cant give a definative 100% answear to.

Spiral

BBJW · 15th January 2007, 05:22 PM

Hope this is a little better.- bbjw

13th January 2007, 08:43 PM	#1
BBJW Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 228	Kukri marking question. Hello. Can anyone tell me what S S ) 3 7 4 means on this kuk? Thanx bbjw Attached Images

14th January 2007, 12:24 AM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,291	Enlarged. Attached Images

15th January 2007, 05:22 PM	#6
BBJW Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 228	another try Hope this is a little better.- bbjw Attached Images

13th January 2007, 09:06 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	mmmm never seen an SS mark before, 3 arabic numerals normaly denote a soldiers last 3 identyfying numbers in British or British Indian units or Nepali units attached to Brit .indian army post C.1900 pre.c.1920 in my expierience to date. The intials sometimes identify army base,armoury or indeed unit. Can you do a close up of the ss & number ? so I can see the nature of what type of stamp , that made the stamp. That sometimes adds a little info. Spiral

15th January 2007, 04:17 PM	#5
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Thanks Rick, BBJW, Sadley its not clear enough for me to see what tools, made the tools that made the stamps, so that doesnt take us any further forward. To illustrate the point. Heres a kukri, with Nepali made Devangari stamps made from many individualy shaped tools for each stamp. It also has what appear to be hand cut British Indian made western numeral stamps that often occur on British Indian kukri. Its from IKRHS & owned by Mike. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/editpo...itpost&p=40339 British made stamps cut with wheels by tool & die makers look mpore precise than the Indian ones. One finds many kukri come out of Nepal some saw Nepali army use, Some British Indain, some post independance Indian & some acombination of all the above. I cant even guess at what SS means, It doesnt match any unit I can recall, So An armoury where it was inspected or a base it was issued from is most likely. For instance. Co. is Cossipore. Ca. is Cawnpore. FW is Fort William RP is Rawlpindi etc.etc. But British India was a big place including, India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan, Burma etc. Sorry its a questian I cant give a definative 100% answear to. Spiral