4 UBDOTDs for 1/16 -- Pix and big savings.

Nasty:

The kid knows how to make a khukuri.
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Yes, & this Big Kid knows a bargain when he sees one :D :D

It was just a matter of time I guess.
It will be nice to have a REAL Sirupati now...
 
Please translate:
UBDOTDs.

Incidentally, do the 15" and 18" Sirupati ever come with wooden handles?
 
Uncle Bill's Deal Of The Day.

Pretty much everything comes in wood and horn handles.
 
Josh, yes the strap held "buttons" that prevented the scabbard from falling thru the "patuka" or sash once worn by all Nepalis of both high and low consequences. These buttons were made from a small round piece of wood or bone covered in leather, but could also be wrapped leather in the form of a cylinder. Both gold and silver buttons are used on "palace" kothimoras. I have also seen a kukri with ivory buttons. There are kukris that have the strap wrapped around the scabbard 3 or 4 times and end with an elaborate knot. These early pieces would have quill work on them or have a sewn-in design of coloured or metallic thread. When the frog was introduced the strap/button arrangemnet was kept to secure the scabbard, but they finally disappeared altogether on the military pieces while "traditional" kukris kept them.

In this group of photos you will see clear examples of how the kukri was worn in the patuka.
sash.jpg
 
John, thanks very much for an incredibly informative answer. Great photos. I love the ornateness of the one in the lower left labelled "Figure 4".
--Josh
 
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