Ebay- any truth to this one?

If I had the money I would be all over this one!!!!:D
John Powell will be able to tell you exactly what it is.
What confuses me is the seller saying the small knives are 2" long!!!!
If the kukri is what he says it is and all things are pictered as they are then the two small knives are considerably longer than 2 inches!!!!
Interesting that it has two kardas instead of a karda and chakmak.
 
It looks like an interesting later 19th century khukuri; probably, non-military. The kardas look to be about 5 inches in OAL.

n2s
 
Looks like a decent enough old khukuri to me and the dust bunnies but we will defer to the experts.
 
Nice.
Would that be an old style Sirupati?

I may put a bid in if it doesn't climb too much
by this time tomarrow.
 
Looks like a real eastern Nepalese 20th century villager to me. Probably post war, But thats just my personal interpritation of its artistry & style.
Spiral
 
Ferguson, thanks for the link to the prior post on your villager. That design on the top of the first half of the blade is virtually identical to one on a 16" OA villager Siru that I just bought. Wonder if that's a traditional design.

TAL
 
The first is an Indian M43 with the frog (in bad shape) slid on backwards. There is also one of the famous "marked WWI" repro/fake/new kukris.
 
if it's a usable kukri, around $100 probably isn't a bad price - even if it has little or no historic interest. I think the relative prices of HI kukris (as compared with other knives) may tend to make us see some of these sale-prices as more inflated than they really are. assuming this is a usable kukri - it didn't look too bad to me.

--B.
 
Pardon, but if there is no historical interest, why pay a premium over the cost of the best tool? (And I like nice old blades on general principle.)
 
Originally posted by Thomas Linton
Pardon, but if there is no historical interest, why pay a premium over the cost of the best tool? (And I like nice old blades on general principle.)
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you mean, wouldn't an HI kukri be a better purchase? yes, probably - I just meant $100 for a usable kukri isn't a bad value actually.
 
At least this seller didn't claim it was an "authentic" WW I piece. This proves that at least 6 bidders don't do research and have no clue they're getting a repro.
 
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