February

[John Powell]

 

[Kismet]

Beautiful, John. Thank you.

 

[Yvsa]

Absolutely stunning!
I love that style of kukri, pure Classic!!!!

Many thanks John.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Thanks JP saving to my desktop as we speak. Beautiful blade.

Jake

 

[Green Ice]

Beautiful John. Thank you.

Ice

 

[Thomas Linton]

The kauri is as delicate as the blade is massive.

 

[Ad Astra]

Nice... we appreciate. Thanks.

It's a little like the one in the HI logo pic, where the soldier is examining the edge....


Ad Astra

 

[FallingKnife]

You know, JDP, I really like these calendar posts. Great pics, great blades. It's a really nice tradition.

 

[Dave Rishar]

I only started using these as wallpaper on my laptop last month, John, but I've had people who don't even know what a khuk is comment on how cool these pics are. Thanks for sharing.

 

[John Powell]

The kukri certainly does resemble the shape in the famous drawing from the London Illustrated News, February 22, 1908. It was used subsequently in other magazines of that era. Note the kauri...it is a pariwa ki aka or "eye of the dove". The description reads:
The most dogged fighters of the Indian Army are the little Gurkhas, the Fifth Regiment of which corps is with General Wilcocks in the expedition against the Zakka Khels. In addition to the usual arms the Gurkhas carry a peculiar broad-bladed dirk, called the khookree, of which they make terrible use at close quarters. Not only in appearance but in their determined methods of warfare, the Gurkhas are not unlike the Japanese. Kipling has immortalised "Johnny Gurkha".