Kukri Info Help Please

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Knifenutty

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I had a kukri brought over for me to look at and see what I thought of it.
He aqcuired it from a 90yr old Japanese man's estate.
It's 16" overall .
The handle material appears to be made out of ivory the end cap spacer looks to be made out of a hoove.
To me it looks like it had a lot of staining and was scotch brited to clean it up.
The case is leather bound wood and tape.
I am hoping there is someone with more knowledge of these here than I.
Thank You,
 
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You'll need better pictures than that if you want help determining whether it's ivory. Please take some better photos (including the sheath) and repost.

My personal opinion is that it is bone, and this is only based on initial view of how the handle is unevenly colored. -And I may be totally wrong.
 
I wasn't trying to determine if it was ivory...It may bone I didn't want to burn holes in to test it.
I was asking of thoughts of the kukri's possible era, location origin etc.
 
This is a nice example of an vintage post war officers style khukuri.
Likely a tourist piece, but well built and finished moreso than many.
Handle is bone with water buffalo horn buttcap and brass furniture.
Scabbard is water buffalo leather over wooden core in the traditional style, but is wrapped in layers of what appears to be grip tape? Frog likely not original to the piece.
The blade is nicely done with a single chirra, in some circles would be considered an Ang Khola.
 
Knifenutty said:
I wasn't trying to determine if it was ivory...It may bone I didn't want to burn holes in to test it.
I was asking of thoughts of the kukri's possible era, location origin etc.
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That is hard to say. These were mostly made by small shops and individual craftsmen. However, the lack of military markings, the decorations and style, and apparent materials used would suggest late 20th century india manufacture for the tourist/private purchase collector. The handle is almost certainly bone, but we will need a much better picture to say for certain.

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Burning it wont help you determine whether it's bone or ivory as both are organic.

You still need to take better pictures and include the sheath.
 
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