Massive Battle or Maar Han kukri for Christmas joy!

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spiraltwista

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Heres some of my old & larger maar hani {sacrificial} or battle kukri piceces for you to enjoy, potentialy most have done both jobs! For cheery seasons greetings to you all!

top 1, hanshee lambenda style, largest with 21 1/2 inch blade. weights only 24 oz. with 6 inch handle, Carrys what is possibly a Shiva mark.

2nd down, 18 1/2 inch blade weights 29 oz with 4.5 inch handle,

3rd. 17.75 inch blade, handle 4 inch betwen plates, weights 39 oz

4th. 17.5 inch blade, 4.5 inch between plates, 36.8 oz on the scales.

Enjoy!

Spiral

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Always great to see some of your pieces:) Thanks for sharing, Spiral.
 
Thank you Jon!

The 2nd one looks like the Berk's Special.

For the Talwar handle at 36.8Oz it's pretty heavy for a battle blade.
 
Jonathan, how are the handles on the bottom two which have the disks at the bolster and pommel? I've seen a few of these and always thought the handle looked terribly uncomfortable. Of course, I guess they're not made for chopping wood or the like. Thanks for the pics.
 
Thanks Steely! My collection ha got a lot smaller over the past couple of years, Down to 60 pieces now.

Cheers Jay!you do get some massive & heavy battle kukri , but the kora handled 36.5 oz piece was a leaving gift in the early 1920s of a sacrifcial kukri from a Gurkha officer to a British Sikh Officer so was purely a Maar hani piece, I would guess.

The older kora handled piece is probably a differnt manner despite its weight! As an aside I have a 1915 mk1 from Cossipore armoury thats nearly that around 36 oz as well! & have had Nepali army long leaves that weigh similar!

Spiral
 
jdk1 said:
Jonathan, how are the handles on the bottom two which have the disks at the bolster and pommel? I've seen a few of these and always thought the handle looked terribly uncomfortable. Of course, I guess they're not made for chopping wood or the like. Thanks for the pics.
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For my hand size there good JDK, the plates have enough angle to allow wrist movement cobined with the curve in the grip, if just swung at air or at imagenary foe the wrist plate might hurt a bit unless done in a spiral motion or twist! but if you hit a target whether man or buffalo there would be no problem! {no one man or buffalo is getting up again!}

Spiral

Not ones easily dropped either, so many differant shapes & angles in the grip.
 
Thanks for the info on the handle Jonathan. It would certainly offer a secure grip! It's interesting you mention the weights on some WWI and long leaf khuks. Below is an interesting HI khuk made by Shaila. To my novice eye it seemed somewhat like a chiruwa Bhojpure type, but bears a resemblance, in blade profile, to a long leaf I guess. BTW, I just love that graceful blade shape. It weighs 36 ounces and is 18" long and I can't imagine swinging it in combat. It is so forward heavy that it literally cannot be stopped in mid swing. Myself being over six foot, it amazes me that Gurkha could swing a similiar sized khuk quickly enough for fighting. The wound inflicted would be devastating! Thanks again for the information.

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jdk1 said:
It weighs 36 ounces and is 18" long and I can't imagine swinging it in combat. It is so forward heavy that it literally cannot be stopped in mid swing. Myself being over six foot, it amazes me that Gurkha could swing a similiar sized khuk quickly enough for fighting. The wound inflicted would be devastating!
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JDK the balance on these metal handed pieces isnt any further forward than usual on a vintage military kukri, due to the weight of the hilt. The older & indeed heavier one does feel much more lively & faster in the hand though. Id guess as your example has a wooden handle that will through the balance further forward. I am sure Large battle kukri would often be used with a shield in the other hand.

Its amazing how strong some Nepalis are, Ive seen women carrying large baskets of Id guess around 50 kilos of cement up & down bamboo ladders to the top of 6 story building in Kathmando. They were probably all under 5 foot & skinny as rakes weighing less than the cement they carried each time. And they do long working days before walking back to thier villages.

Spiral
 
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