Your khukuri may be a perfectly servicable blade.
The description list the handle as bone, but appears to be and would usually be buffulo horn if not wood.
The few bone handles I've seen pictures of have more of the white or ivory look one would expect.
Critical points RE usability would be the strength of the tang / handle construction;
and steel quality / edge hardening.
Depends what you're using it to accomplish.
The harder the use (daily wood chopping at one extreme)
Or the more critical its dependability (military field carry at one extreme)
the more concerned you need to be with the quality of construction.
The fit, finish, and shape that gives it its 'look' may or may not be important to you; but...........
HI has this down, while still obviously hand-made blades.
The only concern I would have in a khuk I knew absolutly nothing about,
would be a tang failure around other persons.
A sharp 1-pound missle (blade lacking handle) bouncing around might be desirous to avoid.
A poor quality juncture between tang and blade --could-- fail when chopping hard.
The blade would seem to be made by stock removal rather than forging ("built from solid 10mm stock") which is
not in itself a bad thing, but for a current production 'traditional' khukuri --might-- be a sign for caution.
The best khuks will have differential hardening of the edge compared to the body of the blade.
The harder edge better retains sharpness, while the somewhat softer body is tougher to absorb the shock of blows.
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