My dad picked up a new toy.

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bobwill1

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He hasn't used it, so I don't know if he got it for himself or me. :)

Well, it's a digital camera.

Here's some pics, sorry if they're big, I wanted to keep some detail.

<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/group1.jpg">
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/group2.jpg">
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/group3.jpg">
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/Malla.jpg">
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/malla2.jpg">
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/sirupati.jpg">
 
I would say that looks like a Kar 98 Mauser, and some big banana shaped knives. :)
 
Well we have one good guess at the rifle, anyone else want to take a shot. N2S got the time period right, she was in WWII, and she fought against the Russians in Europe.
The khukuris are from top to bottom
<UL>
<LI>25" Sirupati by KWNN</LI>
<LI>30" Kobra by Kumar</LI>
<LI>18" Ang Kohla -- my only non-HI khukuri also the only khukuri I don't know the name of the person who made it well except for the KWNN, nobody in this country seems to know that. :)</LI>
<LI>18.5" Malla by Sanu</LI></LIST>
 
OK, the rifle is some kind of Mosin-Nagant, but one that fought AGAINST the Russians? I guess I'll agree with N2S and say it's Finnish. I know they fought with the Axis, so that's my best guess.
 
You guys are good! Most people have never even heard of Mosin-Nagants! It's a Sako model 1939 made in 1944.
Here's the reciever markings, if you're interested.
<img src = "http://home.att.net/~rwillia/number.jpg">
 
Good looking khukuris. And the M39 Sako looks familiar.....just like the one I have sitting in the corner! I bought mine from a shop for $50 bucks. I like things that most people have never heard of! Especially when they are just as nice or better than what is commonly sought after.:D It's cheaper that way.;)

Patrick
 
Many thanks for nice pix. Either I'm going to have to upgrade my camera and take a photography class or quit posting. With all these excellent pix showing up from all quarters and Alan posting pro quality stuff my pix look like cartoons.
 
that panawal/chirwa style angkhola it has horn handle right? i think im gonna get one of those
where was it purchase if not HI?
 
I just tore all the sheets off my bed, and lined everything up, snapped about 8 pictures and uploaded the ones I liked best after some cropping and other stuff. :D

Alan's the man who knows how to take pictures!!!
 
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