Opinions on this Kukri please

[wazu013]

This was found in my Brother in law's closet after he died. It was in a cedar box along with a Katar (Not shown)and the catalog in the pic. I'm curious to see if anybody heard of the museum as well.
Thanks,

 

[@LeathermanGX]

Looks like a high quality decorative pice I just picked up. Uniform dress knife.
If you're looking for a value you can't get that unless you're a paying member of the forum.

 

[fugglesby]

Alternatively you could go and ask the gang over at khukuri cantina on knifeforums. Truckloads of experience there and they should be happy to help.

 

[wazu013]

I really am not looking for value since it was my Brother in Law's my Wife thinks it's priceless. I just wanted to see if I could get some info on it and the museum.

I've had it on the Khukuri Cantina and they just blew it off as a tourist piece. I figured they were right about it but it is pretty old and it's been used and sharpened a bunch.

The museum part is interesting to me. It looks like they were ripping people off back in 1990.

Thanks for your replies :thumbup:

 

[tltt]

The museum wasn't really a museum, it was a store started by Marvin Hoffman in the mid 1950's. He told little stories about each item, and if you liked the item, you could buy it from him. He was a big believer in advertising, always printing up thick catalogs and sales fliers with photos, If you picked up a gun magazine from the mid 1950's - early 90's, chances are you'd see a medium sized ad on one of the corners of the advertising pages that was his. Always prominently featured was the Knight's Head logo lie on that catalog. They had a website in the 90's - early 2000's, but it's long gone. I think he passed in 2004.

The kukri itself is a better than average tourist/commercial grade, the jeweled scabbard borrowing a bit from the fancy Kothimora style, most likely 1940's - 60's.

 

[wazu013]

The museum wasn't really a museum, it was a store started by Marvin Hoffman in the mid 1950's. He told little stories about each item, and if you liked the item, you could buy it from him. He was a big believer in advertising, always printing up thick catalogs and sales fliers with photos, If you picked up a gun magazine from the mid 1950's - early 90's, chances are you'd see a medium sized ad on one of the corners of the advertising pages that was his. Always prominently featured was the Knight's Head logo lie on that catalog. They had a website in the 90's - early 2000's, but it's long gone. I think he passed in 2004.

The kukri itself is a better than average tourist/commercial grade, the jeweled scabbard borrowing a bit from the fancy Kothimora style, most likely 1940's - 60's.

Thank you for the information :thumbup: