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A GOOD OLD HIGH QUALLITY TIN CHIRA - 3 FULLERED INDIAN MADE KUKRI KNIFE DATING FROM 1920s to 40s ERA, LIKELY A CUSTOM MADE PIECE FOR AN INDIAN WEALTHY CIVILIAN AS IT HAS THE NAME
J. B. MISTRI AND A STAR OF DAVID INLAYED IN GOLD IN THE BLADE.
THE BLADE OF THIS KUKRI IS SPECTACULAR AND THE LAMINATED HIGH CARBON STEEL BLADE IS VERY VERY SHARP LIKE A RAZOR WITH DOUBLE LET ALONG THE TOP SPINE EDGE, THE KUKRI HAS THE TREBLE '' TINCHIRRA'' FULLER HOLLOW FORGED TYPE BLADE, A WONDERFUL BLADE ON A WONDERFUL KUKRI AND SELDOM HAVE I IN MANY YEARS SEEN ONE SO GOOD.
THE HILT IS OF DARK HORN WITH BRASS FRONT BOULSTER AND POMMEL PLATE, THE RIVETS ARE OF BRASS, THERE IS NO LOOSENESS OR DAMAGE AND THE GRIP IS A GOOD SIZE.
THE SCABBARD IS MADE BROWN TOOLED LEATHER OVER A THIN WOODEN CORE WITH A SILVER CHAPE AT THE END, IT HAS A LOVELY OLD AGE PATINA AND POLISH, LIKELY MADE CUSTOM FOR ITS OWNER AND MUCH MORE PRACTICAL THAN THE TYPICAL AND TRADITIONAL WOOD AND LEATHER SCABBARDS THAT ARE HUNG FROM THE BELT THIS ONE WAS LIKELY TUCKED INTO A WAIST SASH, IT RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SMAL BI KNIFE, A LARGER BI KNIFE AND FLINT STRIKER, IT ALSO STILL RETAINS THE BACK POUCH WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED THE EAR POUCH, INSIDE THIS POUCH THERE IS A SMALL FLINT AND A SMALL PIECE OF COTTON CLOTH TINDER, THERE ARE ALSO 3 PIECES OF AN OLD 1920S DATE LETTER WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN USED FOR TINDER IN FIRE MAKING, ALL IN ALL ONE OF THE VERY BEST I HAVE SEEN IN MANY YEARS OF BUYING SELLING AND COLLECTING, SUPERB !! AND AN HONEST PIECE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND UNUSUAL AS IT HAS THE 3 FULERED BLADE WITH GOLD INLAY INITIALS AND ALSO ALL ACOUTRIMENTS ARE INTACT.
SIZE IS, IN ITS SCABBARD 15 INS, BLADE 10=1/2 INS INS, HILT 4-1/4 INS, VERY WELL BALANCED AND VERY SHARP AND THE BLADE RINGS LIKE A BELL.
PRICE IS $500 which includes Domestic USPS Priority Mail Shipping and Insurance. I am in North Carolina.
I accept payment by US Postal Money Order only. Please see my feedback. Thanks!
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J. B. MISTRI AND A STAR OF DAVID INLAYED IN GOLD IN THE BLADE.
THE BLADE OF THIS KUKRI IS SPECTACULAR AND THE LAMINATED HIGH CARBON STEEL BLADE IS VERY VERY SHARP LIKE A RAZOR WITH DOUBLE LET ALONG THE TOP SPINE EDGE, THE KUKRI HAS THE TREBLE '' TINCHIRRA'' FULLER HOLLOW FORGED TYPE BLADE, A WONDERFUL BLADE ON A WONDERFUL KUKRI AND SELDOM HAVE I IN MANY YEARS SEEN ONE SO GOOD.
THE HILT IS OF DARK HORN WITH BRASS FRONT BOULSTER AND POMMEL PLATE, THE RIVETS ARE OF BRASS, THERE IS NO LOOSENESS OR DAMAGE AND THE GRIP IS A GOOD SIZE.
THE SCABBARD IS MADE BROWN TOOLED LEATHER OVER A THIN WOODEN CORE WITH A SILVER CHAPE AT THE END, IT HAS A LOVELY OLD AGE PATINA AND POLISH, LIKELY MADE CUSTOM FOR ITS OWNER AND MUCH MORE PRACTICAL THAN THE TYPICAL AND TRADITIONAL WOOD AND LEATHER SCABBARDS THAT ARE HUNG FROM THE BELT THIS ONE WAS LIKELY TUCKED INTO A WAIST SASH, IT RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SMAL BI KNIFE, A LARGER BI KNIFE AND FLINT STRIKER, IT ALSO STILL RETAINS THE BACK POUCH WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED THE EAR POUCH, INSIDE THIS POUCH THERE IS A SMALL FLINT AND A SMALL PIECE OF COTTON CLOTH TINDER, THERE ARE ALSO 3 PIECES OF AN OLD 1920S DATE LETTER WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN USED FOR TINDER IN FIRE MAKING, ALL IN ALL ONE OF THE VERY BEST I HAVE SEEN IN MANY YEARS OF BUYING SELLING AND COLLECTING, SUPERB !! AND AN HONEST PIECE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND UNUSUAL AS IT HAS THE 3 FULERED BLADE WITH GOLD INLAY INITIALS AND ALSO ALL ACOUTRIMENTS ARE INTACT.
SIZE IS, IN ITS SCABBARD 15 INS, BLADE 10=1/2 INS INS, HILT 4-1/4 INS, VERY WELL BALANCED AND VERY SHARP AND THE BLADE RINGS LIKE A BELL.
PRICE IS $500 which includes Domestic USPS Priority Mail Shipping and Insurance. I am in North Carolina.
I accept payment by US Postal Money Order only. Please see my feedback. Thanks!
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