Standard issue ang kholas?

If John, Berk, the folks at the British Gurkha Museum and in Nepal ever agree it never ever happened, one will show up the next day complete with impeccable provenance.

Those ornery *&*&@#$ kamis again. Right, John?

And they had regimental kamis up until when? Gtkguy may be able to tell us or give a good guess.
 
But a Ghorka wouldn't need an AK of any size for what they generally used them for, except perhaps in cutting through an enemy's helmet, but I think most of those incidents were because of being in heavy combat and in a hurry.
And most Ghorkas being on the small side didn't need the extra weight an AK has anyway.
I imagine the standard issue was what was used the most with the exception of a khukuri passed down from a father or grandfather.
I know if I was honored enough to have one passed down that that is the one I would carry and cherish knowing it had served the one who passed it down well.

I don't know if the Ghorkas were/are inclined to talk about what they done in the wars, but I do think it's a common question of all children and grandchildren all over the world to ask, "What did you do in the war father/grandfather?"

What we don't always realize is that the soldiers of other countries and even our enemies are thought of as heros in their own countries.
They no doubt, or at least most of them, felt that they were fighting for what they wanted to see in the world.
Same thing goes on today with what we call terrorists being a hero to their own countrymen.

Something most people don't stop to think about. ainnit?;)
 
I think the Indian Army still has regimental kamis making khukuris and whatever else the Gorkhas might need or want.

Our logo khukuri is certainly not standard issue but it was carried by a Chetri Gorkha officer in Burma during WWII so I'm told by the nephew of that officer who gave me the knife.
 
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