Tourist khukuri or the real McCoy?

golok

golok

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I bought this khukuri which was reportedly classified as old by the man who sold it.

Who can tell whether it is an old khukuri or a tourist one.

The sheath is pretty worn out. It has an ivory handle that has lost it butt cap. There are some wriggly lines on top of the blade. There is a little "sun" on one side.

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/6fa9...s.f1.yahoofs.com/users/6fa9...cvXR47AGoB.VpsA
 
Try looking at Bernard Levine's forum. I posed the question there.
The pictures were fine over there.
 
The Levine URLs work ok for me. I think that the URLs posted here don't have all the information included which is why they don't work.

Nice khukuri by the way...:)

I was able to open them using Apple's QuickTime plugin without any problems. Noting that Microsoft recently updated IE and broke support for Netscape style APIs, you might consider downloading Apple's Active-X patch to fix this.
 
It looks like a decent old khukuri to me and if it's got an ivory handle I think you've got a winner. John Powell can tell us more.

How big is is. Can you give us some specs?
 
This one has a bone handle and is crudely marked "india". Clearly a tourist piece. The handle is cracked and the buttcap is missing... so not all khukries are made to Uncle Bill's standards
 
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Tourist or otherwise if it had an ivory handle I still wouldn't mind having it in my collection.;)

I also think that the khukuri wouldn't have ivory handles if it was a tourist model, but what do I know.:)
 
N2S, I'm sure that's one of those Taiwanese kuks that are flooding the market. You can send it to me I'll take care of it. HAW, HAW!
It's a really neat looking Kuk. I go along with Yvsa doesn't matter what the age is it is a nice addition to any collection. And if you do find that its some rare Kuk made in the clouds with a magic hammer it will be that much nicer. And if you really don't want it I do have a spot for it.
 
Black Bear,

I'll get some additional pictures for us to look at later. Golok's piece might be something entirely different. It would be good to get a close-up picture of some of the blade and handle.

n2s
 
Here we can appreciate the quality of the decoration, and also how the "India" stamp has been applied.
 
The pommel cap (now missing) was held in place by resin. The tang does not appear to extend through to the pommel. You can see the small pin hole where the pommel would have rested as the dark colored resin dried.
 
Both accessory knives are crudely assembled, and stamped "India".

Sometime things look fine from the clouds, but, only when you get close up can you appreciate what you have.

n2s
 
Good pixs. If not for the India stamp a person may think he had a very old Kuk. Thanks for the photos.
 
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