unique Victorian era kukri

John Powell

John Powell

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This is a strange one. I am sure it was not made by a kami, but is perhaps a copy by an Englishman who either served in the Gurkha Regiments or had access to a kukri. The scabbard is very well made, has no wooden frame but has a flap covering the grip. There is a belt loop on the back and an extra loop on top of the flap. It is missing the attaching buckle.

The blade is forged steel with a very shallow cho, 2 parallel blood grooves on one side along with the initials MM. There is a flat piece of steel acting as a bolster. The grip is one piece of heavy bone with crisscross grooves, a slight widening at the pommel and a very sturdy pommel cap, round keeper and square shaped peened over tang.
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There was a few nice things that came out of the Victorian Age.:)

Interesting that the handle is so short if perhaps an Englishman had forged it for himself.
But then it may have been forged by a blacksmith for someone else with only a drawing or verbal description to go by.


N2S has it right when he said, "If they could only talk..... "
 
"NOT AGAIN"!sniff!How long can you keep doing this??
You really enjoy torment don't you? Everytime I see your posts,I tell myself "I'll ignore this one"! It doesn't do any good,"I feel like C Brown when Lucy holds the football! We both know better, but we go ahead anyway! Lordy, now John's got me comparing myself to C. Brown!
jim
 
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