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This weapon, with a 28cm blade, somewhat smaller than the WW2 variety, is typical of what the Gurkhas carried in the post-war SE Asian campaigns, viz Malaya, etc. It is a good deal handier than the larger kukri of WW2, especially the ordnance service version. These were made in northern India and in Nepal. It is brass mounted, with a yellow brass ferule and pommel and a white brass chape. The scabbard is goat skin wrapped on wood and it has a second skinning knife instead of a steel/sharpening tool. The grip looks like rosewood to me, but I might be mistaken. The leather has degraded somewhat, with the stitching coming a little loose at the reverse. One side of the blade would appear to have vestigial double fullers. The tool pocket at the reverse has virtually disintegrated. |