Mark III Gurkha service kukri, arsenal made, Indian (1945)

Title	Mark III Gurkha service kukri, arsenal made
Nationality	Indian
Period	1945

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This example is almost certainly the product of an Indian wartime arsenal on account of the inspection stamps on the blade, together with the initials HW and the date 45. These were carried by the Gurkhas throughout WW2, and the pattern of hilt loosely dates from the early 1920s. However, this example has no bolster at the forte.

It has nice rosewood grips, with smoothly polished iron rivets and a neatly riveted iron pommel. The blade is 12 inches long, with a typical narrow fuller, distinctive of most of the arsenal-produced kukris. These were made from 1943 onwards.

Its condition is excellent throughout, with some service wear to the grips. The scabbard leather has been recovered late in its working life, with the addition of a leather frog named to D Lincoln and dated 1974.

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[Edged Weapons : Dirks : Indian : 20th Century]

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