Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Gurkhas loved a Limbu kukri... today as well as in WW2.

Gavin Nugent · 24th December 2012, 11:32 PM

A very very interesting thread Spiral.

In this link;

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11898

I shared a Kukri of the type in post #8.

Below are the details from the gentleman I bought it and a story Dha from.
The provenance is excellent and the hand made regulation sized timber crate with WWII post marks and stamps and the original owner's Mothers home address is a remarkable thing to see and know that it still exists.

Burmese Story Dha and a Kukri.
Provenance; Earnest (Ernst) "Bud" Wirneferd (Winfield) Fish, DOB:10-18-1912 DOD:12-21-1983

A stunning Burmese Story Dha and Kukri, obtained from retired US Law enforcement Lieutenant Lenny Walker, these wonderful old items come with one very interesting story as told by Mr. Walker;

“I met E.W. “Bud” Fish in the mid 1960’s in Rockford, MN. Bud had lived there all his life and was somewhat of a confirmed bachelor. I worked for and helped Bud in different areas with his small excavation business. I was in my teens and Bud kind of watched over me and we developed a good friendship. Bud married when he was in his 60’s and passed away in 1983. After his passing his wife called me and said that Bud had put aside some items he wanted me to have. Among those items were this box, sword, and knives. I had seen them before when Bud had showed them to me and described how he came by them. He stated that he served in Fox Company (he wrote FOX in white paint on the knife sheath and I had asked him what that meant) and was in the Pacific theatre of WWll. Bud said that he first thought that it was a Japanese Samurai Sword but when some of the other soldiers looked at it they said that it was probably a Burmese Sword and the name that was inscribed on the scabbard “MAUNG SEIN” was probably a high ranking Burmese officer, official, or the person who made the sword.
Bud said that he had removed the handle on the sword so he could fit it into the box to ship home. It sat in his house until his widow gave it to me and it has set in my storage safe for the past 25+ years."

This was the initial communication between Lenny and myself. Other communication stated this and the Kukri were removed from a dead Japanese soldier, in what context I am unsure, action or cleanup

To have with these two items, the original shipping box certainly makes for interesting viewing and display and adds a certain extra dimension to lives and interests of soldiers lives during the Pacific campaigns. Further research pending and re-assembly/restoration of the Story Dha is underway.

I hope this is of interest.

The printed matter you scanned in the same link should be on snopes, a great find, thanks for sharing.

Gavin

24th December 2012, 11:32 PM	#3
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	A very very interesting thread Spiral. In this link; http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11898 I shared a Kukri of the type in post #8. Below are the details from the gentleman I bought it and a story Dha from. The provenance is excellent and the hand made regulation sized timber crate with WWII post marks and stamps and the original owner's Mothers home address is a remarkable thing to see and know that it still exists. Burmese Story Dha and a Kukri. Provenance; Earnest (Ernst) "Bud" Wirneferd (Winfield) Fish, DOB:10-18-1912 DOD:12-21-1983 A stunning Burmese Story Dha and Kukri, obtained from retired US Law enforcement Lieutenant Lenny Walker, these wonderful old items come with one very interesting story as told by Mr. Walker; “I met E.W. “Bud” Fish in the mid 1960’s in Rockford, MN. Bud had lived there all his life and was somewhat of a confirmed bachelor. I worked for and helped Bud in different areas with his small excavation business. I was in my teens and Bud kind of watched over me and we developed a good friendship. Bud married when he was in his 60’s and passed away in 1983. After his passing his wife called me and said that Bud had put aside some items he wanted me to have. Among those items were this box, sword, and knives. I had seen them before when Bud had showed them to me and described how he came by them. He stated that he served in Fox Company (he wrote FOX in white paint on the knife sheath and I had asked him what that meant) and was in the Pacific theatre of WWll. Bud said that he first thought that it was a Japanese Samurai Sword but when some of the other soldiers looked at it they said that it was probably a Burmese Sword and the name that was inscribed on the scabbard “MAUNG SEIN” was probably a high ranking Burmese officer, official, or the person who made the sword. Bud said that he had removed the handle on the sword so he could fit it into the box to ship home. It sat in his house until his widow gave it to me and it has set in my storage safe for the past 25+ years." This was the initial communication between Lenny and myself. Other communication stated this and the Kukri were removed from a dead Japanese soldier, in what context I am unsure, action or cleanup To have with these two items, the original shipping box certainly makes for interesting viewing and display and adds a certain extra dimension to lives and interests of soldiers lives during the Pacific campaigns. Further research pending and re-assembly/restoration of the Story Dha is underway. I hope this is of interest. The printed matter you scanned in the same link should be on snopes, a great find, thanks for sharing. Gavin Last edited by freebooter; 24th December 2012 at 11:47 PM.