Thankyou Steve, I feel honoured.
Hi Mross IRKHS is good, heres an article I wrote in their articles section about the main military pattern & mark number kukri. I think I posted it here as well?
Ah yess ....
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1889
Some of its features are quite ww2 but I think ww1 is more likley. {& such features were in use in ww1.}
Heres mine Andy with many similaritys to yours, particularily the flat bolster face, steel rivets & angh khoala blade style, Main differance is mine has a slighty more curved/ergonomic handle, but I think these two kukris are probably brothers or cousins at least!
It was a bring back by,
William .R. GEDDES
I managed to trace records of for his family as they had some of his letters,medals & army papers but nothing about his death. Includin whearabouts of his grave.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 10th Bn.
Date of Death: 24/06/1917
Service No: L/11329
Who was killed at battle of Ypres.
He was a proffesional soldeir. Busted down & reinstated as corpral several times for striking officers in the trenches. Must have been good at man managment when the pressure was on.
He left the army in 1914 & came home with this kukri & a Belgian bayonet after 12 years service but after a fight in a pub reinlisted. He was a civilian for 6 weeks.
He left the kukri in grease in a locked trunk with his other stuff. A good soldier!
Its a great kukri, nice to see another one so similar!
Spiral