Another mid 20th Century Indian Kukri?

[rickdeckard]

Picked up by my Uncle when in the Himalayas in the late 1970s. Handle seems to be bone? Looks fairly crude. Is this another North Indian made kukri?

Thanks, M.

[Ian]

Looks Nepalese to me.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by Ian

Looks Nepalese to me.

Me too!
Love that bone grip and the smoothly curved spine.
Nice One. Probably a 'villager' Kami who knows what he is doing...

[rickdeckard]

Thanks for the responses, chaps. I’ll get some more shots and dimension up. The “pommel” looks to be brass.

[Bob A]

At first glance I thought the grip was horn; is it confirmed to be bone?

[rickdeckard]

Handle is 110 mm, blade 290 mm.

Yes, you are right, it is horn - not bone, my error - I’ll ask my Dad if he knows what type.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by rickdeckard

Handle is 110 mm, blade 290 mm.

Yes, you are right, it is horn - not bone, my error - I’ll ask my Dad if he knows what type.

Could be polished stag. They made them looking like that. I prefer is unpolished.
My Godzilla, Crown stag grip:

[werecow]

Those are some weird image artifacts.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by werecow

Those are some weird image artifacts.

Better? Satisfied?

[werecow]

I was referring to kronckew's picture (the fullers and the edges of the scabbard look distorted), but I don't object.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by werecow

I was referring to kronckew's picture (the fullers and the edges of the scabbard look distorted), but I don't object.

Oh, I understand! You're correct, it looks indeed somewhat weird.

[kronckew]

The suede cover over the original wood scabbard (and its original thin black leather cover, was handstitched in the pattern you see. Where the stitches cross over, they have a bumpy appearance. It's the low resolution auction photo enlarged a bit, so that adds to the illusion. The blade spine is also smooth, tho the grainy photo shadows make it a bit indeterminate like it might be notched - it isn't, your eyes fool you.


The original scabbard inside stops flush with where the stitches end, so there is kinda-like a rain flap the grip inserts into. The curve of the crown stag & the way it's installed fit the hand perfectly and give you a firm and precise edge alignment. I call it 'Godzilla', it's a 15in.AngKhola bladed beast you do not want to make angry. It's a heavy beast, so I imagine it didn't do well on a belt, and needed the baldric - which is a nylon luggage shoulder strap I added.

Here are a couple better pics I just took of it tonight:

[werecow]

Indeed, much better!