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Berkley · 7th November 2012, 07:04 PM

FWIW, in my experience the "Bannerman" blades are uniformly made of thin sheet metal, unlike a functional kukri whose spine is typically thicker than the blade at the edge bevel. The blade of Stan's item appears to be of more substantial thickness, although of similar shape. The presence of a kaudi (ritual notch) is highly uncommon among the "Bannerman" blades I have encountered - offhand I cannot remember one which had it.
Since rehilting seems to have been so common in Indian weapons, I think that the present casting may well not have been original to the blade. It's a very interesting and atypical piece.

spiral · 8th November 2012, 11:32 AM

Ahhh yes indeed Gene thats the type I meant, had a few of them {& the ingraved ones, Like Berk illustrates.} when I first started buying kukri.

Interesting Berk, I always assumed the slighty silvered ones were the same sources as the engraved ones, perhaps not Bannerman then.{I only have one of his catalouges, I must admit.} But in my humble opinion the silver wash pieces based on the several I have handled & many I know of are non functional decorative items & am sure were if not from Bannerman, were from a similar source.

Pictures of spine & any distal taper would be interesting.

Spiral

7th November 2012, 07:04 PM	#1
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	FWIW, in my experience the "Bannerman" blades are uniformly made of thin sheet metal, unlike a functional kukri whose spine is typically thicker than the blade at the edge bevel. The blade of Stan's item appears to be of more substantial thickness, although of similar shape. The presence of a kaudi (ritual notch) is highly uncommon among the "Bannerman" blades I have encountered - offhand I cannot remember one which had it. Since rehilting seems to have been so common in Indian weapons, I think that the present casting may well not have been original to the blade. It's a very interesting and atypical piece. Attached Images

8th November 2012, 11:32 AM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Ahhh yes indeed Gene thats the type I meant, had a few of them {& the ingraved ones, Like Berk illustrates.} when I first started buying kukri. Interesting Berk, I always assumed the slighty silvered ones were the same sources as the engraved ones, perhaps not Bannerman then.{I only have one of his catalouges, I must admit.} But in my humble opinion the silver wash pieces based on the several I have handled & many I know of are non functional decorative items & am sure were if not from Bannerman, were from a similar source. Pictures of spine & any distal taper would be interesting. Spiral