Ivory Handled Kukri

[Battara]

W W!

What a great piece! I love the carving in the ivory (and even the blade itself).

Is this late 19th century? Do you have a scabbard?

[russel]

Thanks Battery, she puts a smile on my face every time I see her (for some perverse reason I attribute the feminine to most of my favourite items) :-)

I have attached a couple of more images. I make a guess at an origin around 1875, but I defer to the experts' opinion. It did come with a scabbard, with remnants of quill-work. I will post images of it in the next few days (separately packed due to house move).

Thanks again,
Russel

[russel]

Sorry Battara! Auto-correct keyboard was incorrect!

[spiral]

Lovely find Russel!

Unusual shape blade, in truth the blade decoration strikes me as one sometimes seen mid. 19th century. The straightness of hilt & the look of the kaudi area do seem later 19th century to me

So I would say your estimate seems quite likely.. Around that area give or take 10 years.}

To help non kukriites understand the measurements notation here's the kukri dimensions drawing we usually use. {Originally designed by Yvsa who has sadly walked west.}



I wonder what was originally inset in the ivory, next to the bolster? Cabochon Gems I suppose, rubies would have looked good, with the silver & ivory.

A truly lovely & unusual piece, any chance of a photo of the butt end?

spiral

[CharlesS]

Lovely piece. I am as intrigued by the complex fullering as by the beautifully carved ivory.

Great get!

[Sajen]

Hi Russel,

not my area of collecting but this is a very very nice piece, congrats!

Regards,

Detlef

[spiral]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

Lovely piece. I am as intrigued by the complex fullering as by the beautifully carved ivory.

Heres some more with complex fullering from my collection. They remind me of some Persian blade work.
















As I cant add photos of my other one it seems... It can be found on this thread, along with many other laminated kukris!

linky to nice kukris!

The famous Fisher kukri from the Gurkha museaum has similar decorative fullering.

bbc link to fisher kuk!

Spiral

[Silver John]

Lovely kukri.

It reminds me of this one (which I sadly failed to win today).

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by spiral

Heres some more with complex fullering from my collection. They remind me of some Persian blade work. Spiral

WoW...an even better example of the fullering, better than the first one in terms of quality of craftsmanship. Very impressive and certainly does remind one of Persian and Indian work.

[Battara]

Originally Posted by spiral

I wonder what was originally inset in the ivory, next to the bolster? Cabochon Gems I suppose, rubies would have looked good, with the silver & ivory.

spiral

That is a good point and would be insanely beautiful if restored like this!