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sirupate
19th September 2013, 09:06 AM
This battalion armourer made kukri is hidden away in the store rooms of the GM in Winchester. If I remember correctly the specs on this kukri were roughly; a 35cm long tin chira blade, and a weight of around 800-850 grams, and that Captain WS Boileau served in the 7th Gurkhas in WW1.
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sirupate
19th September 2013, 09:10 AM
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sirupate
19th September 2013, 09:16 AM
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sirupate
19th September 2013, 09:21 AM
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