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Originally Posted by mrcjgscott
Hello David,
A nice working kukri, sometimes known in the collecting community as a "villiager" as it is exactly what your average Nepali of the period would have carried during his everyday activities in and around the village.
It certainly shows evidence of sharpening, so this was not bought by somebody to hang on the wall, but rather on somebody's hip.
All in all a nice period piece, well done! (Now you'll have to show us your other kukri...)
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Well I am happy with what people have said here, my real worry was that it was going to be one of souvenir pieces, a 20th C villager is all I could wish for.
My other Kukri is this one, bought for 30 bob when I was a schoolboy. 48 cm from one extremity to the other, and probably is a 19th C Nepalese Army one.