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.
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