Rick:
Nice example. I like the treatment of the hilt and the blade is handsome.
JP: I've just returned from five days in Dharan in eastern Nepal (about 90 minutes by road from Biratnagar). I was excited to learn that this town is the site of a former Ghurka army base (now converted to a University campus). I was hopeful of finding some older examples of khukri, but alas there is a total ban on the sale (and manufacture) of khukri because of the Maoist insurgency. Very disapppointing!
Ian.
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