Possibly hundreds of thousands made, but more likely 10s of thousands given the wide aray of different machete & kukri carried & issued in Burma.
So much of the jungle issue stuff got destroyed or severly damaged by humidity as well{not to mention war.}
I wonder how many are left in existance today? 500? 1000? more? less?
Guess thats why they have a value, plus the important part they played in history.
There were hundreds of thousands of japanese swords made in ww2, many still exist as trophys get kept, {jungle choppers dont}, but the katana still raise a few pennys!
Guess its like all commerce. Supply & demand.
cheers,
Spiral {The son of a Chindit.}
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