Good question.
As I understand it, Nepal designates the knife as THE national knife, but again the question arises of history.....just how widespread WAS the knife, during what periods, what local "flavors" developed over time, etc, etc.
In regards to kukris, I'm still following threads, reading versions, etc. and so far it appears that we have a situation similar to the dha, daarb or dah in that it rapidly spread over a wide and diverse area over a time period of up to 2,000 years or so (at least) so I suspect that the answer is yes.
In regards to this particular style of knife, I'm still one of the "newbies", thus am more than willing to defer to the more knowledgable and just absorb information, while I suspect we have a few members breathing a sigh of relief and saying, "It's about time....sheeeeesh!" **grin**
Mike
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