Thanks Rick, BBJW,
Sadley its not clear enough for me to see what tools, made the tools that made the stamps, so that doesnt take us any further forward.
To illustrate the point.
Heres a kukri, with Nepali made Devangari stamps made from many individualy shaped tools for each stamp.
It also has what appear to be hand cut British Indian made western numeral stamps that often occur on British Indian kukri.
Its from IKRHS & owned by Mike.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/editpo...itpost&p=40339
British made stamps cut with wheels by tool & die makers look mpore precise than the Indian ones.
One finds many kukri come out of Nepal some saw Nepali army use, Some British Indain, some post independance Indian & some acombination of all the above.
I cant even guess at what SS means, It doesnt match any unit I can recall, So An armoury where it was inspected or a base it was issued from is most likely.
For instance.
Co. is Cossipore.
Ca. is Cawnpore.
FW is Fort William
RP is Rawlpindi etc.etc.
But British India was a big place including, India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan, Burma etc.
Sorry its a questian I cant give a definative 100% answear to.
Spiral