Kukri for comment

drdavid · 2nd January 2006, 08:26 AM

Hi all
I was hoping one or more of the kukri experts here would comment on this one, described as vintage, with horn handle and in very good condition. It looks like a BSI post war to me but I know nothing. With thanks and wishing all of you a good collecting year.
cheers
David

spiral · 3rd January 2006, 08:58 AM

HI DrDavid,

Well its certanly based on the the post 1960 design, The so called BSI.

2 offcial versians are made of this knife, the standard & the cerimonial .{Although a beater versian sometimes called a jungle kukri is also issued on occasion.} So in reality thats 3 offcial varients.

I would say that for evry one the British army has bought probably 200 replicas are made! So true originals {by my definition.}are sometimes hard to find.

They have been made by many firms over the past 40 years with consequant variations in design & massive variations in quality.

I would say yours is probably the jungle versian. Based on finnish, leather type & frog.

Somtimes it hard to differentiate the jungle from the standard though, given the different makers.

What length is the blade & what does it weight?

Spiral

drdavid · 4th January 2006, 11:15 AM

Hi Spiral
thanks for the input. Further information as requested.
wgt about 600gms (21 oz)
blade length 27 cm (10.63 inch)
overall length 39 cms (15.35 inch)
cheers
Drdavid

spiral · 5th January 2006, 06:37 PM

Thankyou Drdavid!

Well thats to heavy for British Army Gurkha spec. They are normaly 14 to 17oz.

So its a Nepali copy of the jungle kukri, The added weight {presuming its well tempered.} would make it a good camping tool for splitting kindling etc.

I hope you enjoy using it.

Spiral

2nd January 2006, 08:26 AM	#1
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	Kukri for comment Hi all I was hoping one or more of the kukri experts here would comment on this one, described as vintage, with horn handle and in very good condition. It looks like a BSI post war to me but I know nothing. With thanks and wishing all of you a good collecting year. cheers David Attached Images Last edited by drdavid; 2nd January 2006 at 11:45 AM. Reason: Forgot to say what I thought it was

4th January 2006, 11:15 AM	#3
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	more info Hi Spiral thanks for the input. Further information as requested. wgt about 600gms (21 oz) blade length 27 cm (10.63 inch) overall length 39 cms (15.35 inch) cheers Drdavid

3rd January 2006, 08:58 AM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	HI DrDavid, Well its certanly based on the the post 1960 design, The so called BSI. 2 offcial versians are made of this knife, the standard & the cerimonial .{Although a beater versian sometimes called a jungle kukri is also issued on occasion.} So in reality thats 3 offcial varients. I would say that for evry one the British army has bought probably 200 replicas are made! So true originals {by my definition.}are sometimes hard to find. They have been made by many firms over the past 40 years with consequant variations in design & massive variations in quality. I would say yours is probably the jungle versian. Based on finnish, leather type & frog. Somtimes it hard to differentiate the jungle from the standard though, given the different makers. What length is the blade & what does it weight? Spiral

5th January 2006, 06:37 PM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Thankyou Drdavid! Well thats to heavy for British Army Gurkha spec. They are normaly 14 to 17oz. So its a Nepali copy of the jungle kukri, The added weight {presuming its well tempered.} would make it a good camping tool for splitting kindling etc. I hope you enjoy using it. Spiral