Falklands War Kukri

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Originally Posted by mrcjgscott

That is not how I understand it Simon, I believe you sent them some samples, and that was as far as it went. Quite a difference I think, and very misleading to claim you hold any kind of supply contract with them.
(Yes I did send samples, but I also supplied them with some kukri for private purchase buys. In the picture of WO1 Dai Charles and myself in Stonehouse Barracks teaching him and other RM btw, the kukri he is using is one of mine that he purchased off the Gurkha Shop in Brunei, ironic as we only live a couple of miles apart!)

Plenty of mistakes in both museums Simon. Note this image taken recently at Pokhara, clearly showing a WWA replica listed as original.
(I believe that is Spiral's picture from 2005, the museum has long since moved, and the kukri you refer to is not in the new Pokhara museum btw)

You seem to illustrate the “parade” version of the MKV. In uniform terms, a service No1 refers to a soldiers parade uniform. I believe this is where your confusion stems from.
(Outstanding lack of knowledge, if the current kukri were Mk5, it would be called Mk5 Ceremonial or Mk5 Service number one, but it isn't. On all the orders forms and correspondence I have seen for kukri for the Brigade of Gurkhas, there is no mention of Mk5 kukri, it is wholly incorrect to call them a Mk5)

Post WW2 most Gurkha units would have used up the vast stocks of MKII and MKIII left over from the war. Once these were gone, and the MK IV proved unsuccessful, it seems various regiments made their own arrangements until the MKV was decided upon. This took several years, and did not emerge until the mid 1960's.
(Oh really? considering that in WW2 the Gurkhas rarely used the Mk2 and Mk3 that is a fanciful statement of yours, and as the kukri were produced by the 'Indian Army', the kukri produced for the Indian Army after the partition would have remained with the Indian army, especially as the Gurkhas hardly ever used them!)

It has now been in production for over 50 years with some variation, but basically unchanged. Its constant characteristics are a horn handle, brass furniture, and a 10 to 11 inch blade. Not all are marked and dated as you state, but most carry the words “Ordep” or “Ordep Nepal” and a date.
(once again you make up words I am supposed to have said, amazing! at some point in the late 1980's the marking on the issue kukri stopped in the manner I spoke about when the Dharan base shut, for economic reasons, which is (for a while) where they made the kukri for the various Gurkha Regiments , and once again no Gurkha has referred to them as a Mk5!)


*Picture credit V.K.Kunwor*