Kukri with carved wooden scabbard.

[David R]

Last of the spoils from the weekend. I have seen these on Kukri blogs and threads, and now I have one. The blade is excellent, the scabbard something I wanted for ages, but the grip plates are either crude replacements or heavily worn, and don't really match the rest of the package.

[kronckew]

Mine must have come from the same Sarki carver . It's a smaller one, 6in. blade.

[David R]

The funny thing is that I remember seeing others like these elsewhere on the 'net but have nothing in my files. I would say a traditional pattern with little variation. This is the only other carved example a quick peruse on google threw up! There are plain ones around though.

[JeffS]

Appears to be a fairly common style of wood scabbard. Below is my example. I borrowed the black and white photo below showing a similar style from Peter Dekker's site.

[David R]

Nice to see others. I don't think they are rare in absolute terms but this was the first I saw on a dealers table here in the UK.
Personally I think the grip on mine lets it down somewhat, the blade and scabbard being discernibly better quality... but they all have a history.

[JeffS]

Originally Posted by David R

Nice to see others. I don't think they are rare in absolute terms but this was the first I saw on a dealers table here in the UK.
Personally I think the grip on mine lets it down somewhat, the blade and scabbard being discernibly better quality... but they all have a history.

I should clarify that I am a keyboard collector and when I comment about seeing ethnographic weapons, that I don't own, it is almost exclusively from photos online (and a small collection of books). Of the wood scabbards I've seen they seem to fall in 3 classes - ones like these in this thread with pattern carvings, ones carved to mimic traditional leather scabbards, and fairly primitive (usually very worn) versions. I like the handle on your khukuri.