a kukri for ID please

[spiral]

Originally Posted by JamesKelly

I would think this kukuri would be more desirable with its original handle, even if broken, rather than the best new handle.

An antique gun guy viewpoint.

I understand that viewpoint, although without any provenance to it, a good workable handle replacement is expectable to me. {Would be different if it had provenance or was historically important in its own design.}

As the bolster is missing & the way the hilt is broken it may have been broken by someone trying to replace the kukri hilt with one from a kukri that had a smaller tang. But without examining it in hand ,I guess that we will never know.

Many partial tang kukri are re. hilted in Nepel evry 10 or so years or as necessary. {after daily use evry day for a multitude of jobs.}

As long as the replacement doesn't look done by BillyBob in his garage , I would rather see this one well hilted.

But the way is broad & the paths are many.

Spiral