Two Indian Knives for interest and/or comment

Silver John · 25th June 2017, 01:45 PM

I remembered seeing a few examples with jade handles, so I searched for "Indian kukri jade handle" and went from there.

There are three more similar examples in this thread too: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=83113

They're described as "early tourist kukri (1920-40) Northern India"

Miguel · 25th June 2017, 07:48 PM

Hello Silver John, you have made my day, thank you for your info and pics I am much obliged. I can see them being tourist souvenirs but that does not rule out them being sold as hunting knives for European tourists

Regards
Migue

25th June 2017, 01:45 PM	#1
Silver John Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 31	I remembered seeing a few examples with jade handles, so I searched for "Indian kukri jade handle" and went from there. There are three more similar examples in this thread too: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=83113 They're described as "early tourist kukri (1920-40) Northern India"

25th June 2017, 07:48 PM	#2
Miguel Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 584	Hello Silver John, you have made my day, thank you for your info and pics I am much obliged. I can see them being tourist souvenirs but that does not rule out them being sold as hunting knives for European tourists Regards Migue