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29th July 2016, 01:14 PM | #1 |
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Thanks for that Kronckew
Here is potentially an armourer made (no proof, just compared to others I have seen and handled) kukri for Dashain potentially from the WW2 era Next to it is potentially a 1/2nd WW2 GR issue kukri |
29th July 2016, 06:45 PM | #2 | |
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for those who do not know, daishan is the festival where they ritually slaughter buffalo with a khukuri, usually one of the larger dedicated ones. they use the larger ones as they must ensure they decapitate the animal in one blow. if they do not, it is a BAD omen for the coming year, and the person who failed is shunned for the coming year. |
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31st July 2016, 12:39 AM | #3 |
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Once again thank you Kronckew, I just assumed everyone would know about Dashain, which of course would not be the case.
In the picture is Captain McCalla's (Gurkha Officer) WW2 kukri, both were ordered by him and made by the battalion armourer, the top one was his carry kukri in WW2 and the bottom one he had made for the festival of Dashain |
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