Some replies to my questions to the 2nd GR historian

sirupate · 2nd November 2016, 06:00 PM

Indeed that would appear to be the case, especially as Col. Wood backs up previous correspondence with other British Gurkha Officers and Gurkhas who served in WW2

mross · 3rd November 2016, 04:20 PM

Interesting information. From what I understand, heirloom khuks where just that heirlooms passed down and probably never saw battle. The actual battle khuks were what ever the standard issue was for that time period. So where does that leave khuks such as hanshee and siruptes? Does not sound like these where battle types.

sirupate · 4th November 2016, 11:57 AM

Hi mross, their isn't a tradition of 'heirloom' (i.e. a treasured item handed down through the family) kukri as such in Nepal, it is more like, this is the kukri my dad had and its still usable, so we will keep it.
The 43rd in 1907 became the 2/8th GR. and in this picture they have issued 'Eastern/Sirupate' kukri. The picture is not only the first recorded picture of Eastern style kukri (as far as I know), but the only known one (again as far as I know) of Gurkhas with issued Eastern style kukri, which is ironic in a way, as they were mainly a Magar and Gurung manned regiment.
And the Hanshee/Goorkhali fighting kukri were undoubtedly used in battle, an example is Jung Bahadur Rana's kukri

4th November 2016, 11:57 AM	#3
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	Hi mross, their isn't a tradition of 'heirloom' (i.e. a treasured item handed down through the family) kukri as such in Nepal, it is more like, this is the kukri my dad had and its still usable, so we will keep it. The 43rd in 1907 became the 2/8th GR. and in this picture they have issued 'Eastern/Sirupate' kukri. The picture is not only the first recorded picture of Eastern style kukri (as far as I know), but the only known one (again as far as I know) of Gurkhas with issued Eastern style kukri, which is ironic in a way, as they were mainly a Magar and Gurung manned regiment. And the Hanshee/Goorkhali fighting kukri were undoubtedly used in battle, an example is Jung Bahadur Rana's kukri Attached Images

2nd November 2016, 06:00 PM	#1
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	Indeed that would appear to be the case, especially as Col. Wood backs up previous correspondence with other British Gurkha Officers and Gurkhas who served in WW2

3rd November 2016, 04:20 PM	#2
mross Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 478	Interesting information. From what I understand, heirloom khuks where just that heirlooms passed down and probably never saw battle. The actual battle khuks were what ever the standard issue was for that time period. So where does that leave khuks such as hanshee and siruptes? Does not sound like these where battle types.