Anyone at all familiar with early military kukris? I’m trying to figure out the regimental number on one I have, it’s late 19th century however in the first quarter of the 20th century they took all kukris still in service and engraved a slogan of some sort and a military marking on the spine tying it to some regiment... which one I haven’t a clue.
Anyone familiar with early military kukris?
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Can't say I've ever heard of that. I don't collect kukris but I have owned a few british issues ones over the years. The military ones are usually marked in this general way, though there is a lot of variation. Most british issues ones also have pinned scales, while nepalese military ones (and similar) are often un-marked, marked in sanscrit, and do not have pinned-on scales.
Mines Nepalese issue. Early half tang variant, marked in script, typical pattern of the 1880s-90s around ww1 they took all that were in service and marked them, the last 4 digits are numbers mines 2124 right on top of the spine, those last digits mean something related to the unit and regiment it was issued in. I haven’t found anything about these particular digits yet. I’ve owned the British issue ones and this makes the British ones look like a penknife.
It is usual for a Gurkha to have his date of enlistment and number added in script on the spine at the base of the Khukuri The Calcutta markings i'm not sure of so you are best to write to the Gurkha Regiment or email and ask someone there if they can help you.
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I got in translated. Shree Tin Chandra 2nd company 24th battalion. And that’s typical for any kukri used from 1912 to 1921 to be marked like that when in royal Nepalese service. Mines from the Royal armoury collection of Nepal that was sold off 18ish years ago. Got in touch with some Gurkha historians in Britain and India. Mine was made in the 1890-1900 period and used into the 1920s.
