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12-13-2012, 04:07 AM #11May your bone always be well buried
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Just keep in mind that not all Khukuri were 'issued'. If the Gurkha carried his own personal Khukuri, then it won't have the MOD stamp on it. There were plenty of issued and unissued Khukuri in use in the earlier wars. Not so much these days though. So stamp or no stamp, it won't detract from the family history as it applies to your blade. You should try to get as much information about that gear as you can now, before it is lost altogether.
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12-13-2012, 04:24 AM #12Senior Member
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Here's a short video that talks about Ka Bar knives coming from Union Cutlery Co.
Keep in mind it's a promotional video from their president.
http://devour.com/video/ka-bar-knives/
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12-13-2012, 04:33 AM #13Senior Member
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My two Khukuri's & my Ka Bar
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12-13-2012, 05:52 AM #14May your bone always be well buried
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My Ka-bar in it's after service condition...Or at least in the same condition it was in when I was given this peice of history. I don't know who was issued it during it's service. All I know is the bloke that gifted it to me, along with a few other items, was in Intel, but was too young to be the original user. I would have liked to have had a chance to find out more. He gave it to me as I was the only young bloke he knew that was likely to join the military, and would respect the heritage of this peice of history.
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12-13-2012, 12:41 PM #15Senior Member
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Ka Bars are great tools at still an affordable price.
We can get them at $55.00 from the gun shows here.
Bass Pro puts them in the high $70's.
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Does anybody know what is that sort of double cut at the end of the kukri blade? what is it for?
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12-16-2012, 10:48 PM #17Senior Member
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Mauri, the answer your looking for is here
Kukri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorry MickR, should have creited you for linking this in an earlier post!Last edited by Trimmy72; 12-16-2012 at 11:52 PM.
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12-17-2012, 12:18 AM #18Thread derailment specialist.
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Sometimes referred to as the "yani of the goddess". I'll leave that to your imagination.
Originally Posted by Trimmy72
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12-17-2012, 03:16 AM #19May your bone always be well buried
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No that link was supplied by BobH. Thanks Bob. Originally Posted by Trimmy72
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12-17-2012, 01:10 PM #20Senior Member
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Sorry Bob!
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