Good looking Khukri Trev, well worth cleaning up and making a sheath for it, wonderful tools.
There's a reason why one of the smaller knives has no edge and the other does; The one with an edge was/is generally used for smaller (finer) cutting tasks. The one with no edge is used as a sharpening steel for the larger main knife and/or as a striker with stone for producing sparks.
Could you do some digging on this one for me please bud I would have no clue where to start, please and thank you.LOL. I bought my first, and so far my only khukuri about two years ago. I did quite a bit of googling before I bought. One thing led to another; researching the knives led to researching the Gurkhas, researching the Gurkhas led to researching Nepal. LOL.
The spine is around 6mm thick then is concave down to the edgeAs for the metal of the blade, yes it's probably an original. The Kamis (craftsmen) that make these knives get their metal from whatever source is available. They've had great success with old truck springs and I believe the current source is the metal from dismantled, salvaged cargo ships.
Obviously the skill of the individual Kamis varies widely (although usually very good) as does the preference of the customer.
The spine is around 6mm thick then is concave down to the edge
And you can see the Handel detail from the pics any help with the identification of this particular kukuri would be awesome .
There's nothing graved on the blade mate but its a nice thing anyway.Identifying an individual Khukuri is all but impossible. The Kamis are individual craftsmen who make the knives one at a time. Either for individual customers or for a wholesale house. Is there any engraving on the blade? Sometimes retiring military members commission one made with their name, dates of service, particular military symbol of their service, etc. (or have such a knife presented to them by their units)