Old Kukris

[Realbark]

I have recently aquired 3 old kukris which were my Grandads which he bought in India during the war. Two are about 15 inches long and the third about 3 foot. There are no markings i can find other than some etched decoration on the blade. The sheaths are rotten due to age and i guess poor storage but the knives themselves are reasonably sharp. Any advice on how i should treat them and are they worth anything?

 

[FGYT]

you would need pictures and might be worth asking on BB

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/forum.php

ATB

Duncan

 

[Andy woodsman]

Hi - I collect old Kurkris. All non tourist Kurkris are worth keeping and looking after. Like all knives, the blades should be lightly oiled, and ideally not stored in their sheaths, however, don't throw the damaged sheaths away! If you would like to send me some photos I will try to give you a ball park figure for their worth. I will PM you my email address.

 

[jojo]

3 foot long! I'd love to see some pictures: must be worth seeing!

 

[Asa Samuel]

Would love to see some pictures if you can

 

[FGYT]

3 foot long! I'd love to see some pictures: must be worth seeing!

ive been wanting one of the larger ones for a long time now

 

[Realbark]

The measurements are my guess by eye - i will try and get some pics up over the next day or so with accurate measurements. Gotta say that the big one is certainly a beast.

 

[FGYT]

heres a current production one

http://www.thekhukurihouse.com/catalog/product.php?id=313536fc98

 

[Realbark]

cant post pics from my pc? what do i have to do?

 

[shaggystu]

cant post pics from my pc? what do i have to do?

you need to post your pics to an image hosting site, something like photobucket, and put a link on here to there, does that make any sense?

stuart

 

[Realbark]

Yes - will sort out an account and post when done - thanks.

 

[Realbark]

See pics. I am obviously rubbish at sizing by eye as i have now measured largest and its only 28.5 inches long with a 23.5 inch blade. Any advice as per my OP welcome (except practicing sizing by eye )

 

[ged]

Oh, "only" 28 inches! :yikes:

As others have said, protect them and don't throw anything away. Do the sheaths look like they also held a couple of smaller knives?

No idea in money terms, but if they'd been my grandfather's you'd have to prise them from my cold, dead fingers.

 

[FGYT]

unfortunately to me it looks like a tourist one

 

[_scorpio_]

still... makes my ww2 kukri look like a toothpick...
its probably a tourist one or at least not designed to be functional because it has a pattern on the blade... lets see the others!

 

[jojo]

Strange shaped kukri? Does it fit in the sheath? The Cho (the indentation near the bolster) looks strange too, it's normally cut into the blade rather than standing out from it. I have spend quite a bit of time looking at old Kukris recently, (after I got my hands on two of them) and I haven't seen any looking like that one. It may be worth looking at one of the specialist kukri forums (IKRHS) They'd be able to help you with ID, like they did with one of mine.

but if they'd been my grandfather's you'd have to prise them from my cold, dead fingers.

Absolutely agree there!

 

[Laurentius]

I'd say it is a tourist one too from the pattern on the blade. I have something like it which I picked up in the flea market in Brum back in the 70's.