Nepalese Gurkha Kukri Highly Decorated Knife
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Kukri Knife With Silver Decorated Scabbard $614.25
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Gurkha Kukri Knife With Beautiful Leather and Silver Scabbard
Gurkha Kukri Knife With Beautiful Leather and Silver Scabbard $497.25

Indian Nepalese Gurkha Kukri Highly Decorated Knife

$561.60

An antique Indian Nepalese Gurkha Kukri knife made with intricate metalwork of decorative beads and white metal (maybe silver) with a beautiful design of two angels, flowers and other shapes on the leather scabbard covered with red velvet.  The handle is made of yak or ox bone and is decorated as well.  metal filigree and bead decorated leather scabbards dating from the 19th century. The knives have quality hand forged single edge very sharp steel curved blades mounted with ox bone handles and accompanied with two smaller similar handled sharpening knives.  The scabbard shows very well the hand stitching and has two straps that would have connected this Gurkha kukri knife to a belt.

The blade is in excellent condition and is marked: “Tempered Steel/Made In India”
It is probably made in the late 19th century to early 20th century.

Dimensions:

With scabbard: 43 cm (16.92 inches)

Without scabbard: 37 cm (14.56 inches)

 

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An antique Indian Nepalese Gurkha Kukri knife made with intricate metalwork of decorative beads and white metal (maybe silver)ת with a beautiful design of two angels, flowers and other shapes on the leather scabbard covered with red velvet.

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