Nepal, Kingdom. A Gurkha Kukri

Kukri with a magnetic steel blade, with a very sharp edge (dhaar) and a very sharp tip (tuppa), designed with a bevelled edge (patti) that runs from the tip to the notch (kaudi) and incorporates a wide spine (bitheu/beet). The blade is designed with a flat chest (ang) and without fullers (chirra), with dual grooves (khol) running from the peak (juro) through the belly (ghanti) to the bolster (kanzo), the ricasso (ghari) unmarked on both sides. The blade exhibits scattered contact marks and surface wear overall, along with tiny nicks on the sharpened edge from active use. The blade is embedded into a wooden handle that embodies two pairs of rings (dora), along with a raised ridge (harhari), is designed without rivets (khil) and is finished with a flare (chata), the butt without a metal cap, exhibiting a crack and subsequent repair in the wood forming the paro (rat tail tang), as traces of glue residue are evident on the wood, the kukri measuring approximately 350 in length. The accompanying scabbard is composed of five pieces of wood: (i) two large pieces forming the holster; (ii) an independent third piece butting the aforementioned two larger pieces and fronting two tube-like pieces; and (iii) two tube-like pieces housing two smaller knives, one larger than the other, both with magnetic steel blades and wooden handles and designed to appear as miniature kukris, the blades on both knives exhibiting surface wear and multiple contact marks. The exterior is covered in a black-finished, nicely-textured leather, the obverse with an insignia in brown leather in a butterfly-like design that incorporates four panels in rose-coloured embroidery, the insignia sewn in place using light brown thread, a slider strap in leather wrapped around the body of the scabbard, the reverse exhibiting a heavy-stitched seam, with a long tab also in black-finished leather affixed, the leathers exhibiting some wear spots overall from active use, the scabbard measuring approximately 255 mm in length. Fine.