Attached Link: http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gurkhas/history/Kukri_History.htm

For anyone interested heres a link the the origins of the kukri (with a small pic). My Grandad was given one by a Gurkha when he left Burma in 1945, my dad has got it now & it is still razor sharp. The handle is similar to the one in the pic which is different to your model.

Message edited on: 08/22/2004 15:27