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KUKRIS
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Kukri with scabbard and 2
small knives. £75
End if blade is slightly bent and rounded.
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The current
kukri used by the Gurkhas
with scabbard and 2 small
knives. £60
Blade 31 cm
long. A new style of blade, as seen above.
Nepalese
Military Kukri SOLD
with scabbard
decorated with brass badges and studs.
2 small knives. Blade
26 cm
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A mystery solved!
Collectors have
been debating the origins of a kukri stamped "TEMPERED
STEEL MADE IN INDIA ALLIED"
Recently we purchased some items
from a family who were able to answer the question of
who produced these and when were they made: "my
father, a machine tool engineer, was commissioned by
General Slim to manufacture at great speed many
thousands of these weapons."
 
James Hodkinson was
apprenticed to Sir W.C. Armstrong Whitworth & Co
Ltd, Manchester in 1927. In 1932 he joined Craven
Bros. Ltd and in 1934 was appointed Manager of Craven
Bros (India) Ltd, Calcutta.
In 1938 he transferred to Associated British Machine
Tool Makers Ltd (India) and in December 1939 was
appointed Director of Manufacturing for the Government
of India and then Deputy Director General Munitions
Production from January 1940 to December 1945. This
included the production of kukris and machettes for
the army in India.
After the war he remained in India until the late
1950s.
Machette £95
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Kukri with scabbard and 2 small knives.
SOLD
Blade 30 cms. Scabbard has the name "G. Pringle"
written in black.
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Kukri with scabbard and 2 small
knives. SOLD
Blade 19 cms. |
Large Kukri with scabbard and 2 small
knives. SOLD
Blade 48 cms. Scabbard decorated with
silver and gold metal work. |
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ARAB
KNIVES
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A
pair of Arab daggers with what appear to be
Iraqi coins of King Ghazi (1930s) set into
scabbards. Blades engraved with styalised bird and
Arabic text. Blades are 13.5 cm long.
SOLD
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Arab Jambiya
boy's dagger steel blade and raised ridge. SOLD
Silver mounted grip and filigree decoration.
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Straight bladed.
All metal with scabbard. SOLD
Blade
is 19 cm long |
 
Malay Kris with
36 cm blade. £90
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Malay Kris no scabbard. £60 |
Blade is 14 cm
long. SOLD
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Knife with scabbard. £50
Blade
is 18 cm long |
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