Title
Kukri knife set
Year/Period
c 1940s
Region
Nepal
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 43.7 x 9.8 x 4.5 cm
Accession No.
2019-00663
Collection of
Credit Line
Gifted by Kathryn, James and Matthew Clifford (Daughter and Grandsons of Cecil Dodd (Jim))
The kukri is the traditional weapon of choice for Gurkhas, or Nepalese soldiers. The knife has a distinctive recurve and is primarily designed for chopping. It traditionally comes in a scabbard which holds two smaller knives: the chakmak, a blunt knife used to sharpen the blade of the kukri, and the karda, a smaller and more precise knife.
