Originally Posted by
Lex Luthier
I gave my last khukri to #1 Daughter- it has been her favorite birthday-cake serving knife for over 20 years now. Granddaughter got to use in March for her 8th birthday.
(It was one of the crappier finished ones, the scabbard was dyed with ink. I tossed the two little knives that were with it as they rusted in the sheath.) Probably made from worn out bus leaf spring steel with a horn grip and brass pommel & guard. It *will* keep an edge and has felled a few christmas trees as well as birthday cakes.
My grandfather had an issue kukhri obtained from a Ghurkha in a blade swap during the Korean War; but a cousin pilfered it after grandpa's passing.