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[Cellblock2429]

My late Father in Law served in Burma during WWII. He passed about 15 years ago. While cleaning out the attic, I found some memorabilia, including this knife. It was rusty, so we cleaned it up.
Does anyone know about this style of knife?
It’s 17 inches long, the sheath is wood with leather cover. The blade is stamped tempered steel, made in India. It’s engraved Bad Clause, Calcutta India 1945. The handle is ivory.
Thanks

 

[Auld Phart]

if this is it, its known as a kukri

 

[hjmick]

Looks like it says "Bud Claus..."

 

[Cellblock2429]

Looks like it says "Bud Claus..."

/——-/ Correct. I fixed it. Thanks

 

[Missourian]

Original British WWII 1945 Dated MkIII Pattern Kukri with Maker Marks with Hard Leather Scabbard

Original Item: One Only. The Gurkha Kukri (Nepali: खुकुरी khukuri) is possibly the most recognizable and famous fighting knife ever developed. Indigenous to the mountain Kingdom of Nepal, home of the Gurkhas who were "absorbed" into the British sphere of influence with the Treaty of Seguli in...

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[TNHarley]

Going on ebay for 250 a piece

 

[Missourian]

Can't tell from your photo if the scabbard has a place for the two smaller knives that should accompany the kukri... If it does, you should look for them.

 

[Missourian]

Bud Claus...a person?

G. Howard “Bud” Claus (1921-1996) - Find a Grave...

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[HereWeGoAgain]

My late Father in Law served in Burma during WWII. He passed about 15 years ago. While cleaning out the attic, I found some memorabilia, including this knife. It was rusty, so we cleaned it up.
Does anyone know about this style of knife?
It’s 17 inches long, the sheath is wood with leather cover. The blade is stamped tempered steel, made in India. It’s engraved Bad Clause, Calcutta India 1945. The handle is ivory.
Thanks

It's a Gurkha/Kukri.
I have a couple of them myself.
The big one is pretty heavy the spine is easily 5/16 thick.
If I remember correctly they were made in Nepal.

 

[1srelluc]

That is what is known as a "tourist Kukri", they were sold to GIs that passed through the region. That one looks well made (possibly with Ivory or at least bone scales) and I would be proud to own it.

Tourist Kukris can range from dismal as far as construction to excellent.....You got one of the better ones.

LOL....I have a bunch of handmade knives sold to GIs that came out of the Philippines that date from the Philippine Insurrection to Vietnam that I have collected over the years....I bet they are still selling them to GIs.

 

[Shawnee_b]

Watch some utube vids on the people making them. Squat in little huts, cool forges. 2 foot deep, 6" faced tapered steel for anvils and all by hand. Very cool vids. Cold Steel used to make a pretty neat modern ghurka/kuri.