Kukri-shaped cutting knife
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| Weapon type: | Knife, cutting knife |
| Designations: | Khukri-shaped cutting knife |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior box in India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 46 cm to about 52 cm |
| Blade length: | about 36 cm to about 43 cm |
| Blade width: | up to about 12 cm |
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A kukri-shaped cutting knife is a weapon and tool from India.
description
A kukri-shaped cutting knife has a single-edged, curved, heavy blade . The blade becomes wider from the handle to the location and is bent from about 1/3 of the blade length. The blade is usually smooth, without a hollow grind or central ridge. The blade cross-section is wedge-shaped. It is made in such a way that the main weight of the blade is in the local area in order to strengthen the cutting effect. The handle is usually made of metal and resembles the handle of the talwar . Often these knives are decorated with elaborate engravings and etchings . The shape of the blade is the Nepalese khukurias a rolemodel. It is used as a weapon and tool by ethnic groups from India.
Web links
- Kukri-shaped cutting knife at Oriental-Arms
- Kukri-shaped cutting knife at Oriental-Arms
- Kukri-shaped cutting knife at Oriental-Arms
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 397.