John Powell - kukris for sale
(April 2003)

Please contact me at [email protected] if you are interested in a particular knife.
First come, first served.
There will be one more group after this and thanks for looking.
 --JP


[descriptions & prices below]
JP - khukuris for sale 2


1.    Nepalese kora, early 19th-c., including faint “surya” ['sun'] marks on both sides of blade
US$ 200
2.    Truly gaudy Indian made “Lion head” bazaar kukri. Floral engraved and colored metal grips.  US$ 35
3.    Traditional kukri blade with a kora grip and finial. The parts are correct, but I’m sure this is not authentic. Leather wrapped grip adds to the good balance of this knife.
US$ 75
4.    Bone grip with a dyed bone and brass pommel, with a very well made elephant hide scabbard by Terry Sisco. This is a late 19th-c. kukri.
US$ 85
5.    Sirupati with a custom Terry Sisco scabbard.
US$ 110
6.    HI kukri with a custom grip of bone and dyed wood. Great feel and balance. Nepali signed blade.
US$ 110
7.    A very early kukri with a unique blade and bolster. Marked with a crescent. Terry Sisco scabbard, copied from that of a piece in the National Army Museum, London. [click here for more info]
US$ 200
8.    A large (20” o/a) HI sirupati with the special “Chandan” [sandalwood] wood handle. Marked in English and Nepali: made by KGR  SN 63
US$ 110
9.    A good military blade from the 1920s fitted with a very well made HI grip and bolster and a very unique reproduction scabbard and frog
US$ 185
10.  Typical brass decorated horn scabbard and detailed grip. Nice example of this type kukri.
US$ 65
11.  A late 19th-c. kukri with a nice “blonde” horn grip and brown leather embossed scabbard
US$ 125
12.  An Indian “officers” kukri with the correct scabbard and frog. 20th-c., but the blade has been over-sharpened
US$ 100
13.  Brass decorated grip on a 20th-c. kukri; poor scabbard
US$ 60

 Please contact me at [email protected] if you are interested in a particular knife.
First come, first served.
There will be one more group after this and thanks for looking.
 --JP

7.    A very early kukri with a unique blade and bolster. Marked with a crescent. Terry Sisco scabbard, copied from that of a piece in the National Army Museum - US$200
sisneyri
1815 Sisneyri blade

This particular knife is positively identified as early 19th c. by the
experts at the Gurkha Museum.

The scabbard is a copy from an old drawing of a new Goorkha soldier working
for the British identified as a "sepoy from the 1st Nusseree Corps, 1815".
This would be from the original Gorakhpore Hill Corps, then G H Rangers
formed in 3 April, 1815. They were stationed in Malown and Subathoo at the
British Garrisons. This troop eventually became the 1st Goorkha Regiment in
October of 1861.

The knife itself was in terrific shape and covered with a nice protective
layer of oily paint. It cleaned up beautifully.
OAL: 16 1/8"
BL: 12 1/4
Grip: 3 1/8
Drop: 3 1/4"
Belly: 2 7/16"
Width at ricasso: 3.2/10"
"   "  belly: 2.9/10"
Weight: 1lb 6oz