The kukri is Nepal’s national weapon, traditionally serving as an essential utility knife for the Nepali-speaking Gurkhas. The kukri came to be known to the Western world when the East India Company came into conflict with the growing Gorkha Kingdom, culminating in the Gurkha War of 1814–1816.[citation needed] It gained literary attention in the 1897 novel Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker. Despite the popular image of Dracula having a stake driven through his heart after a climactic battle between Dracula’s bodyguards and the heroes, Mina’s narrative describes his throat being sliced through by Jonathan Harker’s kukri and his heart pierced by Quincey Morris’s Bowie knife.[8]
Overall Length: 12”
Blade Length: 7”
Blade Material: 1095 HC & 15N20 Carbon Steels
Type: Damascus Kukri
Tang: Half
Handle Length: 5”
Handle Material: Stained Dollar Wood
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