Nepal Khukuri house

Nepal Khukuri hHouse is THE site for Khukris and information thereon. Their history, manufacture, maintenance and handling are all covered in depth. They manufacture the knives as well as sell used, antique and custom khukris and, as stated below, are the official suppliers of khukris to the Nepalese government..

English was not the mother tongue of the webmaster, but the contents are quite readable. The paragraphs below, errors and all, are taken from the site.

Ex-gurkha khukuri house has a wide range of varieties (More than 200 items) based on Traditional, Army, Decorative, Souvenir, working blades etc. The company is the official suplier of the khukuris to the British Gurkha Unit, Marine Corps, Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Indian Gurkas. In course of time we have also supplied khukuries to the Pakistan, USA, German Embassies, Travel companies, Manpower Companies, Group 4 Security, UNMIN, The carter center and Banks as well.

The spelling of the kukri has been in dispute for some time. It has documented as khookree, khukri, khukuri, kukery, kukoori and kukri. There are mostly from early British accounts.tha spoken word is actually 3 syallable . Today’s accepted spelling are kukri or Khukri .The kukri is the national weapon and icon of Nepal . It was and still is the basic and traditional utility knife of Nepalese , a formidable and very effective weapon of gurkhas regiment throughout the world and an exquisite piece of local craftsmanship that symbolic pride and valor. It is wickedly curved in shape. it is basically carried in leather case, mostly having walnut wooden grip with two small knives .It is part of many traditional ritual among different ethnic group of Nepal, including one where the groom has to wear it during the weeding ceremony. The khukuri gained fame in the anglo-nepali war fpr its effectiveness and its continued use right through to and including both world war Iand world war II, enhanced its reputation among both allied troops and enemy force. The oldest known khukari are in national museum(Kathmandu in Nepal, and belonged to Drabya shah circa 1559.

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