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To: ThinkingBuddha
... a ceremonial dagger...

...with a blade known as a "khukri"...

A khukri is NOT "a ceremonial dagger". It is the Nepalese based blade used most famously by the Ghurkhas, and is weapon still in use by soldiers in various armies today.

14 posted on 04/28/2011 1:25:49 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

there is a such thing as a ceremonial kukri


22 posted on 04/28/2011 1:29:00 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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