kukri

• “The kukri is the fighting knife of the Nepalese Gurkhas.”

  Kit Up

• “The knives are more commonly spelled "kukri" -- and are probably best known for their association with the Gurkhas (Wikipedia entry”

  Cronaca

• “There’s a type of knife called a kukri that’s used by people in Nepal and northern India.”

  When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists

• “A heavy "kukri" knife -- one of the leaf-shaped knives which the Gurkhas and others of the hill tribes of”

  The Jewel of Seven Stars

• “One of the locals stabbed Pradhan with a 'kukri' (chopper) and he died on the spot.”

  India eNews

• “Wifey grew up in a Nepalese village (she's ethnically Czech -- go figure) where they ate chickens which were called kookra (phonetic spelling -- sounds like it should be spelled along the lines of "kukri" like the ghurka blade).”

  Maggie's Farm

• “* Dr. Gyi taught another group, (combat kukri) in Southern Ca. and was quoted as saying, Our”

  Dr Gyi

• “This was no insignificant sham, either; much of his Bando instruction ‹ particularly that associated with the kukri short sword ‹ was infused with his first-person accounts of battlefield combat.”

  Dr Gyi

• “He found a dead german soldier, head split to the chin by a kukri that had gone right through his helmet and lodged in his jaw.”

  When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists

• “They carried both automatic weapons and their traditional Gurkha “kukri” knives stuck into their combat belts.”

  Simon & Schuster: Crossing Mandelbaum Gate

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