Recently, I was nearly taken in by what I discovered was a fake.

Now granted, I do not know as much as I would like to about the family of knives in question.  In this case, Kukris.  I came across an auction for a 1917 military issued kukri.  Interesting!  (to me anyway)

My initial research showed me another kukri that had the similar markings and same handle construction and design  was being offered from an established auction house.  I took that as confirmation that the…

In the course of writing this blog, it has been reinforced to me that a good order of thoughts help provide a clear and concise transference of information.  While I had this information in pieces (knowing they went together), it was not organized nearly as neatly as this is now.  So this has really helped me consolidate things and get things all together nicely.

iKC has been a great find and home on the internet for me.  A large array of topics ranging from folders (that I…