CountZero – Member
Well, I’ve got a folding machete that was issued to US paratroopers during WW2, and a Kukhri from the same period, both of which belonged to my dad, but as he died when I was thirteen, I never found out exactly how he got them.
However, he was an engineer with the RAF in Singapore, and was there when it fell to the Japanese, thus becoming a POW in Changi, and there were Gurkha guards there, I guess he acquired them when Singapore was liberated.
I’ve no plans on acquiring any more, though, and they aren’t leaving my possession either.
Two good knives you got there with good story behind them too.
The folding machete is interesting because it is not commonly seen nowadays, Khukri is much common.
I want to collect SE Asia “survival” knives … well, more like utility do-it-all knives to be honest as most people there use it for gardening … 😆