Material Used:Highly Graded Carbon Steel (car & jeep leaf spring,5160)for blade. Water buffalo Leather for the Scabbard(outside),Buffalo Horn for the handle, Pinewood for Scabbard (inside),Brass and “Laha” (Nepali Traditional Glue). Blade Size and Type:11inch (30cm) and polished blade. Handle Size and Type:5.5 inch (14cm) . Hardness of steel:spine=22-25 RC, belly=45-46 RC, edge=58-60 RC. Weight(Gms):950.0000 World War II Khukuri: “The Dehradoone Khukuri” the second name given to the World War II khukuri (kukri). This kukri have one of the most beautiful shaped due to the more curvness in the front side of the blade. The size of those world war II khukuri is a bit bigger than the current khukuri. The size of khukuri is bigger because those knife were used in world war. The materials used are Highly Graded Carbon Steel (car and jeep leaf spring, 5160) for the blade, Water buffalo Leather for the scabbard ( outside), Buffalo Horn for the handle, pinewood for scabbard (inside), Brass and “Laha”(Nepali Traditional Glue). The Dehradoone khukuri have blade size 11 inch which are polished and its handle size is 5.5 inch. This knife are made harder due to the strong combination of steel which consists of spine about 22-25 RC, belly 45-46 RC and edge if 58-60 RC. The total weight of Dehradoone khukuri weights about 950 gms. This khukuri were used by the Nepali people during the word war. Due to its long length and sharp blade they easily attack the opposition team and have earn names all over the world as “Brave Gurkhali”. The Dehradoone khukuri are more popular in the world as the sample of peace. Due to more curvness in the front side it looks fardifferent than other usual khukuri. It have two small blood dropper at the inner curve. Blood dropper that drops the blood away from the khukuri which protect the user hand to become moisture free which help the user to attack again. Due to the larger demand in the khukuri that were manufacture from the place Dehradoon(small town) so the Gorkhalis kept the name “The Dehradoone Khukuri” We highly recommend that the wooden parts on all Gurkha Khukuri are treated with the appropriate timber oil or wood treatment prior to use to protect and prolong the life of the timber. All of our exquisite Kukri’s are hand-made and as such there will be variations in size, weight, timber colour and other such features which make them unique and distinguishable from machine made imitations. Buyers must be 18 yrs and over to purchase any knife or sword. Please note that the kukri’s are shipped directly from Nepal. Brand FGKH SKU 100604760_NP-1021040554