This is 8 Inch Panawal Jungle Yak Leather Sheath Kukri. Panawala is a popular village from eastern side of Nepal. This vary designed is come from the same village. First different of the khukuri made of this village is its handle. The handle of the khukuri from this village is always single piece that goes all the way through bottom of the blade. This Gurkha Jungle Rough Khukuri (kukri) is the unpolished medium size khukuri With Full tang rosewood handle used by Gurkha soldier for tactical jungle warfare. When the Gurkha soldier joins the British Army they get this khukuri (kukri)during training session. It is also perfect for rough use because of the unpolished blade.This is the tactical khukuri which is used for jungle warfare by the gurkhas. Therefore it is called jungle khukuri or pri type. The shape and size of this khukuri is similar to service no.1 kukri. This is light blade as british gurkha jungle traning issue.
