My Afghan kukri is here

I was woken up early this morning with a package from Nepal. In it the current issue kukri for the Gurkhas serving in Afghanistan.

I used to use a similar knife while I was in the marines and carried a Multitool to go with it and between the there wasn’t a cutting job you could not do. This Afghan model in particular attracted me for its handle as it looks more like a bushcraft knife, but I was also concerned that the traditional style horn handle might be easier to hold than the square western version.

I will obviously do a review of it soon but early cutting tests are more than just good and at the moment I am just getting to know the knife.
The blade is 11 inches long and nearly 1/2 inch thick along its spine. I have already cut a rock that was hidden in the undergrowth and expected to see a ding in the blade but there wasn’t even that, nothing!