Item Description
Original Item: One Only. The chura is a smaller version of the Perso-Afghan pesh-kabz dagger, specifically used by the Mahsud clan of the Pashtun Khyber tribe, who were one of the groups faced by the British Empire during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. A fearsome weapon from India's North West Frontier from the time of that great Movie "THE MAN THE WOULD BE KING" starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine.
The typical example has a hollow-ground, tempered steel single-edged full-tang blade with a thick spine bearing a "T" cross-section for strength and rigidity. These daggers were designed to penetrate chain mail and other types of armor, so they are of very solid construction. The blade is broad at the hilt, but tapers progressively and radically to a needle-like, triangular tip. Upon striking a coat of mail, this reinforced tip spreads the chain link apart, enabling the rest of the blade to penetrate the armor. One knife authority concluded that the pesh-kabz "as a piece of engineering design could hardly be improved upon for the purpose".
Our example comes from a British Regimental Museum broken up in the 1960's, and this was brought home by an Officer, from who, it was obtained. It has a 10 1/2 inch blade, and is 15 inches over all, with bone grip scales attached on either side of the full tang. There is a bit of staining to the blade, but only on the surface, and there is no pitting. The blade also has D B stamped into the side, probably by the soldier who brought it back.
It comes complete with an ornate scabbard, which is a wood covered entirely with embossed brass. There is some denting to the brass covering, but it is still in very good condition.
This is Most probably a British Trooper's bring back from the Second Anglo-Afghan War of Queen Victoria's reign. Very impressive, a memento of the Victorian Empire with plenty of research potential. Ready to Display.
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