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As well as the medals and the kukri knives, the thieves also stole an engraved fighting knife and an Iraqi freedom knife from his time working with US forces.

"I felt so much pain in my back because of the landing but I started to slash at him again with my kukri."

Today's 3,400 Gurkhas carry the traditional Kukri curved knife.

Before the student could answer, Theo walked to the door and took a kukri from the wall and slashed it back and forward, asking the student in a low key manner whether he was aware what the kukri was used for in battle.

Willis, an ambassador for Commonwealth Games England kit suppliers Kukri, got the better of Jamieson at the World Championships in Barcelona this summer.

The likes of HMV, Head, Kukri, Liberty Blue, Movie House and Boojum will all be there, alongside The Daily Mirror of course.

A kukri is a type of knife associated with which people?

One Gurkha drew his kukri knife and removed the warlord's head.

The Kukri knife has long been famous for its cutting power--think "one-stroke decapitation"--but has always been the size of a small machete.

Earlier this year, JD bought a majority stake in Lancashire sportswear brand Kukri in a pounds 1m deal.

Byline: Former rugby stars demolish Kukri Wooden Spoon 31-0 to win International Vets competition.

Although the hospital was primarily for the Gurkhas, the story is more scalpel than kukri, since the author served not only the soldiers but also the local (and, in many cases, not-so-local) villagers.

The scalpel and the Kukri; a surgeon and his family's adventures among the Gurkhas.