I was recently going through some of the books I have dealing with WWII and came across a book with a picture of a Gurka knife and I got to thinking...during the war the only fighters the Japanese were afraid of in the jungles were the Gurka fighters. Thier blades are wicked and designed as a cross between a knife and an axe. It would be a truely awesome weapon for the fest thief merchants. Weve basiclly had the same few thief merchants at the last few fests and well, the Gurka (if done right with balance and all) could make a good starting place for new thief type items at fests.
I went to wiki and heres a short snippet on what they say about the knife...
Though the khukuri is basically designed for chopping and stabbing war purpose, but it still can be used in other household or daily works. Such as: it can be used in building or digging a furrow, to cut meat and vegetables, to cut trees etc. It function resembles a cross between a knife and an axe.
Depending on the purpose its design and manufacture varies. Blades are usually 3 - 10 cm wide and 30 ? 38 cm long, but size varies depending on its purpose.
Blades are deflected at an angle of 20? or more, with a thick spine and a single sharp cutting edge; this causes the end section of the blade to strike square on, greatly increasing chopping effectiveness.
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