Word: kukris
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...anywhere else on earth to fight brushfire actions or full-scale war. This week, in preparation for their new role, they will begin intensive training in tactical nuclear armaments-though no weapon ever devised has proved more deadly in a Gurkha's hands than the curved, foot-long kukri, or knife, that they still carry at their belt and superstitiously refuse to unsheathe except to draw blood...
...their bosses' noses cut off. Visa announced his raids beforehand, and forced the shivering, delighted village girls to dance at his command. He never harmed women, even if they were patels. But in two years, in 30 villages, he cut off 250 patel noses with his sharp kukri. Before and after each raid he visited his temple and renewed...
...fighting man, General Brereton can appreciate and understand the fighting men of the Indian Army. There are wiry, highland Gurkhas, who once each year must cut a wild goat in half with one swoop of a broad kukri; black-bearded Sikhs, whose proud name stands not for race or religion, but for a blood brotherhood of warriors; turbaned Pathans (pronounced pet-ahns). Indians like to quote the current figures on their Army: 1,000,000 men, "well equipped...
...equally famed Gurkha soldiers, said to be the greatest fighters in the world. They helped the British during the Indian mutiny (1857) and again in the World War, when they fought side by side with the Canadian Highlanders and the British Guards. A feature of their equipment was the kukri-a small double-edged, curved knife. According to tradition, the kukri must be drawn only to be wet with human blood. Thus, when the Gurkhas drew their kukris to show them to their British comrades, they always nicked themselves and allowed a few drops of blood to drip...