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The kukri ( or ‘khukuri’) , the Nepalese knife used by the Gurkha Regiments is an extremely a lethal weapon which could be used to behead opponents.<ref>William Pennington in his book autobiography ''Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India'' (2003) reports being saved in [[Second World War|WW2 Burma]] by a Gurkha who beheaded a Japanese who was about to kill the author. Pennington also reported seeing Ghurkas playing football with severed Japanese heads.</ref>

Some (or all) There have still only ever been 5 Officially military pattern number kukris in official British Gurkha issue.<ref>[http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?77657-The-20th-Century-British-Military-Pattern-Gurkha-Issue-Kukri The 20th Century British Military Pattern Gurkha Issue Kukri] by Jonathan R.S. Sword Forum. Contains images</ref>A small batch of the kukris were manufactured at the Rifle Factory, [[Ishapore]]in 1927<ref>Thread from Sword Forum [http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?110281-1927-RFI-MKII-Kukri 1927 RFI MKII Kukri] with images. Images are also on [http://s250.photobucket.com/user/Finnarm/media/RFIfactory.gif.html Photobucket]</ref>