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The kukri ( or ‘khukuri’) , the Nepalese knife used by the Gurkha Regiments is a lethal weapon which could be used to behead opponents.<ref>William Pennington in his 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(page 333). Pennington also reported seeing Ghurkas playing football with severed Japanese heads(page 332).</ref> The kukri has been used from the time the Nepalese joined the East India Company Bengal Army in 1815<ref>[http://torabladesforum.co.uk/19th-century-accounts-of-the-kukri-in-action_topic2439.html 19th Century accounts of the kukri in action] by 'Sirupate' Tora Blades Forum</ref>