San mai Gurkha kukri?

[ManRay]

Anyone own a San mai Gurkha kukri? Recently bought one at auction (don't have it in hand yet) and it's hard to find any opinions online. How's it compare to the standard carbon steel models? Also not sure if I'm allowed to ask, but how much are these worth these days?

 

[bikerector]

You'll need a gold membership for the worth question.

I Can't comment on that specific model but I can on the san mai for larger blades as I have a san mai trailmaster. I found the core steel to chip easier, but it is beautiful and easier to maintain once you get the edges worked out. I do suspect mine had some less than ideal steel at the edge from being sharpened by machine at the factory, at least at the belly where it chipped.