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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1067541" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>The knife is a kukri. My second oldest son told me quite a bit about them. He treated a couple of Gurkha soldiers who were fighting beside the British in Afghanistan. He said they were quiet and pensive, didn't have much to say. They kept apologizing for getting wounded and taking up his time and supplies. He kept reassuring them that it wasn't a problem and he was happy to be able to help them. One of them was able to return to duty right after he was done treating him while the other had to stay overnight. He told me the soldier who stayed at his station overnight didn't sleep. He sat silently in the corner apparently meditating, until my son offered him some beef jerky. The soldier thanked him but said he wasn't hungry. At that point he began communicating more. He apparently thought my son's actions were an act of kindness. A little later that evening, a Gurkha soldier showed up with a curry for the man. It seems he was hungry but was a Hindu and beef was out of the question for him. It was an all-vegetable curry.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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