Cold Steels Gurkha Kukri was inspired by Cold Steel President, Lynn C. Thompsons close association with Dr. Maung Gyi, chief instructor of the American Bando Association - and it still bears their insignia to this day. Gaining notoriety as the infamous fighting knife of the Gurkhas, the Kukri remains a popular blade with Military and Special Units all over the world. As a survival tool, a bush - craft blade and as a tactical knife its hard to beat. Easily doing the work of a hatchet, machete, or axe, and in our tests it even out-cut most swords!