#looked up kukri knife on wikipedia to double check my facts and the first entry under 'popular culture' is dracula

[kestrellady]

So has anyone talked about where the heck Jonathan's Kukri knife came from? You know, the knife that's almost a short sword, usually associated with the Ghurka people of northern India and Nepal? We're in the height of the British Empire here, but it still couldn't have been that common a weapon in England. I've only ever seen it used (in fiction, at least) by people closely associated with India, usually Brits who served in the army. So, where did Jonathan get it? And why is he so comfortable with it that he just grabs it when he needs a weapon?

He's surely not old enough to have served in India before training to become a solicitor, right? Because that's the best explanation I have for why he has a frickin' Kukri knife just lying to hand when he wants a weapon.