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- Nov 8, 2005
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I recently had the opportunity to spend a week with Shiva Ki at his home in Louisiana. He and I have been in contact for over a year via phone and email and he has been quite helpful in providing me with information, magazines, advice, and even tools to develop my knifemaking skills. He was also kind enough to send a few packages while I was deployed last year, which were definitely a boost for morale, as they included mags, pics, and other knifemaking information.
I spent a week with him and his son, a former Marine, recently, when Shiva offered to help mentor me in person. I gained a lot of knowledge from someone who has been creating quality knives for many years. I returned home with two cable damascus merc knives that I made while he assisted in direction. He also gave me a sword that he made years ago, but never finished, which I thought was pretty cool since I didn't know that he even made swords!
Just thought I'd share some words of positive experiences with such a talented knifemaker despite the controversy often displayed on this board.
I spent a week with him and his son, a former Marine, recently, when Shiva offered to help mentor me in person. I gained a lot of knowledge from someone who has been creating quality knives for many years. I returned home with two cable damascus merc knives that I made while he assisted in direction. He also gave me a sword that he made years ago, but never finished, which I thought was pretty cool since I didn't know that he even made swords!
Just thought I'd share some words of positive experiences with such a talented knifemaker despite the controversy often displayed on this board.
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