A khukuri in your codpiece!

Roger Smith

Roger Smith

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Here is a bit on how stoopid some folks can be.

I brought 2 khuks in to the knife shop in the mall to get some rust on them polished out. I'd gotten a bit tired of flitzing my fingers to a callous field when I'd rather do so with wood.:p

He looked at them skeptically and said that poor quality like this comes out of India all the time. He suggested that the polish was painted on to look chromed. I got a bit pi$$ed and attempted to show him the error of his judgements.
I gave him the address on the web out of my wallet and suggested he think twice before he opened his mouth.

That's when the argument started. Needless to say I'm not going back. I also don't think I'm welcome.

Stupidity is not an excuse especially when the evidence is in front of you. I'd also think that a shop owner would avail himself of any and all resources.

Viva LA HIKV!
 
I feel for you Roger. I had a simliar experience at a local knife shop awhile back that really P*ssed me off too:mad: Some people just know everything so there is no more room in their head for new knowledge---or MANNERS:mad:

Ok, I'm getting mad all over again. I gotta get outside--its 50 degrees and sunny here:)
 
That you have to be an opionated jackass to work at a knife or gunshop. Too many stories to recount. No one is more sure of his knowledge than an ignoramus. I learned to just walk away.

"Some men you just cain't reach; that's the way he wants it, and he gets it"

-from the movie "Cool Hand Luke"
 
Below is an undoubtably corrupted version of a Middle Eastern proverb someone told me many,many years ago:
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He who knows that he doesn't know, is ignorant.
Teach him.

He who doesn't know that he knows is asleep.
Wake him.

He who knows that he knows is wise.
Follow him.

He who doesn't know that he doesn't know is a fool.
Shun him.
----
We all know which of the above categories the knife store owner Roger describes falls into.
 
The guy would have figured out quickly that the shine is not painted on when he got to polishing the knife. Also if he went to sharpen it he would notice a big difference between a quality khukuri and a cheap tourist model. Of course this implies the guy knows what he is doing.

When I was showing a khukuri to some fellow shooters a few of them though the polished finish was paint or chrome. If only I could find paint finish that tough.

Will
 
When I went up to Cave City with my Khuks a while back, an old gent in painters coveralls came in the gun shop for a box 12 ga. shells. He wandered over to the table with my knves, picked up a couple, and called over to his partner, "Hey, Donny, these make your Atlanta Cutlery stuff look like pure crap". "Donny", from across a 40' room, said, "Naw, them's made in India too, but they's chrome plated". While he was holding my Bura GS, I told him to tell "Donny", after they were gone, that he had missed a chance to hold a knife made by the Royal Blacksmith to the King of Nepal. The old gent grinned, described what he thought Donny might do, and then said he'd better not do it in his truck :) Said Donny was a big collector, locally.
 
My brother once bought a knife made in Pakistan. It quickly turned green. If it weren't for all of the good reviews on this forum, I'd still be skeptical about buying Nepali made cutlery.

I have a couple of Cold Steel "khukuri like" objects. Now they sit in a dark corner of a closet.
 
Originally posted by BruiseLeee
I have a couple of Cold Steel "khukuri like" objects. Now they sit in a dark corner of a closet.
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Bruise if one of your Cold Steel khukuri like objects is the nice and thin little LTC that CS 1st came out with when they 1st started making their kukris you're missing a great little "bent machete!!!!"

I haven't needed mine for that use nor have I been able to wield it for a while in any real work but I still believe it has a very useful purpose that the H.I.Khukuris, except for perhaps the Kobra, are just to heavy for.
I used it for cutting willows for our Sweatlodges when I was still doing the ceremonial cutting and it still will be fine although I would be more anxious to try my YCS or Chitlangi for the task now.:)
I would certainly loan the LTC for the task as long as I was there with it.
I loaned it out once for trimming the willows up before installation and it was about 3 months before I got it back.
And I had to badger my nephew who borrowed it to bring it back.
After he "borrowed" one of my Flutes after that for his ceremonial purpose and wound up loaning it out to someone else for a whole year and didn't bring it back in one piece I will loan him nothing more!!!!!!!!:(
 
Did anybody ever "loan" something to somebody who kept it so long they actually believed it was theirs and got angry when you asked for the item to be returned, thinking you were pulling a quick one on them?
 
Originally posted by firkin
Below is an undoubtably corrupted version of a Middle Eastern proverb someone told me many,many years ago:
----
He who knows that he doesn't know, is ignorant.
Teach him.

He who doesn't know that he knows is asleep.
Wake him.

He who knows that he knows is wise.
Follow him.

He who doesn't know that he doesn't know is a fool.
Shun him.
----
We all know which of the above categories the knife store owner Roger describes falls into.
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Firkin:

You forgot this one.

He who knows that he doesn't know, but seeks to convince you that he does know is a consultant.
Run.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
Did anybody ever "loan" something to somebody who kept it so long they actually believed it was theirs and got angry when you asked for the item to be returned, thinking you were pulling a quick one on them?
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I'm not sure people "forget" as much as they don't want to return the item. Confronted, they blame it on a variety of commonly accepted excuses. The key is that we as a society accept the excuse.
Now here's where this goes off topic:
IMO many behavioral syndromes and disorders are "discovered" to explain the fact that most folks are a--h----s and that we don't want to admit it. Anti-Social Personality Disorder comes to mind.
In college IIRC a prof told us that we in the U.S. have a system of disorders andsyndromes that are not seen elsewhere. Other parts of the globe have the same situation.
If it's really a symdrome or disorder, I feel that we would see the same documentable issues across national/cultural boundaries.
If we don't accept an excuse/issue/etc. it seems to go away or not manifest initially.
 
This is so funny because its true, its darned true....

Andrew Limsk


Originally posted by spence


Firkin:

You forgot this one.

He who knows that he doesn't know, but seeks to convince you that he does know is a consultant.
Run.
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Rog,
Yeah,most of us have been there ,one way or another!This hopefully will make you feel better!! Had enough of a loudmouth(talking about K's) told him"Tell you what"! Put your knife up against my K,WE WILL BOTH DO WHATEVER TEST YOU WANT,IF MINE DOESN'T BEAT YOUR PIECE OF****,I'LL GIVE YOU$$$,IF IT DOES ,YOU GIVE ME$$$! HE DECLINED, WITH EXCUSES!BEING "OLDER"(def. NOT wiser)I should just walk away!!Sometimes I just can't!!"YEAH MY FRIEND" BEEN THERE!!
jim:mad:
 
Tsimi,
The JO told me that my BAS was made of pot metal after I told him he could use it as a prybar! He also asked me if it was hard to replace the lionhead buttplate. :mad:
I asked him for a simple minute of polishing to which he replied he didn't want the face full of metal or liability. He asked me what I would do IF they broke because the "blade geometry" would be destroyed. Confused I asked how that could be with a buffing wheel and polishing compund. No ans.
 
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