ANNOUNCEMENT!---To all customers waiting on kothimoda orders !!!

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Auntie has informed me that recently, our only and longtime sarki and silversmith, Arjun has had a bit of an accident.
He was working to fulfill your orders and has injured his eye.

It will be a few weeks for him to be healed enough to resume crafting your fine kothimoda scabbards.
We are doing our best to see him thru this and get him back working. He is a fine craftsman and invaluable to us.

Your orders will be delayed until he has made recovery and resumes work. I will try to post here again when he is back to work, although due to the time consuming nature of crafting these ware, I doubt I will be able to give anyone a specific timeframe when your order will be fulfilled. As you probably already know, his craftsmanship is well worth the wait.

Still, I must apologize to you for the wait. This problem is really something that is beyond our control.
 
Rose&Thorn said:
Will Arjun be okay?
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We hope so. From what I understand he got a piece of metal in his eye requiring medical attention.
To do the detail work he does requires the usage of both eyes, so he will be sidelined for at least a few weeks to heal.
 
Please send our best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

This might be flying in the face of tradition, but I hope he can work with some kind of safety glasses in the future. That goes for others as well.

I usually use the full-face kind, which is very effective and under $15: http://www.amazon.com/3M-90028-Prof...id=1378753298&sr=1-16&keywords=eye+protection

I'd be willing to donate the cost of one, and maybe others would do the same. But it depends on whether the kamis/sarkis are willing to use them.

-- Dave
 
I hope he'll be completely fine soon.

Will it help if we send some safety glasses to Nepal? They are just a few dollars a pair. Would Kamis actually safety wear gear or think of it as too cumbersome?

edit:
hehe David, you were faster. Same idea.
 
When I first came here to HI a big box of safety equipment was sent to the shops courtesy of generous forumites.
While the thought and deed was noble and the effort very kind, the kamis simply would not use them.
They are taught from a young age to do their craft without them and find them cumbersome.
There is no OSHA in Nepal to compel them to use safety equipment, no matter how much Auntie, Pala or the managers urge them to.
Sure, we could tell them they could not work without them, but most would just choose to leave.
We appreciate the thought and sentiments, but it is pretty much a lost cause.
 
Bill made several runs at trying to implement enhanced safety practices. He ran into the same kinds of problems.
 
donations are probably best if you want to help them , as per usual , money talks. bill saw a long time ago how much good our dollars do over there, probably less good than they used to do , but still a bunch of good -- so get wallets ready for those mittens and hats !
 
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