Remember the two like this that went out a couple of months ago that Dan distributed? I am so glad that I snagged one of those, cuz I worked all day today and would normally have been tearing my hair out at missing these! And at a bargain price as well!
The one I have is about 22" and 29 oz. Only thing is on the length / weight ratio I don't see how these can be 1/2" thick at the spine. Mine is the same length and 5 oz. heavier and the spine is no way that thick, so maybe the blade is broader? But mine looks almost identical to these. Those who get them please let me know.
I prepaid for two, and the one above is one of them. I'm still holding out for the one we ordered, which should be 24 oz. and about 17" I think! (Although at this point I'm confused and tired and will defer to Yvsa!)
I hope we get what we ordered eventually.
Regards,
Norm
P.S. OK, just rechecked mine 2X super carefully and this is what I came up with, _exactly_ (sorry, as on my orginal FF "Dune" report in April I came up with 21.75 inches and 29.3 oz. This time I measured a bit more precisely, and took the average of 10 weighs on the postal scale:
Length: 21.50 inches.
Thickest width at spine: .300 inches
Thickest blade width: 3.25"
Weight: 29.6 oz.
1.376 oz. per inch.
Kami: Bura
Handle, scabbard, karda and chakma appear identical to these, as does overall appearance for that matter. You guys did good (especially as these were $20 less than the prepaid ones! (-: )
To me, the amazing thing about these is their weight. Just think about Bura's ability here a minute. He made a 17" and about 30 oz. trial run for Yvsa (in Feb. I believe, and I think Dan also got one and those were the specs, but Yvsa will have to confirm.) Then he made two 21.5" ers that were also close to 30 oz. Then he was given 24 oz. of weight and now got these at the same length as the second two, but EXACTLY 6 oz. lighter hitting the precise target weight. Amazing.
As I said, I would appreciate a report on the dimensions / specs of whoever gets theirs first. Since the original 21" FF had a 1/2" spine and weighed almost 50 oz., I suspect these spines are closer to the .300 of mine, but would also suspect the flat blade may be just slightly less than 3.25". That 5.6 oz. has to be somewhere. (?)
Now Bura has got the weight perfect. So now all we gotta do is ask him to lose 4.5" off the length and we should be spot on. I hope...!
Norm
Did it get another immersion in the mineral oil again at the MWKK this year? :footinmou
All we have left to do is pack and run to the PO tomorrow.....this has been quite an interesting learning experience. Yangdu really has this down to a tee. A most remarkable lady she is.