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Maybe Ill just mail it to ya before i leave! Sounds like chances of ever seeing Kronks front door are pretty slim anyway 
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Bought me a dha
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someone got awful close, close enough to see the moat and drawbridge. not close enough to see the moat monster. the lion fears the moat monster, i have to carry him across the drawbridge, 300lb of trembling scaredy cat. even the piranha don't come into the moat. the vampires don't like it much, seems they don't like crossing running water. does tend to keep them in the castle tho instead of upsetting the locals. i find that the occasional uninvited guest is enough to placate them. they make fine troops to defend the walls. not that we've had to yet. the only other tho
ing they fear, besides the dire wolves is me.
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p.s. - the kachin tribes of northern burma/thailand use a squared off dha, obviously used to shop & slice rather than stab. it has an open scabbard, useful in damper climes as it lets the water out.
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another tidbit:
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merrill's marauders, one on right with his M43 khukuri
they fought with the british chindits, a mix of ghurkah and british troops who of course also carried khukuris.
one of my dhas, the one with the koftgari on the forte, i got from a chindit here in the UK. he got it off a japanese officer that was carrying it in lieu of a japanese sword. he'd made sure the japanese didn't need it anymore with a few .303 rounds. i guess the japanese guy got it from a burmese who he insured didn't need it anymore either.
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it's above the kobra
ing they fear, besides the dire wolves is me.
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p.s. - the kachin tribes of northern burma/thailand use a squared off dha, obviously used to shop & slice rather than stab. it has an open scabbard, useful in damper climes as it lets the water out.
View attachment 401857
(not mine
)another tidbit:
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merrill's marauders, one on right with his M43 khukuri
they fought with the british chindits, a mix of ghurkah and british troops who of course also carried khukuris.
one of my dhas, the one with the koftgari on the forte, i got from a chindit here in the UK. he got it off a japanese officer that was carrying it in lieu of a japanese sword. he'd made sure the japanese didn't need it anymore with a few .303 rounds. i guess the japanese guy got it from a burmese who he insured didn't need it anymore either.
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it's above the kobra
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Seen this video before 2 or three times and only now realized that it was in Germany. Cool! Now I want to know for what event they let Gurkhas come all the way to show their awesome blades?
Sad thing though carrying such big knifes (>4.72 inch) is not allowed there, not even in a forest or for camping (Possession at home is fine) Even legal knifes can not be carried at public events for example in soccer stadiums.
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On June 6 [2009], the traditional NATO Music Festival will be held once more in Kaiserslautern. The place to be on that day is the famous Fritz Walter soccer stadium on Betzenberg.
Organized by NATOs Air Headquarters in Ramstein and the city of Kaiserslautern, the generated proceeds of the 21st NATO Music Festival will go to the NATO Music Festival foundation, which supports both local and regional community-based organizations and charity initiatives. This years festival is a very special one, because 2009 also marks the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance...
The NATO Music Festival, which officially begins at 7:30 p.m., brings together musicians from NATO member states and one guest nation. The Bundeswehr Band from Berlin, the USAFE band, The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas from the United Kingdom, the musical band Johan Willem Friso of the Royal Netherlands Army, the worlds oldest active military band Mehter from Turkey, and the Band of the Carinthian Military District from Austria are the participating bands at this years festival. Each will represent their countrys own traditions through its music.
Another highlight is the Bundeswehrs Guard Battalion with its awesome presentation of precision drill skills...
quoted from http://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/rhs-jazz-band-to-perform-at-nato-music-festival/
Are those pictures of their standard construction, or your custom made ones?
Are their standard models meant to be used, or more for display?
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Are their standard models meant to be used, or more for display?
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my cozun daarb from aranyik tangs:
the larger one:
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the smaller one:
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mr. cozun had them make the smaller one with two pins, it was the first one they made like that. now a std. option, or it was. he seems to have gone out of business. aranyik is still there tho
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Unlikely. Ancient Hinduism and Germanic (Spain to Scandinavia) Paganism all had "magic" words, letters and god names. Heard same about the mongol tribes. So most likely there was something like that everywhere long before medieval Islam came along.
What I see in India is that Islam has not influenced the original religions very much. They either replaced them by force or failed.
Christianity in Europe however was a bit more creative and adopted a few pagan festivals and symbols and over time reached a 100% conversion rate (yes they also chopped off quite a few heads )
What I noticed is that the less centralized a religion is the easier it is to replace, little by little, village by village, state by state. The more centralized a religion the more useful it is to a worldly leader as long as he has enough power to influence it.
Anyways, whatever god needs humans to do his dirty jobs isn't very powerful. Is he/she?
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Thank you Steve. Wish I would have your internet powers :thumbup:
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sadly, the usual type was as per the top one here:
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the other types there & in my earlier post were extra. you also had a choice between stainless steel, HC steel, and his special 'hardened steel'. if you were knowledgeable that is what you chose. he ment differentially hardened as in a hamon, hardened got you one of the two full tang models in my earlier post. std was the rat tail welded rod tang attached to the stub. the stub was fully enclosed and supported by the bolster which was quite heavy (around 1/8") stainless steel, but meant more for a wall hanger. the krabi tang was meant for light use. the full hidden tangs for those who wanted the best. the double pinned one was added later. my short one was his actual first to use that. it was polished later in life before i got it. the hardened steel came with a greyer etched finish to show off the hamon, as in my larger one. in other words, caveat emptor.
cozun had some quality concerns later on & i see they are no longer online.
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