Bawanna
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Lads and Lassie's, dad I think someone needs help, we better follow her. OK Timmy, I'll get the truck.................but enough about that.
Sometime back Yangdu sent me a Nabin Rai Balance knife that didn't sing. It hummed pretty good for me and felt much better than it looked. It felt good in my hand but the man face (a pretty ugly dude and hence the lack of music) kind of interfered with larger hands.
You may recall I posted that knife as the invisible man after I removed the face and left just the hat.
Apparently it still didn't sing.
So I finally built up my courage and took the handle off and made a new one. The story of that saga a bit later.
Anyhow up for grabs at Yangdu's suggested price of 145 bucks plus shipping payable to her directly in the usual manner, I give you the newly handled balance knife. She is 14 1/2" long, 21.5 ounces give or take a fraction of an ounce or 1.3#'s for simple folks like myself. She's pretty sharp and pointy and has been bloodied but I didn't cry.
I kind of wanted to.
Comes with a pretty decent sheath that fits works well too.
The handle is Black and White Ebony. Not a lot of black in this piece but quite attractive if I do say so myself.
The handle as is should be quite comfy for an average sized or smaller hand. However with a little file and sandpaper it could easily be modifed for a custom fit by reducing the bell some which would give a bit more length.
I originally intended to try a more conventional handle but things got lost and frankly I'm no Pala when it comes to making a traditional handle. I did create a nice ambi palm swell and left the bell so it's very secure in hand.
Here's a shot with the old handle below which I was so happy to get off intact despite a few difficulties I shall address later.
A shot of the handle a bit closer up.
I'll post a bit about the transition in the next post.
Contact Auntie in the usual manner, email to Yangdu @ himimp@aol.com. I will ship as soon as she tells me where to send it.
Sometime back Yangdu sent me a Nabin Rai Balance knife that didn't sing. It hummed pretty good for me and felt much better than it looked. It felt good in my hand but the man face (a pretty ugly dude and hence the lack of music) kind of interfered with larger hands.
You may recall I posted that knife as the invisible man after I removed the face and left just the hat.
Apparently it still didn't sing.
So I finally built up my courage and took the handle off and made a new one. The story of that saga a bit later.
Anyhow up for grabs at Yangdu's suggested price of 145 bucks plus shipping payable to her directly in the usual manner, I give you the newly handled balance knife. She is 14 1/2" long, 21.5 ounces give or take a fraction of an ounce or 1.3#'s for simple folks like myself. She's pretty sharp and pointy and has been bloodied but I didn't cry.
I kind of wanted to.
Comes with a pretty decent sheath that fits works well too.
The handle is Black and White Ebony. Not a lot of black in this piece but quite attractive if I do say so myself.
The handle as is should be quite comfy for an average sized or smaller hand. However with a little file and sandpaper it could easily be modifed for a custom fit by reducing the bell some which would give a bit more length.
I originally intended to try a more conventional handle but things got lost and frankly I'm no Pala when it comes to making a traditional handle. I did create a nice ambi palm swell and left the bell so it's very secure in hand.
Here's a shot with the old handle below which I was so happy to get off intact despite a few difficulties I shall address later.
A shot of the handle a bit closer up.
I'll post a bit about the transition in the next post.
Contact Auntie in the usual manner, email to Yangdu @ himimp@aol.com. I will ship as soon as she tells me where to send it.
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