Deals for 4/25 -- Pix, villagers and rare one

[sogguy]

"I'll let y'all know what I think of it as handle material when I get it, but I must say, these woods the kamis keep coming up with are some pretty special stuff."
Sarge, check out the pommel on the Pen, the last couple I got were really POINTY, had to dremel the tips to keep from drawing blood.

Dick

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Kis, I have a very big sale coming up at the end of the week that is stressing me out. We all have our outlets and shopping vices when we feel the strain of the work week.
Sheeesh, can't a girl try to look pretty

You have no idea how hard it is to find a dress thats a 42 in the shoulders.

Jake

 

[Bladite]

E-mail sent on the villager Pen Knife. I'm probably way too late, but heck, you can't win if you don't play.
Sarge
YEEHAW!! "Done Deal", I've been eyeing those 15" Pen Knives ever since they were introduced, and waited hopefully for a villager version to show up. It did, and I snagged it. It strikes me that the 15" Pen Knife looks very much like a shortened WWII, so it ought to be a good all around useful khuk.

i thought about it ... you almost lost out but i'm holding back on extraneous purchases for a while. snagged a couple used bargains/trades - not real money. should sell off some slide rules (collectables), and reduce, reuse, recycle what i have. still mighty curious on the pens though - but i keep tell myself that my current collection is pretty and well proven and enough. must keep saying that

the pens yesterday lasted and lasted. mmm. dark neem. this one has a much longer handle, and villager - hence the thinking :>

bladite

 

[Sylvrfalcn]

"I'll let y'all know what I think of it as handle material when I get it, but I must say, these woods the kamis keep coming up with are some pretty special stuff."
Sarge, check out the pommel on the Pen, the last couple I got were really POINTY, had to dremel the tips to keep from drawing blood.

Dick

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have the files and sandpaper standing by. Dremel? I don't do Dremel, something unwholesome about chunking a grinding bit onto a dentist's drill and having at it.

Sarge

 

[sogguy]

Dremel is just a file running in circles real fast. It was handy from some wood removal. Do you wood carve (whittle)?

Dick

 

[Bri in Chi]

Something I would really like to see is something with a blunt tip kind of like the Pen knife but with the spine having the smooth curve like the ganga rather than the angle of the Pen.

You got my vote on that Hollow. I'd love to have one like that with a wood handle, villager style.

 

[SASSAS]

Not that I actually think it's still there, but e-mail sent on the BGRS...has a nice profile.

 

[Sylvrfalcn]

Do you wood carve (whittle)?

Dick

You betcha. Here's a funny story for you. Over in OIF it became a popular practice in the tents for guys to nail some 2 x 4's into self standing wooden crosses for use as arming racks. The premise was that when you were getting ready to crawl into your fartsack for the evening, you arranged your helmet, body armor, load bearing gear, et cetera, onto your little stand, so it was neatly organized all in one spot. That way you could suit up in a hurry if you needed to, even in the dark.
Well, there was this light colonel, who was an okay enough guy, but I've served with better, if you know what I'm saying. He asked me if I were to find any spare time, could I make him one of those arming stands. I did, I set to work one Sunday afternoon with my khukuri and my JKM, and really had the wood chips flying. Some of the troopies hung around curiously watching, but none bothered me, because, as I overheard one of 'em say, "you don't want to go fooling around Sarge when he's got his knives out".
I presented the fruits of my labor to the colonel and his jaw dropped wide open. There before him was a lovely, but somber looking, gothic cross, like something out of an old, old, cemetery, it's upright and arms terminating in carved fleur de lis, and chip carved in bold block letters at the center was the colonel's family name. He quietly thanked me, and was still standing there scratching his head when I walked off. In the background I could hear sporadic peals of unsuccessfully suppressed laughter. Whittle? You betcha.

Sarge

 

[AlexCA]

No worries. I picked up the Katunje special from yesterday for myself. This one will go to my brother. I will be tapped out soon anyway.

would be nice to have pictures of the Katunje special in hand ... just to have a closer look on the blade,

Alex

 

[Eric006]

would be nice to have pictures of the Katunje special in hand ... just to have a closer look on the blade,

Alex

My brother in Colorado confirmed receipt over the weekend. I'll see if he can send some pictures.

Eric

 

[Eric006]

would be nice to have pictures of the Katunje special in hand ... just to have a closer look on the blade,

Alex

Alex,

Sorry, I may have misread your post.

I will try to get pictures of mine as well. Right now I don't have a working camera, but it is on the to-do list.

Eric