Delayed HIKV: Its A Killer

Big Bob

Big Bob

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I bought my first HI back at the beginning of 1999. Having lurked and/or posted at the two HI forums I've watched the term "HIKV" become popular among us with some degree of amusement. I must admit that I've considered myself largely resistant to the khukuri virus. Limited income, schooling, and a fairly strong belief in putting away a good portion of my earnings had managed to contain my purchases to about 13 pieces from HI as of the end of 2004, including four khukuris bought as gifts for friends and family.

Then 2005 rolled around. Apparently, there is a subtype of HIKV: Delayed Himalayan Imports Khukuri Virus. Recent changes in my life (better income, UB and Rusty's passing, and the MWKK05) have caused this strain to emerge with full force. As of today, my purchases/trades of HIs is 14 for 2005. Any denial or scepticism that I may have had is gone. HIKV is real, and it will consume you. Know this newbies, if you're reading this, you're already doomed. You are now part of the afflicted who bear the depleted checkbooks, patches of shaved armhair, and woodchip strewn yards. You may placate the virus with a few DOTDs in the early stages, but eventually you will fall. Resistance is futile. Have a nice day.

Bob
 
actually full HIKV is even deadlier. it entails debt.

when your Credit starts to burn with uncontrollable fever... that's the sign.

good luck.
 
Big Bob wrote "Resistance is futile. Have a nice day."
Sounds like a Borg cube with a smiley face on it ! :)

Hmmmm I wonder. Lately, when I'm lucky enuff to catch the DOTD in a timely fashion,
I've begun to hear a little voice whisper, "Assimilate this !" :eek:

(....I would like to add its diversity to my wee collection :rolleyes: ).
 
I haven't bought that many either. Maybe 30. Gave 6 or more away.

Yeah, 30's not much. It's just all available allowance for 3 years.
I can stop whenever I want to.


munk
 
Funny, I'm in what I would call a perpetual HIKV mode. I made the initial investment, but really can't justify adding more and more knives over the years, so I sell the older stuff off now in order to finance the purchase of the new!

But now it's getting harder to find items I am willing to part with, so who knows what the future will bring.

Maybe I could sell my car and bike to work...? Hmmm...
 
I'm pretty open about having khukuris all over my house... they've taken over... neighbors, wife no longer even think its odd.

I AM embrassed by the sharpening bug... once you get that dang belt sander and have sent away for the high grit belts... Now every junk mail catalog and unwanted magazine turns into a "paper-cutting-sharp" test...they fluff out into a ball once you slice every page in a magazine 3 or 4 times...

Picture tomorrow. Just ground a sharp false edge onto my ugly "beater" Bura WWII. I like it.... WWII just wasn't pointy enough. Now its like a new design.

Got the idea from the SRKW "penetrator" point design... really just a grind job on the tip, mini-false edge style.

Naturally, I guninea-pigged the idea first onto my WC khuk. Heh, heh...

Acutally that khuk is quite sharp, and now looks pretty neat, as it was pointy to begin with.


Ad Astra
 
My khukuris are starting to pile up on top of each other in the closet. I did some househunting today with my folks. I just wonder how much of my motivation for getting my own place stems from the need to find more storage space for my "babies". :eek: :rolleyes:

I think Norm has the right idea. Replacing some of your collection with fresh blood keeps the sharking skill fresh and helps stave off the wrath of SWMBO.

Bob
 
Jeeez, Guys! :eek:

I've studied the archives, and I have some news... You were RIGHT! THERE IS NO CURE!!!

At first, I THOUGHT I could resist... It was only a LITTLE bite, honest... I mean, what's one AK amongst friends? It was also... Uh, it was all so "innocent!"

Then IT arrived... NEVER, NEVER should I have opened that box... I tell you, I never had a chance...

Oh, I'd had other Khuks, but they really didn't CONNECT... It wasn't until I got IT from Himalayan-Imports... Yes, Virginia, there really IS an HIKV... And, NO, there is no cure...

Well, I thought that the fever would abate... Yeah, for about 30 seconds...

Since then, I've gotten a 18" Chitlangi and a JKM-1... Monday, I'll be ordering either an 18" or 21" Gelbu Special... As soon as I create another thread and ask the impossible question that comes with full blown Khukuri Lust, "Which is BETTER? The 18" or 21" Gelbu Special?"

Yeah, Doctor, I've got it B-A-D... Just a little more Thorazine, Please? Pretty Please? JUST GIVE ME THE DA@*ED SHOT!!! AAARRGGHH!!! Khukuris, gotta have my KHUKURIS!!!

(Well, as you can see, our hero has gone off the deep end- AGAIN!!! Don't let this happen to YOU!!!)

Trembling and shaking...

Carter, victim of HIKV... ;) :o :) :D
 
You guys must have weak livers ! I only have one, count em, one Kukuuri or knife of any kind from H:I: . Sure you could say I,m in self denial . Listen, just cause I check the list every day for that just right Sirupati and cringe when I let that not quite for me knife get away . I actually passed up on a nice Seax about a week ago cause that Sirupati is out there somewhere in the dark and needs a home ,. Did I mention that I have started to make a pseudo-Seax out of hickory wood ?Did I mention it is the same dimensions as the Seax I let slip By ? Thats nothing you say ? Did I mention that I started to make this pseudo-Seax before the real Seax came up on the daily sale ? Could this be a form of pre-Seax-envy ?
Have I fallen victim to the most insidious form of H:I:Virus ? Pre-envy ?
I don,t dream of that Seax in my sleep . No not me . It occupies my every waking moment ! As I slowly file , whittle and hone my pseudo-seax am I sinking deeper into a morass of madness that sucks me down all the quicker the more I struggle against it ? Nah its just a phase I,m going through . Unfortunately its like a phase of the moon and just returns and returns and returns .
 
What does real sex's got to do with khukri ? :confused:

:D

I got only one too...........getting no. 2 tho....... :)
 
Kevin the grey,

You need to talk to the Forum's answer to Dr. Ruth Westheimer... Dr. Munk will explain why wooden Seax-like objects cannot satisfy.

I have every confidence that Dr. Munk will explain the dangers of just wood alone, rather than wood AND STEEL, or bone AND STEEL...

Balance in everything... This also means, TWO Khukuris are better than one!!! When Dr. Munk tells you of these truths, have your checkbook or credit card in hand... Mrs. Martino will be glad to end your bout of suffering- until the NEXT time...

Have a nice day...

Carter ;) :) :D
 
Is there a cure ? How can there be a cure for the un-cureable ? How do you treat common sense ? What pill will treat clear thinking ? Its not a constant feeding of a depraved madness . Its just a feeling of coming home . Sure there are people with larger collections . They don,t have my Kukurri . Mine is certainly the best ever made . I cannot imagine a better one ..... Except, maybe that Sirupati I,m looking for and that darned Seax I let get away . Does it feel lost out there in the dark ? O,kay ,O,kay, I got it bad ! ! Dr. Munk save me . What is your prescription ?
("Take two knives and call me in the morning ? " ) Is it worse than even that ? Does it involve throwing out my old videos and making a Kukuuri haven ?
 
Astrodada said:
What does real sex's got to do with khukri ? :confused:

:D
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"Everything."
- Uncle Bill

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I'm not cured, not in remission... but I have not bought any khuks in about 2 years. The resources ran out. I had around 30 HI products, now I have maybe 10, and I only sold a couple, the rest where given away. Maybe in a while I can rejoin the frenzies, but for now I've been sidelined. It really sucks, because I think HI is doing it's best work ever right now, and looks to be improving. I can smell the blood in the water, and this shark is still circling, just outside the pack, waiting...waiting...waiting.
 
Hi my name is Andrew and i am a HIKV sufferer

At one time, I made cardboard cutouts of all the different khukuri models I wanted to own to try to get some idea of which one is best. I still havent found the answer to that, so I took the easy way out and bought them all.

Hmmm, come to think of it I dont really want to be cured. Or I would have to find another obsession which I think would be the last straw for the wife.
 
Ain't no such thing as HIKV!! :( I've been around awhile & NEVER got it,CAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST!!
THE DUCK! :cool:
 
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