Four blems for 1/4

[Yangdu]

22 inch 61 ounce Ganga Ram by RajKumar the (prince) Kami. Excellent work by Rajkumar. Five cents worth of epoxy fix crack in horn handle. Monster hunter Knife for your collection at $138 YBB. *SOLD*

18 inch 22 ounce Chitlangi by Bhakta. Sisau wood handle. Beautiful Knife. Slight shrinkage of wood handle round the buttcap. Take it for $75 YBB. *SOLD*

18 inch 27 ounce Ang Khola by Tirtha. Awesome rigs. Hairline crack in satisal wood most likely to go nowhere. Steel cost at $85 YBB. *SOLD*

9/3/4 inch 6 ounce Bilton by Dharan Kami. Satisal wood handle. Samll rust spot on the blade. Yours for $20. *SOLD*

Email to himimp@aol.com to get any or all

 

[davidf99]

Email sent on 18" 22 oz Chitlangi by Bhakta.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

That GRS looks incredible!

 

[blue_drummer]

I'll take the Ang Khola by Tirtha.

 

[John T]

Email incoming on Ganga Ram and Bilton.

 

[pbcg]

I'll take 9/3/4 inch 6 ounce Bilton by Dharan Kami. Satisal wood handle. Samll rust spot on the blade. Yours for $20.


Didn't see the above. Guess I'll take seconds.

Thanks.

 

[BRab]

Looks like its already gone, but I sent an email for the GRS just in case...

 

[falar]

That GRS must have a monster spine to come in at 61oz.

 

[davidf99]

I just opened the box containing the 18" 22oz Chitlangi pictured above.

I already had smaller and larger Chitlangis but I got this one because it is an excellent length and weight, at least for me, and I like Bhakta's work.

It's always nice to get a little better than one expected, and that's the case here. The knife is actually 18.5" long and 21.5oz in weight. The fullers are deep and well shaped, and the handle is comfortable and good looking. The blade is a full 12" long and very sharp. The spine is 3/8" thick from the bolster to the bend, and tapers very gradually to 1/4" thick about an inch from the tip. With that thick a spine the relatively light weight must be due to the deep fullers and what appears to be a fairly narrow edge profile. This is a strong knife, though not designed for heavy chopping like an AK or M43.

The knife was sold as a blem for only $75 because of "slight shrinkage of wood handle round the buttcap." It's really very slight shrinkage, because it's only at one corner of the butt and barely visible, and the buttcap is not loose at all. I plan to fill the gap with superglue.

There are a lot of good buys in Yangdu's sales, but I have to say this is one of the best I've seen.

-- Dave