Gone, and Pop is sweating. . .

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Stephen Hamilton

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Today I gave my one and only khuk, a villager, to my 19 yr. old son for his birthday. I'm well pleased with the fine man he is becoming.

It went with instructions over the past week and tonight he is camping in the bush with his new tool and guardian, as yet unnamed. Tomorrow I'll let you know if he still has all his fingers and if he dropped it into his own lap. He isn't stupid or careless but I reserve the right to worry...

Stephen

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Micah 6:8. Well worth the attempt!
 
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Dads are like that huh Stephen!??!!
Not to make you worry or anything, but just something that my son pulled with a knife that didn't let you know which way the blade was indexed when you picked it up in the dark.
I gave my son a CS Trailmaster when he was a trainer at Camp Shelby Mississippi back in the 80's.
He had all the warnings and such and _knew_ just how sharp the knife was.
He was out setting up trip wires on artillery simulators for a training exercise at night.
He was hammering the little nails into the trees with the back of the blade and he layed the knife down for a minute while he tightened the wire around a nail.
Then he picked the knife up to set the nail solidly and hit it once and threw the knife down.
He had cut into his left index finger and thumb going into both fingernails.
He was just getting over it good when we went for a visit.
I was the first one he told what had actually happened.
He didn't want the other sargeants to know what a dumb trick he had pulled.
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At least your son will know which way the blade is indexed on a khukuri. And I know with the expert advice you gave him that he will be fine. Except you have probably inadvertently infected him permanenty with HIKV.
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I know how you feel, Stephen. Being a father is a blessing, but at times it is also a burden. Though my son is almost 30 and with a family of his own, I still worry about him -- and with justification. Just this past week he got thrown off his four-wheeler and messed his foot up pretty badly (luckily nothing was broken). He has yet to injure himself with the khukuri that I gave him for Christmas last year, but I know that it'll eventually happen. I can't expect otherwise -- after all, he is his father's son (as my wife reminds me on a regular basis), and I still manage to find ways to occasionally mangle myself -- I have the scars, aches, and pains that go along with a lifetime of unintended self abuse. But what the hell, a guy's gotta have fun, right? And nobody's gonna get out of this alive!
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[This message has been edited by Steven F (edited 10-16-2000).]
 
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