So many of the Kamis being sick surprised me, half of them off for one reason or another. What would happen to Ford Motor company if half the production line called in sick? (Don't answer that! ) HI is a small company, even with the new Kamis added this Spring.
The last couple months Yangdu has been trying to raise enough money to replace the tools at the shop. The power tools are basic ones.
The Kamis would be delighted with the materials many of us have, I don't think you can buy a Milwaukee 1/2" drill there, or at least very easily or practical. Though the shop has tools, you could not call it modern.
Yangdu asked me to say a few words about HI today, about the knives. They're your words, because I've read them frequently in these pages for many years.
HI cannot compete with a company fat with CNC machinery. And the custom knife makers here in the States probably have better equipment, more time, and more price tag. The Western knife here recently was nice. I liked it. I think everyone did. There was a 'homemade' quality about it, as someone pointed out. (What kind of 'home' could produce one as good or make it look less homemade is another story.) I know Kamis refine their work the more they make a familiar model, and HI has an awful lot of those, right: knives to choose from? Himalayan Imports has blossomed under Yangdu.
Some of the posts about the Western knife reflect what HI is. Great spirit in these knives. At full shop price you can afford one. They are tough and beautiful. Each unique, no two knives the same, even the same model.
It's a great thing having Yangdu listen to us and bringing out more of what we want. I've no idea whether we've gotten a little too comfortable with requests and pointers, or whether we were always like this. I think maybe we were. Kind of funny. It's a all a very good thing. Occasionally we remind ourselves we're getting the cream at the top of the milk pitcher, before plunging back into the White Spacer, love them or leave them gridlock.
Ahhh. I still haven't hit the right tone. There are 5 boys in the house now, summer vacation, and the attention defecit skyrockets.
We keep looking for the new and improved, and HI keeps trying to deliver. And HI does, and we know that too.
munk
The last couple months Yangdu has been trying to raise enough money to replace the tools at the shop. The power tools are basic ones.
The Kamis would be delighted with the materials many of us have, I don't think you can buy a Milwaukee 1/2" drill there, or at least very easily or practical. Though the shop has tools, you could not call it modern.
Yangdu asked me to say a few words about HI today, about the knives. They're your words, because I've read them frequently in these pages for many years.
HI cannot compete with a company fat with CNC machinery. And the custom knife makers here in the States probably have better equipment, more time, and more price tag. The Western knife here recently was nice. I liked it. I think everyone did. There was a 'homemade' quality about it, as someone pointed out. (What kind of 'home' could produce one as good or make it look less homemade is another story.) I know Kamis refine their work the more they make a familiar model, and HI has an awful lot of those, right: knives to choose from? Himalayan Imports has blossomed under Yangdu.
Some of the posts about the Western knife reflect what HI is. Great spirit in these knives. At full shop price you can afford one. They are tough and beautiful. Each unique, no two knives the same, even the same model.
It's a great thing having Yangdu listen to us and bringing out more of what we want. I've no idea whether we've gotten a little too comfortable with requests and pointers, or whether we were always like this. I think maybe we were. Kind of funny. It's a all a very good thing. Occasionally we remind ourselves we're getting the cream at the top of the milk pitcher, before plunging back into the White Spacer, love them or leave them gridlock.
Ahhh. I still haven't hit the right tone. There are 5 boys in the house now, summer vacation, and the attention defecit skyrockets.
We keep looking for the new and improved, and HI keeps trying to deliver. And HI does, and we know that too.
munk
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