I finally got an HI

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I received my HI 21 inch Gelbu Special Thursday after sending off a m.o. Saturday. Very fast service, especially considering that Uncle Bill must have been busy getting ready to leave on his trip to Kansas. I was very impressed by the workmanship as this is the first hand made blade I've ever had. The balance really blew me away - it feels so light in the hand that I thought it was made of aluminum at first:D . Especially since it's so thick - nearly half an inch at the thickest part of the spine. It's not perfect - the groove incised on the left side of the blade is noticeably shallow in one spot and there's a small nick on the rearmost raised ring on the right side of the handle. When I fondle, er, run my fingertips over the blade you can feel minor waves and ripples which really show the handmade nature of the beast.
I ran out and started chopping some branches at the first opportunity. I also ran into my first setback. While chopping, I accidentally sent about three inches of the tip into the ground and on pulling it out discovered three fairly good nicks in the edge. I was pretty dismayed until I logged into the forum and did some research. I found out that the tip is left pretty soft for just contigencies and that nicks can be filed out, which I proceeded to do with a diamond file. I still have a little work to do but it's almost there.
Overall, I'm very pleased and will post more impressions later.
 
Welcome to the Cantina, you're in good company with your .45 as well as your new G.S.:)
 
Welcome and congratulations on being the new owner of one fine blade.
I still haven't gotten over how awsome my 20" Sirupati is. Just don't go out in the backyard and practice with it while the neighbors are watching. Haven't seen much of the neighbor kids lately, must be the hot weather. ;)
 
I was clearing some brush on a trail and some guy doing some running wanted to pass by. He was more that a little polite. :D
 
Welcome from another .45 shooter:)

and while I'm at it apologies and long overdue welcomes from me to all who have arrived in the last month or two. I've been really busy with work as of late and haven't welcomed alot of you guys. so here goes:

WELCOME:D:D
 
I've seen a post or 2 from you before. I was pretty new to the forum myself so I stayed out and about just lerking for a while.
I go along with the forty five and the HI Khuks. .45 Long Colt copy/of 1875 Remington. I sure wouldn't want to be shooting an original. Enjoy the Khuk. I know you will and one HI Khuk usually leads to more.:D
 
Yeah, if you don't have a .45 Colt than the .45acp is OK. If it isn't the best all round semi auto cartridge I don't know what is.
If I was funded I wouldn't mind a S and W reproduction of the 1917 45 acp from the Custom shop...but then, I haven't bought a Smith since the stupidity on the part of managment...feel sorry for the grunts on the line, though.

munk
 
I've heard it said that there were too many who couldn't handle the .45 Auto well enough, as the reason for the switch to the 9 mm. I'm wondering why so many ex G.I.'s claim to like the thing if no body can handle it.

Did you ever get the idea that somebody might have got a little kick back from some of the contracts with the Defense Dept. After some of the garbage that has been issued to the troops it sure looks like that might be the case. What do you think Monk?:)
 
Oh, I'm betting there are kickbacks. We've all heard the story about the cruise missles getting based in Italy...
as for the 45, Pappy, I'd say it died the same way everything else does...something new arrived and 'we just had to have it." ( high capacity nine.) My sense from the gun world and reading old magazines was that nine fever just struck the world. Women in the military probably had something to with it, though they may not have had many in back then. There may have been more ladies in European NATO nations by then, or small statured men, and the nine is "n" for Nato. The idea was the M16 required a minimum of training to master sufficiency to shoot at bad guys..and the 45 was seen as too difficult. I know..just a little training is all

I'd feel better if the military had stopped in caliber reduction at 6mm for the rifles. I've felt bad about Ruger not being allowed a little more time for their own entries in the handgun competition...they finally did perfect the P85 (p89) and the thing will last for years, was cheap to buy, and made in america by americans. I was not as impressed by the Smith entry. Sorry Smith. I believe the Ruger would outlast both of those entries. If you remember, Ruger was pissed enough to run ads with the trial results printed.

KNowing what we know now, I wish many of our special units had Khukuris.
munk
 
I wonder if people who shoot large caliber firearms are more likely to contract HIKV then other folks? There seems to be a trend here.

Congrats on your acquisition of the GS .45 Shooter from another fan of the venerable .45 (Kimber and Ruger). You wouldn't happen to shoot a 45/70 as well would you?


Cole



Prayers for Elizabeth Smart and all of the missing children.
 
Another welcome to the Cantina! Good choice for a first khuk, the GS was my first one too. Mine was a 'blem', meaning that it was nearly perfect, just a little crack in the handle. It's getting a bit loose now, but still going strong. It's still my favorite, out of the two I have. Have fun with your new knife!
 
Any 375 H&H lover's out there? I gotta get me one someday to replace the Browing I traded for a Whelen to help a friend. Any 416 fans? Always wanted the Rigby.

There's some good reasons for HIV; I can spend a hundred or so occasionally, but the wife screams if it's 500 plus for a gun...not to mention the twisted gun control measure I foolishly agreed to over the birth bed of my second son....an hysterical moment I wish I could recant...
munk
 
I love it when folks send their tips into the ground. ;) I used to do that all the time with my machettes. I guess somewhere along the route, I stopped doing it as much. The one thing that hasn't gone away is the occasional twist in the wrist at the end of my swing that sometimes sends the blade flying straight for my leg. :eek: :eek: Fortunately, no battle wounds yet. :D

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

Dan
 
Hey Pendentive, when you sunk the tips into the ground, what typically happened and what was your remedy?

munk
 
Originally posted by munk
Hey Pendentive, when you sunk the tips into the ground, what typically happened and what was your remedy?

Munk,

Rocks went flying everywhere! ;)

I actually just started leaving the tip of my machettes dull. I rarely used the tip back then and concentrated my sharpening on the fullest part of the belly. I have one that, depsite having taken it back to the grinder, still has a monster ding in the end of it.

Now, if I ever sunk the tip of a khuk into the ground...

first, I would cry.

then, I would take it home and try to straighten it and me out. :D ;)
 
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