I HAD the best luck...what happened??

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RipNTear

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Within the first week of my buying a khuk from HI, I got 3 of them. I snagged pretty much whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.

And now...it's much different

In the last week I've missed 2 katanas, an AK, and 2 Biltons.

Now I really know what it's like to have HIKV. You don't notice the symptoms when you're buying. It's when you miss the specials or can't buy that you really feel the sickness. :D

I may need professional help for this. Can anyone recommend recommend help?

--Rip
 
Rip?....

ohh Rip?










Think of all the ones that were posted BEFORE you ever discovered the H. I. site. mmmmmmm, they were lovely...so very lovely.





:rolleyes:
 
You know, some of the HIKV is caused by the hunt. Watching for specials--stalking the prey, that sort of thing. Besides, I'll go broke even faster if I buy from the store. My debt is going up quickly!

Kis, don't want to think about stuff I missed...

And all I wanted was a better camp ax when this whole obsession started.

--Rip
 
Oh yeah, we used to have some REALLY GREAT specials! Man, Katanas for $75. Berk Specials for $50. Yvsa Cherokee specials for $25. AKs for $5. Sirupatis were free as I rememeber.;)

Steve
 
Originally posted by Kismet
Rip?....

Think of all the ones that were posted BEFORE you ever discovered the H. I. site. mmmmmmm, they were lovely...so very lovely.
:rolleyes:
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Exactly! Kinda makes me ill to think about all of those past custom runs that were missed, and the great Kami's that are no longer making these beauties. Oh, well, hang in there and we have the future runs to look forward to at least!

A couple of years from now the newbies (like some of us now) will be bitching that they can't get something we're taking for granted now...

Later,

Svashtar
 
Whatever you do, Rip, don't seek counsel from Nasty. Even if he could say all the right words, it's gainsayed by his having snagged every special gem he's wanted. It's uncanny. He may be Duck Number Two.



munk
 
So, I suppose it's true...there is no cure for HIKV.

However, I think you CAN live with it--I just ordered a Tibetan sword to ease the symptoms of the disease :D

Debt is good, right?

--Rip
 
The only way I've temporarily staved off HIKV is by being really, really dead broke for an extended period of time. Other than that there is no cure or help for you. :D
 
<<<The only way I've temporarily staved off HIKV is by being really, really dead broke for an extended period of time.>>> - Roadrunner


When that happens to me I call it character strength.





munk
 
Just as I walk out the door for a couple of days, munk shocks the Cantina with

Whatever you do, Rip, don't seek counsel from Nasty. Even if he could say all the right words, it's gainsayed by his having snagged every special gem he's wanted. It's uncanny. He may be Duck Number Two.
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Hey...who's supposed to be covering my back when I'm gone? ;)
 
Nasty, I like you- but you're greedy. There's probably support groups available.

I just wish I had the money to be greedy. You're not only greedy, Nasty, but you're good at it.

Still, I think you indirectly said it all when you asked Bill about the Balance Models on Uncle Frank's day: (paraphrase-) "Uh, Bill, could you put a pretty one in for me- as a keespsake?" Why yes, Nasty, I'm sure he could- because the rest of us prefer ugly ones!!!!!


"and Bill," I'll write, "just stomp on mine a few times if it's not ugly enough."


munk
 
read my "updating the yahoo store" thread...

there's never a cure for HIKV - even if you've "seen it all"...
 
Steve?

Sometimes I just wish Bill Martino could remember where the commercial storage shed is. He had all the 'slight blems' put in there before the move to Titanic II. Remember? It was going to be a "Shipping Costs Only" post-move sale.

Ah well. I'm sure it won't grind at anyone here to know that they are there, beautiful and unused, one day to be sold for storage costs.








:)
 
Reading this reminded me of something. Once upon a time, in a land far away I had a GRS made by Ganga Ram. Being the nice guy that I am, I gave it to a certian envious friend as a wedding present. The last I heard it was so covered in rust you couldn't pull it from the sheath. Of course when i joined the military things went sour between my friend and I, so no chance of recovery

- D
 
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