I have this katana I am going to call a blem.......

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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I am off to rehab and won't be back for about 3 hours. I have a katana we just got in that I am going to call a blem mainly because of the scabbard and lack of a habaki. The price will be $145. If anybody wants this before I can post a pix email or call (Yangdu will be here to take the calls).

The scabbard is leather only -- decent enough but not handy to draw from.

Other than these criticisms the katana is pretty decent and I will post a pix when I get back.

See ya later if I can survive the treadmill!

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
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Broke- no can do, but like Yvsa I wanted to give someone a scare.

[This message has been edited by Rusty (edited 08-02-2000).]
 
me me me!
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Nine minutes -- not bad, Robert!
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Cheers,
Brian

He who finishes with the most toys wins.
 
Thanks Uncle!You should have gotten my first letter today and my second one should arrive tomorrow or friday.

How was rehab?I guess its one of those things,where if you survive the cure than your doing ok.Hope it went well.

Robert

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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday,for a khukuri today.
 
Beautiful!Is that brass between each of the grooves in the handle?Also,if you know the weight and length could you post it?Thanks alot!!

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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday,for a khukuri today.
 
That is a nice looking katana...congratulations, Robert.

And the scabbard...what were the sarkis drinking?

9 minutes....yikes, you're slipping....

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Harry

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I know I know,It was a hard decision (HA)actually i just came on at the tiem and it was an impulse buy.I had been out doing more cuttign with my newest Kumar Sirupati.It weighs about half an ounce and cuts like a razor.Yum
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The scabbard is fine,Ill use it in transport so i dont severe any limbs,but shes a beautiful sword,shell sleep in the nude when shes home
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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday,for a khukuri today.

[This message has been edited by Robert Cole (edited 08-02-2000).]
 
Just out of curiosity, I would think that it might be possible to make a kydex sheath for this katana and then cover that in leather if one wanted to do so.

Ruminating I remain,

Harry
 
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You keep on about these katanas I am going to have to get one.
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They are looking better each time I see a new pic!!

I know nothng about the katanas, but recall Jim March (I think) saying something about a battle bulge or something near the point. Does these katanas have that?

I have a couple of those not so cheap stainless steel ones and I damn near cut the ball of my thumb off while working the katana over with a file. I do have to say it took a brand new Nicholson file to cut this stainless, but there is no spirit in the blade.
It just feels cold and lifeless.
It is much sharper than it was when I got it, but haven't fooled with the so called "Ninja" model that came with the pair.


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Bartender, bring Harry another rum. You can't ruminate on one wing.
 
Those things are getting nicer with every repetition! I think I must be getting one sometime!
I notice a nice thick tsuba. Steel?
I also can't for the life of me figure out how they can do a 'teapot temper' on a blade that narrow. My understanding is that a lot of hot blade must be available to soak a temper into the quenched blade edge.
I'd really like to see a rigorous and systematic RC hardness test done on HI products, as was done on the khuk from another source in the current issue of Knives Illustrated.


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The sword cannot cut itself, the eye cannot see itself.
 
Why thank you, Rusty!
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I'll take you up on that the next time I am in Nevada....

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Harry


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The katanas continue to improve. Broken Arrow did an acid etch on the katana he tested and I think this one ended up with Harry. The hamon was perfectly acceptable and the sword cut through the spine of a cow (more than once, I think)and completed a program of severe testing and when I got the it back I could not tell that it had ever been used.

The quality is improving with each shipment but they are toying with the design and that has got to stop. They are supplying a different design each time -- little different tsuba, different handle, different scabbard. We have got to make a stand at some point and I think we are there.

The tsuba is steel and is beautifully engraved on blade side.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
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Perhaps in a few months.
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I really do like the copper spacers in the handle!

I am saving for the YvsaFC model.
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I have decided that I want silver furniture on this one, along wih the horn and bone inlay it should be beautiful!!
I find it strange that both models I have made balance in the area of the cho. The plywood model will balance on a toothpick!!
It will be interesting to see if the finished steel model will balance in the same area. And if it does so it should make one hell of a weapon due to its being almost neutrally balanced.
I just hope the kamis don't take to much artistic license with it.

A tooled scabbard by the new sarki
should round it out just right.
Just handleing the prototype makes me think that this khukuri will be "The" favorite.
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