Just got back from the Convention!!

SkagSig40

SkagSig40

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It was AWESOME!!!! Literally hundreds of knives of all kinds and mostly everyones favorite...khukuris!!!! It was great to finally meet everyone! Yvsa and Uncle Bill are a riot! The food was great only surpassed by the company!! We all got to see Terry and Sandi Sisco's fine work first hand! Their work is VERY nice and would recomend to anyone to get one of their scabbards! I got a cover made for my 20 inch AK that should add years to the life of the scabbard!!! Yvsa did a sharpening demo and man can he get a blade SHARP!! I was also lucky enough to talk Greg (TULSAMAL) into selling his 18 inch Sher made AK!! The blade is as thick as a Super Salayan!! I was also able to get a Gelbu Special with a Terry Sisco sheath, another 18in AK, a Malla that looks like it has a WWII blade and a couple of "paper cutters"!! I'll tell ya going to a convention sure dosen't help cure HIKV!!:D A few even brought along a bunch of firearms!
Anyone who missed you owe it to yourself to get to the next Convention, they are to much fun to miss!!:) Well It was sure fun to get together and put faces to names and I'd like to thank Yvsa, Barb, Uncle Bill and everyone who helped make the convention possible! It was truly a GREAT time!!!:) :D :) I'm sure the others will be here soon to post their thoughts and memories as well!!
 
Thanks for the update. I think. :( :( :(

( It's ok, I'll get over missing it. Eventually )
 
I'll see ya at the next convention Rusty! Don't worry it shouldn't be to long till the next one!!!
 
I got back around 2 hours ago, I was late in arrival...but that is another LONG Story.

I got YVSA's razor sharp GRS...yes, RAZOR from tip to cho...and a JKM, a 15" Sirupati. I cannot wait to start working on the single bevel edge for the JKM!

May I just say that this entire forum is made of people that make life worth living, it is worth to go just to meet the people. The knives are secondary, I had an excellent time and will drive just about anywhere for the next one! :D :D :D
 
Dave it was also great to meet you and Rule also! It's great to put facesW/names!! I'll see ya at the next one!
 
Originally posted by SamuraiDave
May I just say that this entire forum is made of people that make life worth living, it is worth to go just to meet the people. The knives are secondary...
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UTTER HERESY!

( Very true however. ) ;) ;) ;)
 
It would have been more fun if you could have made it Rusty! I would have liked to meet you and Audry!!!:D :eek: :D ;) Hopefully next time!
 
I made the very first convention, and had the opportunity to get acquainted with lifelong ( or if reincarnation is true, many lives-long ) friends I just never realized til then that I had.
 
I am glad to see everyone has gotten home safely. We had such a great time last weekend I'm not sure where to start. I guess by saying a great big THANK YOU to Yvsa, Barb, Bill and Yangdu. I really appreciate all you have done to make these last couple of days something we will never forget. When we went to the convention I was expecting to put a few names with faces and visit a bit but it was more than that. It seemed like getting togather with family. I wish everyone on the forum could have been there. It is amazing how much everyone had in common. I'm glad I got to be a part of it.

Hope to see ya'll again soon!!

God Bless!!!!

Sandi

:)
 
Sandi wrote:
We had such a great time last weekend I'm not sure where to start. I guess by saying a great big THANK YOU to Yvsa, Barb, Bill and Yangdu. I really appreciate all you have done to make these last couple of days something we will never forget.
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It was really good to meet everyone who showed up and the ones who couldn't be here were dearly missed!!!! And the ones who showed
up are the ones that made the khonvention what it
was.
Barb, Uncle Bill, Yangdu and myself were just the hosts and hostesses.;)

Chris and his lovely wife, Dave and Ruel, T-Bone and his lovely wife Sandi with their kids and T-Bone's dad Phil, Hawk and his lovely wife, Merle "The Squirrel" Malek and Cheryl, Gregg, Polly and Robert for a little while, and of course Uncle Bill and Yangdu and Barb and myself. Merle brought Billy down on Sunday along with Dave and Ruel.
I hope I didn't leave anyone out!!!!
Anyway as has been said, "It was more like a family," that liked one another, that had gotten together instead of people that were strangers meeting for the very first
time.
The youngens were all polite beyond what one expects these day, not really surprised at that, wonder why :), and were always ready to lend a hand.

We ate lots of finger food and then I had forgotten to start the charcoal for the grill and I got one of "those looks" from Barb when her and Chamaine got back from picking up Uncle Bill and Yangdu, but the ribs were still done on time***.;)
Unlike the khonvention in Reno we didn't start shutting down until around 11:00 p.m.:D

And now everyone else knows what a good cook Barb is as everyone ate until they were stuffed.
We had Ribs, BBQ sauce on the side, Baked Beans, Potato & Macaroni Salad for the main meal.
Before that there was generous relish trays with all kinds of goodies piled on the trays along with the chips of course.
Yangdu was really impressed with the home made Salsa that Barb and me makes.
Yangdu was really surprised when my nephew Robert showed up and ate 3 Three!!! Habenero Peppers straight from the jar.
I had bought them just to try a little while back and eat one once in a while to keep the plumbing cleaned out.
Yangdu ate only one of those and kept exclaiming how Robert ate 3 of them.:D
And I ate one with my dinner. Realy good on the Ribs!!!!

***
The reason the ribs were still done on time is because of the charcoal starter we use.
You can have hot coals ready to cook in about 40 minutes and without the smell and taste of charcoal lighter fluid and the big fire the starter fluid makes.
Much safer this way, and I know Harry would approve.;)
It's a chimney made by Weber and the trick is to put some briquets on the fire grate itself and then place the chimney over them filled with charcoal.
When the single piece of newspaper, under the chimney, lights the briquets in the chimney it gets hot enough to light the ones below as well.
You can almost double the amount of coals by doing it like that.
Another "Old Indin Trick" and remember you saw it here first.:D
 
One day, brother. If not here, then on the other side.

Glad everyone had such a great time. :)
 
God willing, next year for sure! I even have a youngin who'd love to tag along and learn about khuks from the experts!

I'm glad everyone made it home safe so far... Uncle and Yangdu, have a safe trip!

Regards,

Alan
 
Hey Alan and Rusty,

Wheredya get the tartan avitars? I'm Hay clan, and would love to post mine!!

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
Glad everyone had a good time and arrived home safely. One of these years I will make it to a convention. It sounds like I would have enjoyed myself. Especially if food is around.

Good Job Yvsa and Barb!

Will
 
It was 2 much fun to express through words! Everyone was great!!! Next time even more people will go and it will just keep getting better and better!!!!
 
Blues shrank mine and he only charged a kothimoda to do it. ;)
 
Skag,I see you got your avatar working...

I can see now that it is an eagle. In a kind of twisted way, I originally thought it was Mt. Fuji.

:p
 
I don't mind experiencing vicariously the khonvention, but one of these days will have to show up and contribute...;) :D
 
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