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Here are Rabi, right, and Bhani, left, doing the silver work for a kothimoda. You can see the partially completed scabbard on the little table. They are working in their BirGorkha apartment above the shop. As you can see the apartment in not the Waldorf Astoria but it is better than a lot of places I've stayed in Nepal.
On the small table and floor are the tools of the trade for silversmithing -- torch, mini forge, hammer and some small dies and tools.
Of interest to the old and regular forumites is Rabi is the oldest son of Murali, the kami who had to give it up because of tuberculosis.
Bhani is his nephew. Pala routinely sends money to Murali for medical expenses -- BirGorkha disability insurance.
I'll get up a few more pix with any luck. I figured out a way to beat the scanner and keep the yellow strip from running down the middle of the pix.
Beo may be around to doctor up my effot.
On the small table and floor are the tools of the trade for silversmithing -- torch, mini forge, hammer and some small dies and tools.
Of interest to the old and regular forumites is Rabi is the oldest son of Murali, the kami who had to give it up because of tuberculosis.
Bhani is his nephew. Pala routinely sends money to Murali for medical expenses -- BirGorkha disability insurance.
I'll get up a few more pix with any luck. I figured out a way to beat the scanner and keep the yellow strip from running down the middle of the pix.
Beo may be around to doctor up my effot.
