Last 4 Christmas gifts from BirGorkha. Pix and gift prices.

Saw an A&E show where they talked about Arthur and the legend of Excaliber: the sword in the stone.

Seems that Excaliber may be from the Latin, "ex calibrum (sp?)" meaning "from the mold". So the 'sword in the stone' may have been one of the first swords to have been cast by pouring liquid metal into a mold (stone?), rather than pounded out from lumps of pig-iron.

I don't know much about sword-making, but I thought it was a fascinating explanation.
 
1. Your next installment of Khuk work is over-due.

2. How many HI khuks do you have now?

3. (from google)excalibur: [Middle English, alteration (perhaps influenced by Latin chalybs, steel) of Medieval Latin Caliburnus, from Middle Welsh Caletuwlch or Middle Irish Caladbolg, a legendary sword.]


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dunno, another source shows:

[French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic qâlib, qâlab, mold, shoe tree, from Greek kâlapous, shoemaker's last : kâlon, wood + pous, foot.]
 
1. Currently I am at odds with my pocketbook, so the next installment will have to wait a little.:cool:

2. Yer gonna laugh... I now have my first 15" AK, an 18" AK, a Pen knife, a 16.5" AND 18" WWII on the way, and the above-mentioned Tibetan Sword. The problem is that I want a 20" Sirupati, a YCS, and a 29" machete-style Tarwar. Others will follow I am sure. :rolleyes:

That sword is going to be neat. I read the Lord of the Rings in grade two and have been fascinated by tales of unlikely heros struggling against evil ever since. I have always been fascinated by tales of knights and dragons and barbarians. This will answer the question, "I wonder what a real sword would be like?".

I don't know where this will lead, but it sure is fun.

3. Those old legends are buried in obscurity, but I feel that the shroud of rumour always obscures a kernel of truth. Such are the sensibilities of human nature. Arthur's sword must have been unique in some way to gain the notoriety it did.

Being one of the first to be cast in a stone mold seems like a plausible explanation. Could a bemused blacksmith have had a contest to pull his first attempt off the mold it was stuck to? Perhaps Arthur came along and did it? Hmmmmm... :confused:
 
It just occured to me that by installment you meant my next review, not my next purchase. Lately I think of 'installment' in a credit card sort of way. :D

Well, I have been meaning to do that, but I have pulled a lot of OT in the land of no trees and perpetual darkness. I don't want to say anything until I have a good go at the new ones. Perhaps I should do a comparison of WWIIs and AKs?

The bottom line is that I need to get out in the bush for a while...
 
The problem is that I want a 20" Sirupati
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Yeah, me too. :D

That will be my next one I get.

I have:

15", 18", 20" AK's, Silver mounted engraved AK, 18", 20" GS's and a Tarwar now. :)
 
2. Yer gonna laugh... I now have my first 15" AK, an 18" AK, a Pen knife, a 16.5" AND 18" WWII on the way, and the above-mentioned Tibetan Sword. The problem is that I want a 20" Sirupati, a YCS, and a 29" machete-style Tarwar. Others will follow I am sure
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"Welcome to the Khuk side, Young Skywalker."
 
Tarwars and Tibetans with steel fittings requested contact me when you got them
 
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