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Pakcik Bill.

Please log my name for 1 unit of:
  • Sirupati model.
  • OAL 24" - 25".
  • Thickness of 3/16".
  • Saatisal wood handle - standard model.
... Mohd, we can give this a try and see how it comes out ...
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Is that phrase means you have log my name? See ... my English give me a problem (to understand such a phrase) every now and then!

NEPAL HO!


[This message has been edited by mohd (edited 06-29-2000).]
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino:
I knew what you meant, Harry, and it would be easy to explain it to the kamis but I just couldn't resist. Comprende?

If you really want one I'll order it so let me know.
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Not really, but just was wondering what the kamis reaction would be.

Harry

 
Somehow, Harry, I think you would probably have to be there to appreciate it ( the kami's reaction ).

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John Moses designed it, I trust it, and that settles it.


Himalayan Imports Website
 
I keep looking back and forth at the Gelbu Special and the Kumar Kobra on the HI website. What keeps nagging at me is the idea of a Kobra with a fullered blade. Same weight, same spine thickness, wider blade.

Just a thought...
 
The "nagging" part suggests it's more an obsession than a thought. Join the obsessed, you have plenty of company here.

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John Moses designed it, I trust it, and that settles it.


Himalayan Imports Website
 
A fullered Kobra...

Dammit, I coulda sworn I was cured for good.

Are you thinking of a fuller running down the bevels (as if the blade was hollow-ground) or the tapering flat section between bevel and back?
 
This is why I haven't put in an order for something yet unseen. When the very first of the new ones come in I'll go into immediate HIKV withdrawal.

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John Moses designed it, I trust it, and that settles it.


Himalayan Imports Website
 
Yeah, I'm hooked, admitting it is the first step, right?

I was thinking that if the blade thickness directly behind the edge were unchanged and there was a fuller midway between the spine and edge then the edge would be pushed down making a wider blade with a little more curve to the edge without adding a lot of weight.

Or I just might trust Kumar's judgement and pick up a stock Kobra for half the cost of a custom job!

I just love decisions!
 
OK, I give up. Uncle Bill, please order me a 20" sirupati with a saatisal handle, 3/16" thick. Thank you.

Christian
 
Will order it, Chris, but it will take some time. Be patient, please, but don't neglect to bug me about it from time to time -- just so the order does not fall thru the cracks.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
Uncle Bill,

Please make it 1/4" thick. And no hurry, I'm going on vacation and won't be back for about six weeks.

Christian
 
Pakcik Bill.

Now it's about midnight at Kuala Lumpur - something cropped up - just have discussion with few elders regarding blade thickness and it's functionality right at our local Malaysian environment - we come to some sort of understanding that blade thickness of 1/4" is more justified than 3/16 for working purposes under tropical grass & trees sort of environment!

So Pakcik Bill - I just hope that you haven't send the order of these thin blades to BirGorkha - May I change the thickness of 25" Thin Sirupati which I order from 3/16" to 1/4". I am very sorry to trouble you again and again ... I hope I'm the only one who behave this bad to you! Please ... update specs of my order in your log as:
  • Sirupati model.
  • OAL 24" - 25".
  • Thickness of 1/4".
  • Saatisal wood handle - standard model.
NEPAL HO!
 
My pleasure, nephew. The khukuris you returned are still not here. Some that were denied entry to Japan by customs there just got back after 4 & 1/2 months in transit!

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
Pakcik Bill.

I think I'm going to send a letter to POS MALAYSIA cc to Custom Dept as to know what actually they have done to that parcel which contains my 18" Kumar Kobra + 25" Sirupati.

It was stamped on their letter to me: TO BE RETOURED IF NOT CLAIMED BEFORE 8/5/2000 - and Malaysian normally use a Gregorian date format ie. dd/mm/yyyy which means that the due date was suppose to be 8th of May, 2000. Anyhow ... Maybe I have to give a call 1st ... sometimes a single call may cause thing work as what it suppose to be! They might give me a big surprise if suddenly they say that the due date is 5th of August, 2000 ie. using the date format of mm/dd/yyyy!

BTW; next year we will have a more confusing date! Somehow it will start with 01/01/01 ie. 1st of January, 2001. Our mainframe computer is using yy/mm/dd format; while our filing system is using mm/dd/yy format and our reporting system is using a Gregorian date ie. dd/mm/yy! Another one is a Julian date format ie. yy/dddd which are used by few utility softwares! So ... a date such as 03/02/01 might end up with a heck of confusion ... !

NEPAL HO!
 
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