Listen to Uncle Bill - he's serious.

Bill is always keeping the "The Yes and No of unsheathing a khukuri" post up at the top. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are two. Click on them and you won't brush off the "Yes and No" safety thread for a very very long time.

http://www.tx3.net/~howardw/Khukuris/Guestpics/cutbands02.jpg

http://www.tx3.net/~howardw/Khukuris/Guestpics/cutbands01.jpg

This is a scabbard where the wood shrank from being in low Nevada humidity. As a result, the brass bands got loose and slipped off.

There are no brass bands underneath the leather covered scabbards. If the wood shrinks or the leather stretches you have the same situation as in the pictures above.

[This message has been edited by Rusty (edited 02-26-2000).]
 
frickin' ifruit went loopy again!!! sorry for the dbl post

[This message has been edited by Matt Matheny (edited 02-26-2000).]
 
The little one ( 17" 14 oz village chainpuri ) in the background with the brass rings in place is the one Pala repaired. I took it up so Bill could take a shot or two to demonstrate the above, but Pala took off to fix it before Bill got the camera out.

The one on top in the cracked scabbard is a 17" 20 oz village chainpuri.

Although both are mistakenly marked with the HI symbols they really are in their own way the predecessors of the HI village line. It was my reaction to them ( and a lot of pleading ) that finally convinced Bill to try importing the villagers. Bill always had a fondness for these tough but ugly village knives, but wasn't sure there was a market. Now we know there is, don't we?
 
Since we moved into the new shop out in the middle of nowhere the village models are not appearing at our door. The village kamis can't find us.

When (if?) we get caught up we'll send out a scout and find some decent villagers.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
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