I'm up late, too.
That is a beautifully carved handle and the Garud bird-head is one of my favorites, but I'm going to give one of the early birds (no pun intended) a chance to get it in the morning. If you guys don't hurry I might reconsider.
By the way, on another thread there were questions about whether Lachhu is using the sun-type kami mark. Based on Yangdu's posting of the earlier blade the answer was yes. Here we have confirmation, as the photo clearly shows the sun-type kami mark and again Yangdu tells us that Lachhu made this knife.
Lachhu is becoming another star at HI. I just received his Pen Knife from the 8/30 DOTD, and it is a real beauty, with flawless workmanship. He's been the main (or maybe the only) kami making the ASTK model, and those are also great.
-- Dave