my collection is growing and i can't stop

[yiterp]

my collection is growing and i can't stop--dam i love these knives so far i have gotten
AK Bowie
Kumar Karda antler handle
10" Villager AK--non HI Imports--this one started it--and it's Leathermans fault--lol
12" Villager AK with Daniel Kosters expert touches--awsome work
15" horn AK--by bura the best HI i have fit and finish wise--close to perfect
20" horn Sirupati
17" villager Sirupati with Daniel Kosters expert touches--awsome work
12" villager sirupati
12" horn sirupati

also have a Cold Steel LTC kukuri--see i spaced this down a little because it doesn't rate like the HI's--if anyone would like to have this will trade it to you for anything HI Import


am i off to a great start or what

 

[ferguson]

Resistance was futile. You have been assimilated.

Steve

 

[Rusty]

Might I suggest investing $15 or $20 in ramen (type) noodles on sale at say, oh , 8 or 10 packages for a dollar?

 

[yiterp]

man that might help--do you know if their are any discount coupons for kurks in the packages--lol

 

[Nasty]

Geeze...there are *huge* gaps in your collection...no BAS? No WWII? No M43? Let alone the JKM, YCS and the FALCATTA???

Slacker...


Yes...this is *your* future...we who have gone before you salute you!


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[wildmanh]

Geeze...there are *huge* gaps in your collection...no BAS? No WWII? No M43? Let alone the JKM, YCS and the FALCATTA???

Slacker...

Yes...this is *your* future...we who have gone before you salute you!

Nasty, you forgot the UBE and GS's..My goodness man, how could you? LOL...

yiterp, congrats on such a nice start.. Hope they all see at least some use.. And don't leave out the Bura 16.5" WWII... Rusty and I fully endorce it.

Heber

 

[arty]

When they won't all fit on your belt at once, then it is time to stop buying...
You have some time to go before this happens.

 

[Nasty]

When they won't all fit on your belt at once, then it is time to stop buying...
You have some time to go before this happens.

Of course, you *could* show true dedication and do as some of us have. Take advantage of middle age spread and buy longer belts!

 

[arty]

You could also hang them from a baldric when they won't fit on your belt anymore.

 

[Bill Martino]

Very interesting.

 

[Lion's Roar]

HIKV strikes again

 

[Ad Astra]

Geeze...there are *huge* gaps in your collection...no BAS? No WWII? No M43? Let alone the JKM, YCS and the FALCATTA???

Wyatt, I hate to make a bad thing worse, but many of HI's finest, must-have blades are not listed among those in your possession.

What Nasty said is true, but bear in mind you'll never get a falcata made by Sanu, there just not around any more...

BAS- look for a new Kharka-made. WWII after you decide 16.5 vs. 18".

M43- Muahahahahahah! Never let anyone know about the M43!

JKM's are the best pocketknives, I have 4

YCS? Read about these in the threadsearch.


Ad Astra

 

[frogfish]

Welcome to the HIKV ward, just don't fight it and it'll be fine

 

[faramir]

ytrep, you're one of the folks i saw break in and give up and just submit to this khukri madness When i first stumbled upon this forum(before i even registered) i thought to myself, damn those are some ugly nfunctional things ... but since then i think i'm beginning to break as well. I live across the big pond (ungodly high import duties and other restritions is our name, oh yeah) and yet i'm pondering a purpose of one of those things more and more. Price/poun ratio is unbeatable, no argues about that but i think i'm getting ifected with the khukri-liking virus too, the shape is growing onto me, just can't decide which model to get. Those actions always feature 2-3 models i'd really like [in my urban jungle],can;'t really justify the purchase but at that price ... damn ... is that how you got hooked up ?

 

[Nasty]

...but at that price ... damn ... is that how you got hooked up ?

Absolutely! Where else can you find hand-made, forged & hammered, differentially hardened knives and choppers at such (sorry, but it's true) ridiculously low prices? Let alone...they are forged in a hole in the dirt floor with *minimum* equipment...almost a bronze age operation! Wow!

All - True...there are too many unique models to choose from. I only spouted off a few! I apologize to the kamis! :footinmou

Arty - I've been looking for someone to make a baldric for me to use with several of my HI's. I'd simply make it myself, but as soon as I post a pic, I know I'd get hounded to make some for others and I simply don't have time.

Ad Astra - There is always the used market to explore!


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[faramir]

Absolutely! Where else can you find hand-made, forged & hammered, differentially hardened knives and choppers at such (sorry, but it's true) ridiculously low prices? Let alone...they are forged in a hole in the dirt floor with *minimum* equipment...almost a bronze age operation! Wow! (

That's the embarassing part for me - literally. I live in "civilized" Yeuhh-rope, i don't even get to whack the buches decently over here .... but i'm getting drawn more and more to these oddly-shaped-beasts, it feels so unnaturaly curved and yet in all thye clips i've seen so far it's damn perfectly suited for any hard core job. I'm not that much a sucker for the "personal touch" (althugh i most definitely would subscribe to a "brand name" khuk mantra kami name] if i was to buy one ... when i finally give in) but it's just like boozne, i know i don't need it and yet i'm drawn to it all the time, unable to resist I think i'm close to my breaking point - one of those 15-17" AKs seems to darn adorable (and affordable !!!), regardless of the fac that i'm unlikely to get any serious use out od it, overe here in the olde Yeuhh-rope :grumpy:

 

[mamav]

I'm not that much a sucker for the "personal touch" QUOTE]

Believe me! The hand touch will.....what's the word.....grow on you......or is it the karma attached to each blade before it's sent across the pond......or is it the fact that these blades actually have personality and find their rightful owner.......It's just a matter of time before you too have the virus. It's killing me that i have to look and can't buy :grumpy: .....although I have been considering selling the house and moving out into the country so I will again have much use for my "toys" . And the $$ to have, too. :footinmou

 

[Nasty]

hehehe...You'd be amazed at the things I've found that needed cutting!


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[Semper Fi]

my collection is growing and i can't stop--dam i love these knives so far i have gotten
AK Bowie
Kumar Karda antler handle
10" Villager AK--non HI Imports--this one started it--and it's Leathermans fault--lol
12" Villager AK with Daniel Kosters expert touches--awsome work
15" horn AK--by bura the best HI i have fit and finish wise--close to perfect
20" horn Sirupati
17" villager Sirupati with Daniel Kosters expert touches--awsome work
12" villager sirupati
12" horn sirupati

also have a Cold Steel LTC kukuri--see i spaced this down a little because it doesn't rate like the HI's--if anyone would like to have this will trade it to you for anything HI Import


am i off to a great start or what

He,he,he,he.....you are just getting started.

 

[faramir]

Believe me! The hand touch will.....what's the word.....grow on you......or is it the karma attached to each blade before it's sent across the pond......or is it the fact that these blades actually have personality and find their rightful owner.......It's just a matter of time before you too have the virus. It's killing me that i have to look and can't buy :grumpy: .....although I have been considering selling the house and moving out into the country so I will again have much use for my "toys" . And the $$ to have, too. :footinmou

Man ... pretty much the only thing holding me back is he horror story of "overquenched" blade that cracked - if i was to import one of those beats i'd be going through a serious ordeal with the cutoms clerks (who instead of botherng with big caliber criminals rather focus on common folks like me - then again, what's that $250.000 worth of heroin import compared to my $50+ khuk ? :grumpy: friggin trash :barf: ) so irealy wouldn't want to go through one of those "test it out and see, if it's defective just return it for replacement" procedures. I'd like the good stuff in first go Im afraid to address uncle Bill, can anybody else tell me if that is doable before i finally give in ? ( really cannot afford to go through replacement process, thanks to our "great" customs officials that'd be identical to throwing money away, literally) Those "unconditional warantee" stories sounds fine ... as long as the buyer lives in a "normal" country :grumpy: