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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
My first Khuk
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Did Bill or Yangdu confirm? In that case congratulations. The larger guys really like the 18" WWII. Me, I'm on the smaller side.
The story of how the 18" WWII's came to be goes like this:
Bill wanted the kamis to put the dui chirra blade of the Hanuman on a standard handle the size of the WWII. Got that? Dui chirra blade, on a WWII handle. Simple huh?
What he got is now called the Hanuman Special, 18" OAL, blade between Sirupati and WWII, with Hanuman handle. Exquisite balance. We who grabbed one of the few specials urged him to stretch the WWII to 18 inches. Result was the WWII 18" that doesn't have ( to me at least ) the magic balance and feel of the HS. But the bigger guys like it, so more power to them. Fills in the gap between 18" Sirupati, and 18" AK for them. Being shorter, the 16.5" WWII is the great all around khuk for me.
In voices, the soprano has a place, but I pefer the second soprano and alto voices. Likewise tenors are nice, but I love to hear the second tenors and baritones. And a good bass is something else.
Some khuks sing to you. Sometimes high, sometimes low. All that sing are special. But a khuks that sing an alto like Toni Tennile, or the baritone from the Statler Bothers are extra special.
The story of how the 18" WWII's came to be goes like this:
Bill wanted the kamis to put the dui chirra blade of the Hanuman on a standard handle the size of the WWII. Got that? Dui chirra blade, on a WWII handle. Simple huh?
What he got is now called the Hanuman Special, 18" OAL, blade between Sirupati and WWII, with Hanuman handle. Exquisite balance. We who grabbed one of the few specials urged him to stretch the WWII to 18 inches. Result was the WWII 18" that doesn't have ( to me at least ) the magic balance and feel of the HS. But the bigger guys like it, so more power to them. Fills in the gap between 18" Sirupati, and 18" AK for them. Being shorter, the 16.5" WWII is the great all around khuk for me.
In voices, the soprano has a place, but I pefer the second soprano and alto voices. Likewise tenors are nice, but I love to hear the second tenors and baritones. And a good bass is something else.
Some khuks sing to you. Sometimes high, sometimes low. All that sing are special. But a khuks that sing an alto like Toni Tennile, or the baritone from the Statler Bothers are extra special.
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Rusty, Yes, Yangdu confirmed my order. said it is shipping out tomorrow. Thanks for the history lesson.
I tried for the 18" sirupati that was on the specials but missed it so I went for the other 18". I really like the looks of it. Will have to wait until I get it in hand to see how the weight and balance is.
Thanks for the well wishes fellas.
I tried for the 18" sirupati that was on the specials but missed it so I went for the other 18". I really like the looks of it. Will have to wait until I get it in hand to see how the weight and balance is.
Thanks for the well wishes fellas.
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You're really going to love the 18" WWII if you the kind of guy that can appreciate a jack-of-all-trades kind of knife. The 18" WWII is what i would carry if i had to pick just one khuk to do a manner of things. I love the sheering action of my YCS and really dig the chopping ability of the 22" GRS, but i always seem to come back to the WWII when it comes to a bonifided all-'round using blade. Welcome to the club. Stick around. you'll learn a lot.
Jake
Jake