Namaste and goodbye until next time.

Kami Sherpa,
You and your Kamis make some of the finest knives in the world. Although they may not be known as well as some others, the superior performance and durability that they posess is surpassed by few if any other knives. I am able to do more things easily with the aid of the tool that has been part of your culture for hundreds of years. Thank you for your dedication to providing us high quality works of art to use and admire.

Namaste

Rob
 
Pala again sends his thanks. He has mixed emotions about leaving. He thinks this is the greatest country and people in the world and is loathe to leave it but he has long roots in Nepal which he will never sever at his age. He is torn between two diffent worlds.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
Good bye Pala Kami. I wish a safe journey for you, Yangdu and Bill and it is my hope that when we next meet, it will be in Nepal.

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JP
 

Mister Sherpa,

Although we never met or spoke to each other, I'm sad to hear you are leaving. I had hoped to someday meet the man who sold me this wonderful tool. My friends and family are awed by what I can do with my khukuri, as am I. Thank you and your family for bringing a little bit of Nepal to the U.S. Have an adventurous journey!

- Daniel

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Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as intimate as we can become with fire without immeadiate excruciation. Every smoker is an embodiment of Prometheus, stealing fire from the gods and bringing it back home. We smoke to capture the power of the sun, to pacify Hell, to identify with the primordial spark, to feed on the marrow of the volcano. It's not the smoke we're after but the fire. When we smoke, we are performing a version of the fire dance, a ritual as ancient as lighting. The lung of a smoker is a naked virgin thrown as a sacrifice into the godfire.
 
Pala again offers thanks to all.

He broke one suitcase trying to get all the stuff he has for kamis, family and friends into it. Bought a new one made of fabric which won't break and has packed and repacked about seven times so far. He'll get it done on Wed. morning about ten minutes before we leave for the airport.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
BTTT to remind anyone who wants to say something.
 
Farewell Pala. Look after the kamis and the best khukuri factory in the world!

Bob
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Parting is such sweet sorrow.
 
Pala is as sick of cracked handles as me and everybody else. His first duty in Nepal will be to search out some decently aged horn for handles. He is prepared to travel all over India to find a source and will leave on this assignment as soon as Yangdu and I get on the plane for our return.

BirGorkha has beat all the problems so far and they will beat this one, too.

Take heart and stay tuned.

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Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ

 
Pala, I'm very glad I got the chance to meet you. I had a conversation just a few days ago with a student at UC Berkeley who is studying economic development in poorer nations.

Naturally, she was a committed socialist, against "capitalism", the whole sorry tale.

With our luck, she'll end up managing some public works project somewhere, throwing enormous amounts of cash into local petty gov't officials and wondering where it all went when nothing is actually accomplished. I tried to explain that I know a *genuine* Nepalese "capitalist" who, on a shoestring budget with some simple tools and a few hair dryers had done more to actually help Nepal's people than any of several multi-million-dollar boondoggles.

She didn't believe me. I pity her, and I get depressed thinking about who she'll eventually "help".

We'll never forget you, Pala. Bill and Yangdu, I hope you can translate this...

Jim
 
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