Newbie question - blisters and calluses

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Originally posted by rossab
Now that I consider of it, I am used to blades parallel to the grip, where the khukuri is forward-angled relative to the grip axis. That will take some practice to get used to.

Continued thanks.

How does one carry one of these anyway? In pack, on belt, on pack strap? Hey, am I just asking questions that are in a FAQ somewhere?
:confused:

Ross
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I recommend that you buy a 15" Ang Khola as quickly as possible. You could put it in your pack or on your belt.

Once you have one, you will never look at a plain old knife the same way again. The virus from the red stuff on the handle will seep into your pores, and you will not escape the madness that comes after...

I was like you once: a forgivable little cherub of innocence. But now... now... oh dear... what have I done!?

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
:D :mad: :eek:
 
I told no one that they need anything. I'm simply stating an old discipline that exists fer making yer hands into a full set of callous-gloves. (You can also deaden nerves and toughen the hands by handling very hot objects, but that obviously ain't advisable.)

Imagine me as this freakish historian ensconced in a room with blades,banners, books, a PC, blithely listening to some conversatian going on, and occasionally interjecting some historic precedence for some modern silliness (or lunacy).

Can't help it. Someone says 'Dow Chemical Co,' I say 'Napalm.' then I say "Hey, the Greeks invented that about 3000 years ago! I think they used naptha and pitch..."

Sorry, just how I'm wired, I guess.

Now I'm all self consious, I'll never get to describe the Welsh driking game called "purring." I could never live with the thought of all those forumites trying it then complaining of horrible pain in the shins...:)

...Bait's in the water folks!
 
Ferrous?

I had a cat that knew that Welsh game.:)


don't be self-conscious. you do good "self."
 
I carry mine on a seperate web belt. (military surplus) That way it don't pull my britches down. Works well. Buckles over anything you're wearing and can be removed if it gets in the way.(clearing brush,thorn vines, etc.) Oh, it's crossdraw, BTW. Will be backdraw, but I need a new sheath.

Brian
 
heck, I wuz jest puttin hob nails in mine fer extra smak!

I'm surprised you've heard of purrinng, Spiral.

Keith
 
Just placed an order for the 15" Ang Kola. :D

Now, what's all this about some Celtic drinking game that involves kicking one another in the shins? My mother's people are O'Donnells from Donegal, don't you know. And I have more than one pair of steel-toe boots...

Ross
 
(Talk about "topic veer.":D ) But seriously [;) ], search of "purrinng, purring, purinng, purinng" with "game, contest, drinking, kick" gets lots of sex sites :eek: but no joy about your ankle-kicking-drinking game/contest. You're just pulling our legs, right.:mad: :grumpy: :( :p
 
Thomas?

Rugby players are insane--it is a prerequisite. Gotta be blood and pain involved, probably beer, and great laughs at the stories of former "purrers" who had to go to the emergency room.
 
Purring makes rugby & bare knucke fighting look like a poufes game!
It is a good old fashioned game for miners, but not for children!:eek:

:rolleyes: ;) :D

Spiral
 
That sums it up nicely, rossab.

For the uninitiated, the game is played by two drinkers, who face off and hold their arms straight ouut and put their hands on each others shoulders. You then kick at each other's shins until only one of the folks is still standin. The vertical gent's the winner.

Skilled players of the game kinda look like Michael Flatley in Shiverdance, dance of the Ironshin! Unskilled players don't lst long, which begs the question of how one becomes skilled (the answer: drink more!)

Keith (Gaelic for "forest")
 
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