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OK,HOW MANY HI PRUDUCTS DO YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT?????
- Thread starter JUSTRIGHT
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maybe then I will get some more money.
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Bear in mind I only intended just to buy one khuk ever, just as a little something to diversify my collection a bit. Im supposed to be a Philippine Weapon collector, not a khuk collector. Anyhoo, heres what I have cluttering up the room right now.
1 aluminum hilted kagas katne I figured for the price what the hey. Sweet little knife.
12" horn handled AK by Kesar my first khuk, and my daily use. If its not whittling away at some wood its a scratchin my back. Durn thing aint the prettiest khuk anymore, but I like em ugly.
Shiny and perfect lines are for Detroit, give me grungy and slightly imperfect and my heart melts.
15" wood handle AK, cant remember the kami off hand though it could be either Sanu or Sher. The handle is nice. Almost a perfect fit, just slightly small. Still working on it, but the grain is already just taunting me to do stuff to its.
12" horn hilted Siruputi by Durba Darn thing is a sweet little perfect piece. Just sheer beauty, from blade to hilt. Makes me wish I could have gotten more Durbas when he was still at Bir Ghorka, darn the caveman
20" horn hilted Siruputi by Kesar, I think? Nice solid khuk. Took apart a 10" diameter tree with no problems. Though if I had more trees to cut, I wouldnt mind seeing how a 25" AK could do against a tree.
18" wood handled kobra, by either Kumar, Sanu, or Sher (again cant remember as Im away from home). Not the prettiest khuk. A good portion of the wood was heavily caked with red rouge, and when I removed it I saw why. There was significant icky wood underneath. Took as much as I could off, but hey its the imperfections that make things special. Grown to like this khuk. Its become back scratcher number 2 when the 12" AK is outa reach.
Finally an 18" wood hilted WWII by the Kami with no name. I ended up messing up the handle, and of course its the only one I have pics of. Turned out better than I thought it would.
Anyways I had 2 more, a horn hilted Bura WWII, and a BAS (either by Sanu or Sher). While both khuks were very well done neither spoke to me, my savings had ran dry, and well the gas company wouldnt take 5lbs of jello instead of cash, so they have left me. I suppose if I was a budhist Id say it was karma (especially with headhunters and pirates as ancestors). There was something that didnt feel right when I bought them, and it had been bugging me. I guess I was just not fated to be their owner. Anyhoo thats my HI collection. I have a few other oddly shaped knives laying around as well that arent HI
1 aluminum hilted kagas katne I figured for the price what the hey. Sweet little knife.
12" horn handled AK by Kesar my first khuk, and my daily use. If its not whittling away at some wood its a scratchin my back. Durn thing aint the prettiest khuk anymore, but I like em ugly.
Shiny and perfect lines are for Detroit, give me grungy and slightly imperfect and my heart melts.15" wood handle AK, cant remember the kami off hand though it could be either Sanu or Sher. The handle is nice. Almost a perfect fit, just slightly small. Still working on it, but the grain is already just taunting me to do stuff to its.
12" horn hilted Siruputi by Durba Darn thing is a sweet little perfect piece. Just sheer beauty, from blade to hilt. Makes me wish I could have gotten more Durbas when he was still at Bir Ghorka, darn the caveman
20" horn hilted Siruputi by Kesar, I think? Nice solid khuk. Took apart a 10" diameter tree with no problems. Though if I had more trees to cut, I wouldnt mind seeing how a 25" AK could do against a tree.
18" wood handled kobra, by either Kumar, Sanu, or Sher (again cant remember as Im away from home). Not the prettiest khuk. A good portion of the wood was heavily caked with red rouge, and when I removed it I saw why. There was significant icky wood underneath. Took as much as I could off, but hey its the imperfections that make things special. Grown to like this khuk. Its become back scratcher number 2 when the 12" AK is outa reach.
Finally an 18" wood hilted WWII by the Kami with no name. I ended up messing up the handle, and of course its the only one I have pics of. Turned out better than I thought it would.
Anyways I had 2 more, a horn hilted Bura WWII, and a BAS (either by Sanu or Sher). While both khuks were very well done neither spoke to me, my savings had ran dry, and well the gas company wouldnt take 5lbs of jello instead of cash, so they have left me. I suppose if I was a budhist Id say it was karma (especially with headhunters and pirates as ancestors). There was something that didnt feel right when I bought them, and it had been bugging me. I guess I was just not fated to be their owner. Anyhoo thats my HI collection. I have a few other oddly shaped knives laying around as well that arent HI
I have some Buddhist articles thanks to the Martinos which would only be of interes to us. I am still surviving the Agent Orange, thank you.
There is the 20" Ang Kola in the shop.
A BAS in the pick up.
A BAS in the kitchen.
The Monkey God the one with all the stuff. I put flax in it.
The water Buffaloe beheader.
Three Sirapaties, we just could not get it right.
Quality control was a droll english phrase then.
The blades were fine, you just had no idea what the Kami would feel like making.
A 20" could be and was 26"
The wee one with the 9" blade.
The 18th. Cent.
Tic Tac Toe. He did not want to come out.
The next to the last one that Rusty got.
And a couple in the barn.
Maybe one in the shop. I won`t see that for awhile.
There is the 20" Ang Kola in the shop.
A BAS in the pick up.
A BAS in the kitchen.
The Monkey God the one with all the stuff. I put flax in it.
The water Buffaloe beheader.
Three Sirapaties, we just could not get it right.
Quality control was a droll english phrase then.
The blades were fine, you just had no idea what the Kami would feel like making.
A 20" could be and was 26"
The wee one with the 9" blade.
The 18th. Cent.
Tic Tac Toe. He did not want to come out.
The next to the last one that Rusty got.
And a couple in the barn.
Maybe one in the shop. I won`t see that for awhile.
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You either like'em or you don't.
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21 Khuks
1 Bura Sabre
1 Sword
1 T-shirt
All bought since March 3, 2002. HIKV in it's most virulent form. Lordy, if my wife ever found out how much I've spent......
I think I'm starting to like them.
Steve
Oops, and 1 more M43 on the way. That makes 22.
And The Gurkha House Sirupati, and the 100 year old villager, and, and, and, HELP ME!
1 Bura Sabre
1 Sword
1 T-shirt
All bought since March 3, 2002. HIKV in it's most virulent form. Lordy, if my wife ever found out how much I've spent......
I think I'm starting to like them.
Steve
Oops, and 1 more M43 on the way. That makes 22.
And The Gurkha House Sirupati, and the 100 year old villager, and, and, and, HELP ME!
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as I do swords, coincindentally. Had 7, now down to 5. Traded a 21" ETCHED/BLUED GS by Kesar to N2S, plus I gave one 15" Sanu villager away to a friend. Hey, he saw it in a dream and needed it then. I told him it cuts even better in reality.
YCS-sanu
HI Falcatta-Sanu
18"AK -Sher
15" Ak Bowie-Sanu
Kagas Katne
Been a customer since early 2002, joined the forum in april 2002. Hope to pass 2000 posts by then.
Keith
YCS-sanu
HI Falcatta-Sanu
18"AK -Sher
15" Ak Bowie-Sanu
Kagas Katne
Been a customer since early 2002, joined the forum in april 2002. Hope to pass 2000 posts by then.
Keith
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But it's a whole bunch!!!!
Actually it's over 30 that I still have after giving away several.
The BirGhorka Village knives make great affordable gifts that people don't think is too pretty to use.
Some people can't get over the fact that I've used my YCS and some other pretty khuks as well as tested All of them.
Of course I polished the fancy rigs up to where you can't tell they were tested, but I know all of my khuks can be depended on for whatever I would ask of them.
That makes me comfortable knowing that any I pass on along will not cause any accidental hurt to anyone by failing.
I also have several items that are not H.I., but I imagine that's true of most of us.
And five of those items are very serviceable Tomahawks.
Actually it's over 30 that I still have after giving away several.
The BirGhorka Village knives make great affordable gifts that people don't think is too pretty to use.
Some people can't get over the fact that I've used my YCS and some other pretty khuks as well as tested All of them.
Of course I polished the fancy rigs up to where you can't tell they were tested, but I know all of my khuks can be depended on for whatever I would ask of them.
That makes me comfortable knowing that any I pass on along will not cause any accidental hurt to anyone by failing.
I also have several items that are not H.I., but I imagine that's true of most of us.
And five of those items are very serviceable Tomahawks.
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I have my first 15" AK, an 18" AK, a 16.5" and 18" WWII, a Pen knife, and a Tibetan sword. I have a Kumar karda and 35" Tarwar on the way as well.
So that makes eight in all. I thought I might wind up with two or even three, but they added up quick!
So that makes eight in all. I thought I might wind up with two or even three, but they added up quick!
