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Well i walked out to the mailbox with a heavy heart. The mailman had not stopped by today like he does when he has a package for me. I open the door fully expecting to see nothing but ads and bills for the business. Wait, the mailbox was crammed full with a white box. My eyes lit up, and i made a B-line for the door. I'm pretty sure i might have accidentally skipped.
Long story short. This knife is about as perfect as I have ever seen come out of HI. The blade is forged flawless. The antler handle seems a little different to me. It looks like antler, but feels like bone. Kind of dry and grippy. Not like the silky smoothness most of the antler i have gotten in the past. Different, but i like it.
At first glance it looks like there never was a spec of rust on it, but with a little more looking you can see that there are specs of pitting on the tip and spine of the blade. There is also a little pitting on the tiny karda and chakma. Not a big deal at all. Actually, besides the rust which is unavoidable sometimes I was only able to find one "flaw" in the knife. Where the engraving near the bend of the blade is there seems to have been a slight hiccup with the electric pencil where a it was accidentally drug across the blade leaving a choppy little gash. (What does the engraving mean, anyway?) Not a big deal at all. I don't mind it. It makes it special. Besides, Uncle Bill would like at least one of these beautiful pieces tested out. I think i'll try mine out with a little light cutting and chopping. Not an AK's test, but this isn't an AK.
Everything about this blade screams love and respect. The way the edge has been forged perfectly, the extremely soft leather (that actually smells like leather), the polish and perfect scrollwork that has been done to the buttcap and chape, everything about this knife show how a khukuri can be equal in both form and function. It is beautiful and practical and special beyond words. I will carry it with me always. Not so much in a sense that i will take it out into the field for a hard days work. I have blades that are much more suited for that life of labor. This blade will always be a "top shelf" piece in my collection. It will always be there with my other gems. Always oiled, always covered, and always within reach to look at and caress to remeber a very special human being.
Anyone else got theirs yet? Some pictures would do this blade service...although you have to hold it to believe it.
Jake
Long story short. This knife is about as perfect as I have ever seen come out of HI. The blade is forged flawless. The antler handle seems a little different to me. It looks like antler, but feels like bone. Kind of dry and grippy. Not like the silky smoothness most of the antler i have gotten in the past. Different, but i like it.
At first glance it looks like there never was a spec of rust on it, but with a little more looking you can see that there are specs of pitting on the tip and spine of the blade. There is also a little pitting on the tiny karda and chakma. Not a big deal at all. Actually, besides the rust which is unavoidable sometimes I was only able to find one "flaw" in the knife. Where the engraving near the bend of the blade is there seems to have been a slight hiccup with the electric pencil where a it was accidentally drug across the blade leaving a choppy little gash. (What does the engraving mean, anyway?) Not a big deal at all. I don't mind it. It makes it special. Besides, Uncle Bill would like at least one of these beautiful pieces tested out. I think i'll try mine out with a little light cutting and chopping. Not an AK's test, but this isn't an AK.
Everything about this blade screams love and respect. The way the edge has been forged perfectly, the extremely soft leather (that actually smells like leather), the polish and perfect scrollwork that has been done to the buttcap and chape, everything about this knife show how a khukuri can be equal in both form and function. It is beautiful and practical and special beyond words. I will carry it with me always. Not so much in a sense that i will take it out into the field for a hard days work. I have blades that are much more suited for that life of labor. This blade will always be a "top shelf" piece in my collection. It will always be there with my other gems. Always oiled, always covered, and always within reach to look at and caress to remeber a very special human being.
Anyone else got theirs yet? Some pictures would do this blade service...although you have to hold it to believe it.
Jake
I asked Miss Yangdu and posted it in another thread a while back.
