Sarge? Refurbished BAS...

Which goes to show you that you can abuse a knife and still bring it right back to life. It does look like new and good work. Just because you ding and beat up your knife does not mean it is finished. But some folks send them back and consider the knife a failure. But three strikes and they're out.
 
Dadgummit Kis, I'm a sucker for a good horse trade. Send me your snail mail address and I'll send you the Pen Knife I carried in Afghanistan. It's a good one, well tended and sharp, and it's from the first production run Bura made. Hope you don't mind, but the original karda and chakma have been long since replaced by ones with file steel blades and whitetail antler handles. One's sabre ground, the other full convex, both sharp enough to shave callouses off my hands with.

Fair enough?

Sarge
 
You'll like this one Kis, it's got stories, from the rust pitting on the blade caused by the terrible monsoons that afflicted Nepal at the time it was made, to the time it bought me back my personal space "comfort zone" over in Afghanistan. I was in a small village, and curiosity being what it is, soon found myself crowded in by a throng of people. I slapped my loaded M-16 to let them know I was armed, to which they slapped their loaded AK-47's in reply. At that point I pulled back my DCU shirt and showed 'em my Pen Knife. They immediately reacted by backing the heck up. I don't know if they thought I was a head hunter or an "ear collector", but they dayumed sure knew that weren't no issue Kabar.;)

Sarge
 
might have entirely different meanings, Sarge. For all you know, you might have been offering to marry the village chief's son. I'd pull back too.:)


Did the email with the address arrive?

I am looking forward to having it with parts of the spirits of Bura, Nepal, Afganistan, and you.

Take care of yourself. I need someplace to mail the BAS to, too.
 
E-mail sent:D

Sarge

p.s.: My 18" Siru is still in a footlocker tucked away in the hold of a ship somewhere. This'll provide me with a "normal sized" khukuri so the Duck will quit calling me a sissy, et cetera;)
 
er...I want to thank all those folks who said nice things about the work I did on the BAS. I don't have the talents of hand-working things that many/most of you do, so each attempt is kind of an adventure to see if I can make it better without making it worse.

This refurbishing took time and work and patience, but not great skill. I truly don't understand how it came to be returned. I screwed up my 15 in AK much more by trying to hack through a deer fore-leg. But that wasn't the blade's fault...rather mine. And I fixed it. Just as I fixed the dings from hitting rocks as I hacked at multi-flora rose bushes.

It seems to me that taking responsibility for damage is part of the ownership of a tool. Being able to bring the tool back to usability is part of the joy of having a quality tool. In a sense, the owner shares creation with the maker of the blade, and they join together to create a functional implement to achieve a purpose.

I'm not good at this stuff. But I am pleased with this particular result. Your kind words warm me.

I thank you.
 
An excellent khuk, made even better by your efforts Kis. I'm going to carve an ornate stand so that this one, when not in use, will be on display in my office.:D

Sarge
 
Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
. I'm going to carve an ornate stand so that this one, when not in use, will be on display in my office.:D

Sarge
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YEP! A thirty year man!:)
 
Look here, if y'all ever booger up your khukuri you can always send it to Kis. He got the "Battered BAS" squared away good as new, a most impressive piece of work. I've got it hanging on my bed post, kinda like a crucifix to ward off vampires, except it's there to ward off Ducks and such.

Sarge
 
Good thing it is a BAS at least 15 inches. If it was a 12 incher, 'The Duck' would sneer at you and keep on acomin. :)
 
Thank you for the kind words. I am delighted you are pleased with it.

(er...exactly how much vampire and duck traffic do you get in your bed?);) Maybe you might consider cutting back on that Texas Chili before bedtime?

Remember, the only purpose that blade has is to enhance your life. I hope it always fulfills that purpose.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Only cowards cut back on chili at bedtime! :grumpy:
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DERn TOOTin' !!!

ferguson said:
I mis Sarge.
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mis Sarge what?....your belly after eating chili at bedtime?
Does it cut down on the gas pockets....or make them worse?

(me too....and i never knew him but thru his old posts....seems like a helluva good egg.)
 
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freaked me out when I saw this thread, for a minute there I thought that grizzled old knife lover was back, then I realized how wrong I was. It is way too sad to think he will not return.....

Jack
 
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