Shop 1 Ang Khola

raghorn · Jun 5, 2003

The Shop 1 AK arrived today, two days from Georgia to Idaho via priority mail. Wow, what a knife. Initial impressions: this blade is a behemoth. Weighs about four pounds. Good convex edge, very sharp. It's never been used, has no wear on it, minor verdigris and tarnish as should be expected. Handle wood is dark-grained and beautiful, no rouge, perhaps rosewood? Very well finished. Here it is next to a BGRS for size perspective:

Blade is engraved with two dragons on the right side, lion and yak on the left. "H.I." in Devangari, no maker's mark.

Blade has forge marks and waves in it along the fuller lines, lines not as sharp and well-defined as Birgorkha models. Here's the rest of the pertinent specs:

OAL 21.5"
Blade 14.5"
Spine 13/16" wide

eek: )
Handle circumference 5"
Karda 7" OAL (4" blade)

raghorn · Jun 5, 2003

Here's a detail of the scrollwork on the buttcap:

raghorn · Jun 5, 2003

And finally, here's the lion and the yak just for AC:

Daniel Koster · Jun 5, 2003

Mike - that's quite an AK you've got there.

Any test in the works?
(or still drooling...?!?

)

Dan

raghorn · Jun 5, 2003

I wasn't planning to work this one over, I've got plenty of other workhorses. I think this one will go on display with the Dhankuta.

mPisi · Jun 5, 2003

Nice khuk!

Is that handle the same wood as the mystery YCSi that we were trying to figure out a while back?
Chiruwa YCSi Pics

raghorn · Jun 5, 2003

Not sure about the wood, but I read somewhere that the dragons signify that this particular blade was used by ninjas to chop the heads off of Nazis in their sleep.

Kismet · Jun 6, 2003

shop 1 work? I can't remember seeing any on the khuks from Birghorka. But I haven't been around all that long.

Skeletor · Jun 6, 2003

You shouldn't be needing that BGRS anymore...

munk · Jun 6, 2003

Congratulations, Raghorn. It is beautiful and in the right place.

munk

Yvsa · Jun 9, 2003

The wood on this knife is what we routinely got on the khuks from Shop-1.
It is beautiful is it not?

I still think it's some type of rosewood and the color and grain run all the way through so it's not stained. The same wood is on my Super Salyan that I took the handle down in size on, but have never finished it.
Perhaps one of these days now.

donutsrule · Jun 9, 2003

Originally posted by raghorn
Not sure about the wood, but I read somewhere that the dragons signify that this particular blade was used by ninjas to chop the heads off of Nazis in their sleep.

But I read it on Ebay! It must be true!

:footinmou

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