Stubby has arrived

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At slightly over 4 pounds and almost 21 inches, Stubby, a salyan, arrived today.
This truely takes a while to gather my thoughts. Someone else posted their feelings about the salyan recently and was also moved.
My o my this is one big khukuri. With out seeing it in front of me, I could not imagine the presence this thing occupies.
But I got it to use, not just have family make fun of its size.
First thing to do, try the whack test against an oak stump. The handle is big and long enough to use both hands. I hit that stump so hard that it shook, and the sound was loud and solid. Tried it on the other side of the blade, then the spine as hard as I could. Next the prying and bending test. No way is any human going to bend this thing. I even challenge Cliff to use what ever means he has to humanly bend this blade.(His salyan).
Split several oak pieces about 12 inches in diameter and 18 to 24 inches long. One good chop and whack the spine with a smaller piece and the oak split in no time!!
It is dark now, the rest of the logs are safe until morning.
Now that's a knife.
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Jim
I forgot, there is a 18th century in the same box from Bill.

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??

 
Cliff :

I even challenge Cliff to use what ever means he has to humanly bend this blade.(His salyan).
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Accepted.

Split several oak pieces about 12 inches in diameter and 18 to 24 inches long. One good chop and whack the spine with a smaller piece and the oak split in no time!!
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Nice performance. Not much oak here, nice wood though.

-Cliff

 
"I forgot, there is an 18th century in the same box from Bill."

This last line, a postscript / an afterthought, tells what presence the Salyan has. Those of you who have an 18th century but no Salyan, pick up your 18c and try to imagine what kind of a knife it would take to make you almost forget about the 18c arriving in the same box. Everyone who's gotten a Salyan and responded to date has needed to take time to comprehend that something like this is really real first before even trying to categorize it.

One of these really belongs in the National Knife museum.

[This message has been edited by Rusty (edited 12 August 1999).]
 
Cliff will soon be getting his own Salyan which I think will compare rather closely to his 20 inch AK. It is an awesome khukuri.


I am pleased to see that Cliff has accepted the "destroy this knife" challenge but I do not give him much chance with the Salyan. He couldn't even destroy that ugly village reject so how could he destroy gigantis?

The above statement in no way is meant to reflect on Cliff and crew's ability to destroy knives. They have demonstrated repeated they certainly have the ability to destroy knives -- they just have a hard time destroying HI khukuris. I guess that's why they keep buying them. I think they are hoping to find at least one that can be destroyed.

Uncle Bill
 
Rusty

You picked up on my meaning!! The 18th century is a wonderful piece, however the salyan eclipses every thing. Even after 24 hours, it seems surreal. Not just a big knife, but well, I guess I am at a loss for words. My wife is not and gave me a few more choices for the signature lines.
Jim

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??

 
You know what my reaction was when I pulled that first Salyan out of the box? I started laughing. I am not sure why. Maybe I was thinking, "Well, it may not weight 800 pounds but...."

Uncle Bill
 
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