The 800 pound Salyan Style

Many of you have heard me talk about the difficulties of trying to get things done in a primitive shop 12,000 miles away. Here's a great example.

I ordered a half dozen 18 inch Salyan Style khukuris a little while back. I suggested the blade be about 3 inches wide, 7/16 inch thick and as close to 18 inches as possible -- typical Salyan style.

Yesterday I received a message that had come back from the shop to Kathmandu and relayed to me via email. It read:

Brother, if you want those khukuris to be 7 inches thick they are going to be very heavy.

In follow up I discovered that somewhere along the communications link the 16 had been omitted from the 7/16 inch measurement, leaving the blade thickness at 7 inches.

What if they had made those khukuris per spec? No wonder I have an ulcer!

Bill
 
Bill if all those Salyans have not been spoken for I would like one, whichever way the kamis make it.

800 lbs is a bit heavy though. Could they maybe drop it down to 750?

-Cliff
 
Bill, I was one of the ones who originally ordered a salyan, but 7 inches thick is just to thick for me. I'll go for 4 inch thick though and about 400 pounds though. You don't expect us to pay shipping on those do you?
 
Yes, the customer must pay shipping and handling. Cost via air, registered, from Nepal only $8,000 per knife.

Bill
 
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Ok, I'll agree to that if you will throw in an engraving on the blades.

By the way are the chakma and karda scaled up to match?

-Cliff
 
If I have mine shipped by elephant would it be cheaper?
 
Karda and Chakma are standard since I sent no specs for them. 800 pound knife and one ounce Chakma -- it has its job cut out.

Cobalt, maybe Hanuman can help in some way. Better have a talk with him.

Bill
 
Hanuman is going to have a khukuri envy syndrome. Better be carefull.
 
Cobalt, order one of these with a Hanuman handle on it. That way, well, you know the old saying about "what does an 800 pound gorilla do ... ?"

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I do not think I have it in me to argue with a man carrying an 800 pound Hanuman. Maybe we better order on for you, Cobalt.

Bill
 
Hmm, too small a chakma is not that bad a problem. I have a small length (8') of support beam I could always use I guess.

-Cliff
 
Forget it, I'm not sharpening that one, I will insist it come razor sharp.

A Hanuman handle would be interesting.

Will
 
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