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SASSAS

SASSAS

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Just sold one of my Khukuris. :(

The Bura BAS from the 9/18 blems. I never really liked it, it felt kind of soulless to me. Crack on handle, but really well done and balanced blade. Parting with it was harder than I thought.

It went out at a little below cost (he has wanted one but his wife was laying down the law - and seeing me go insane didn't help).
 
What is 'souless' to you, (and that's an overdrawn noun for this, I'm thinking you will agree) might just be someonelse's sparkle at midnight. Passing a khuk on to the rightful owner is just part of the deal, part of the charm.



munk
 
Hmmm....not sure what other word to use for it. It wasn't anything wrong with it as such. It had nice balance, swung well and everything else, but it just didn't feel 'right' for some reason. With the others, I get the same feeling swinging them them that I get from reading a really good book. Even cleaning/oiling it seemed more of a chore than the relaxed and 'totally lost in it' feeling I get with the others or when I'm cleaning my PSL. It's not necessarily the model either, which I like (I have the BAS from today on the way which made it necessary to make a sale). I have a pistol I feel the same way about. I like the model, I've always wanted one and there is nothing wrong with how it looks or functions, but it just doesn't feel 'right.'

But, the guy who has the BAS now has liked it from the first day he saw it - moreso than any of the others. :)
 
That's right- we're on the same page. Some khuks feel like they're at home.

"Souless" to me is one of those pre-made sandwiches wrapped in cellophane offered for sale in a vending machine at a 7-11 on the Tuesday after the expiration date.



munk
 
munk said:
"Souless" to me is one of those pre-made sandwiches wrapped in cellophane offered for sale in a vending machine at a 7-11 on the Tuesday after the expiration date.munk
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That put's it into perspective.
 
SASSAS..............

Please let me know if ever...........that one of your chits feels........soulless to you.........;)

p.s. preferably the medium size chit ! ;)...........:D
 
My mistake was selling a beautiful 21" Gelbu special. There's a tear in my beer every time I think about that knife. It went to a good home over in Oz at least.
 
I gave away a 15" AK with "USA wood" for that same reason. It just didn't feel "right"... seemed to have no name. Just wasn't mine. Somebody else's khukuri... so I passed it on. Nice gift, really.

The one I replaced it with, a 15" villager, is the opposite. It's light, fast, pointy & sharp. The "if you could have only one khukuri" khuk...


Ad Astra
 
Sometimes it happens SASSAS. Certain blades just don't belong to you. A Cosmic hiccup, so to speak. It is in my opinion that all khuks have some kind of spirit to them. Theology aside, there is something special about a blade hand wrought out old twisted metal and made new. There is sometimes a magic there if you listen. Some khuks come out of the box screaming and jabbering away, some make you earn it through hard work, sweat, toil, and bloodshed, and some will never tell their tales to you. You are not who it was designed to speak to. Passing along a good tool is always good karma whether you believe in it or not. If you make a buck, that's fine. If you go into the red a bit, well things have a way of working out. Dead steel these blades are not. Alive and vibrant and eternal these pieces of hand beaten steel tell secrets that were common place a 1000 years ago, true today, and will nearly be forgotten in 100 years. They will be found in attics, dug up on old house sites, found wrapped up in old oily towels in grandfathers' closets with their ancient scabbards rotting and flaking into dust....and people will marvel.
In other words, you did good. Your pain today will be someone else's suprise, joy, and awe in 5, 50, or 500 years;)

Jake
 
You did good, passing it on to where it goes, but wait to you get called to just give one away. Then wait to you get called to give one of the special ones away. Heed the call though and do it. Bittersweet doesn't come close to describing it.
 
munk said:
"Souless" to me is one of those pre-made sandwiches wrapped in cellophane offered for sale in a vending machine at munk
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My buddy ate one of those at a rest stop in NJ and wound up in the hosptial the next week. :eek:
 
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