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Perhaps the reputation of BirGhorka is spreading among the village kamis?
Or perhaps the kamis are learning that their khukuri's are being sold
out of the country and it's a matter of National pride?
I doubt that the kamis are any different shop people than the shop people I worked with and we talked.
Everyone knew pretty much which shops were the best ones to work in and that didn't just include the local shops either.
And being in a unique position, because there really aren't "that" many Automatic Screw Machine Shops in the Lower 48 and it wasn't unusual to meet someone from Missouri working in Arkansas and then later moving to So Cal and meeting someone else that either knew or "knew of" your buddy you met in Arkansas.
And not only that, but your personal reputation many times followed you along.
I was working in a small shop here and we were having some machine trouble with one of the new Brown & Sharpe turning centers and a couple of factory guys came down to work on them.
One of the guys, Mike, had heard of me from someone in So Cal and told me that I would/could have a job with the factory anytime I wanted one if I wanted to move north. I was sure glad they hadn't "heard of" me when I was younger.
It's truly a "small" world.
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