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In the thread Steven started, "Villagers Rule" Mochiman1 posted the below. The bold type put in by me hopefully.
When I first got my 27" Banspati I took it out back for some testing and found it very capable of doing its job. I don't like the brass handles because of the way they smell and rub off on your hands.
I brought it in and polished it back to better than new and I won't use it ever again. I bought the Bura Banspati for its beauty and craftsmanship and hopefully as an investment.
However if it was the only one I had access to I would use it for whatever task needed and by "testing" it I know it would never fail me.
The YCS is a different story though. Too me this is the most beautiful khukuri ever produced by BirGhorka in its lines and the deep fullers, the inlaid handles and the silver mounts.
And it is an absolutely fantastic
experience to use this khukuri because to me it chops like a heavier khukuri and is like an extension of my arm in the control I have with it. And yes, I am prejudiced because it's my design and I am proud it performs as well or better than I hoped.
To repeat myself in other posts I have made about it, I thought long and hard before I decided to make it a user. It has accumalated a few scratches and has had the gunk cleaned off after use which is just normal maintainance. The blade will eventually get the nice patina a beloved user knife has and I feel will become more beautiful each time it is used for the tasks it is designed for.
There is a certain satisfaction of being able to use a really beautiful custom knife of any kind.
I remember when the "custom knife" began to be popular and were actually bought to be used by people who were looking for a knife that had much more ability to hold an edge and yet be easily sharpened. Those custom knives made years ago had a much better fit and finish as well as enhanced abiities to perform than any factory knife made.
The custom knives of today have improved beyond anyone's wildest dreams in all the areas that make up the custom knife.
I think it's a shame that so many of the custom knives of today will never give their owners any satisfaction except by the pride of ownership and their appeal as "eye candy." And yet I suppose that's enough.
What do you think?
To Use?
Or Not To Use?
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®
Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
---- Samuel Butler.
Khukuri FAQ
Himalayan Imports Website
[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 11-26-2000).]
In the thread Steven started, "Villagers Rule" Mochiman1 posted the below. The bold type put in by me hopefully.

I'll second that! And add that another great feature of the villagers is that you don't feel like a vandal when subjecting them to hard use. I keep my Bura banspati right here on my desk where I can admire it. When I have taken it out for some exercise chopping and clearing, I can't help but feel somehow as tho I'd purchased a Picasso and then used it as a table tray at a big messy dinner party. But maybe that's just me. I will say, however, that it outperforms my villagers. It's a monster chopper. But I find myself fretting over the resultant nicks and scratches, silly as that would no doubt seem to Bura and the other kamis.
When I first got my 27" Banspati I took it out back for some testing and found it very capable of doing its job. I don't like the brass handles because of the way they smell and rub off on your hands.
I brought it in and polished it back to better than new and I won't use it ever again. I bought the Bura Banspati for its beauty and craftsmanship and hopefully as an investment.
However if it was the only one I had access to I would use it for whatever task needed and by "testing" it I know it would never fail me.
The YCS is a different story though. Too me this is the most beautiful khukuri ever produced by BirGhorka in its lines and the deep fullers, the inlaid handles and the silver mounts.
And it is an absolutely fantastic
experience to use this khukuri because to me it chops like a heavier khukuri and is like an extension of my arm in the control I have with it. And yes, I am prejudiced because it's my design and I am proud it performs as well or better than I hoped.

To repeat myself in other posts I have made about it, I thought long and hard before I decided to make it a user. It has accumalated a few scratches and has had the gunk cleaned off after use which is just normal maintainance. The blade will eventually get the nice patina a beloved user knife has and I feel will become more beautiful each time it is used for the tasks it is designed for.
There is a certain satisfaction of being able to use a really beautiful custom knife of any kind.
I remember when the "custom knife" began to be popular and were actually bought to be used by people who were looking for a knife that had much more ability to hold an edge and yet be easily sharpened. Those custom knives made years ago had a much better fit and finish as well as enhanced abiities to perform than any factory knife made.
The custom knives of today have improved beyond anyone's wildest dreams in all the areas that make up the custom knife.
I think it's a shame that so many of the custom knives of today will never give their owners any satisfaction except by the pride of ownership and their appeal as "eye candy." And yet I suppose that's enough.

What do you think?
To Use?
Or Not To Use?
------------------
>>>>---¥vsa---->®
Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
---- Samuel Butler.
Khukuri FAQ
Himalayan Imports Website
[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 11-26-2000).]