gmonno, welcome to the forum. There are two threads that stay at the top of the forum's threads. One is on safety, the other on how to order. Re-read both.
Also, find one of Bill Martino's posts and click on the links under his signature. You may want to save them as favorites or bookmarks.
As you may be aware, the situation with the Maoists in Nepal is disruptive to the kamis ( bladesmiths ) and it's hard to concentrate when you fear for your family and friends safety.
At some point, they may move the workshop further out of the way and out of jeopardy. When this happens, they may purchase some well made, but by the better village kamia, khukuris to market while the move interrupts production. Or the regular kamis from the shop may make some less well finished cosmetically models stamped BG in devanagari ( for Birghorka ) as "villager type models" instead of the HI ( Himalayan Imports ) marked standard models which represent their best work.
Keep in mind that these are very human people in an environment so different few of us here can conceive more than some rough aspects of their lives. Just trying to keep things going smoothly drives Uncle Bill crazy. He never knows what will be in the next shipment he opens.
All of us should be glad the system works as well as it does. As the saying goes, the miraculous thing about a dancing bear is not how well it dances but that it dances at all.
Again, welcome to the forum.
