Villager and Five hundred for Ferrous!

[Ferrous Wheel]

Hi all this is my 500th post, and it is a report on the villager I got on Thursday. It is good stuff! At 15.5 inches and about 1.5 lbs, it is the smallest khuk I own (except for the Kagas Katne that the wife snapped up immediately. she was actually interested when I told her I oredered her one!)

The viallager has a nice bulldog look to it, and the steel fittings are quickly becoming my favorite fitting style. Just looks serious! Any how, I go the thing for a buddy, turns out he didn't want it. I thot about what MauiRob said, and I started to think I had another khuk for my collection. THen another buddy happened by, and he handled the villager, and just knew it was the blade for him.

Sanu nailed the distal taper on this pup, and all of the grind lines are really smooth and clean. Maye a lot of the 'wave' you see in the polished models is actually from polishing, cause this villager is nice and straight. I like the "B.G." and S.N. +" marks sanu used for this piece. All in devengari. The edge geometry is slightly convex, and It has the 1/64th area of unsharp edge like the one Yvsa got (but its from cho to initial curve, a stone to touch it up).

All in all, a nice rig good karda, hard chakmak, I'll hafta save for a villager of my own!

Keith
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[Rusty]

Congrats on making post #500.

You gotta get a few khuks ahead for yourself so you have one on hand to give away when the moment comes.

Get a couple of BG villagers and some sandpaper to give away and tell the giftees that's the way the gorkhas used to get theirs and then they had to polish them up until they met specs. That'll make them really appreciate what they got when they get finished.

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

I'll hafta keep an eye out for some more villagers, and I'm looking to get some ofthe other styles, like M43, WWII, etc. Got:
AK
YCS
GS
Villager
KK

Keith
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[Matt H]

Ferrous,
Try an 18th century or a Malla... You won't be dissapointed.

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

THanks fer the tip, Matt. I take it you have those models? I like the Malla looks, Is the 18th C. the one with the diamond pattern on the flats?

Keith
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