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So, who've been the shark inn the water lately in the Cantina? So many good deals been whippn by, and I haven't had time to notice who scored and such cause I was grabbin them as fast as i could!
I'll start by posting by June/July snags, all beauts!
M-43 by Amtrak kami (RR)...I gave a review of this one a while back, and how it likes the taste o' me. It's new name is "Bitey"
18" Horn handled GS by Amtrak. Just hadta get another khuk from this guy after getting his wonderful M-43 in weeks previous. has a Kesar 21" GS b4, but traded it. I really like the 18" and wow, are the fullers clean and even. The spine has some off centeredness to the cantle, but it dont FX nuthin. Amtrak always puts an ultra-fine liquid shine on his khuks, and they look like the moon reflectd in water when ya hold em up jest right to the light. This was a blem because the handle has developed a series of micro-cracks where the horn is slightly delaminating. I'll probably talk to my livestock owning budy about some hooflex, if it bothers me. I think it give the handle a really nice worn look, and the handle has some wonderful white and grey inclusions inn the glassy black horn. Also, the handle on this is like 1.5 iches longer than the M-43 handle (so about 6 inches from butt to bolster). The kool thing about this is you can hold near the bolster for a nice fast and neutral balance swing, or hold way back for a more powerful chopping swing. There is good math at work in these proportions (6x3=18, etc etc). Fer a blem, its a gem!
Last but certainly not least, UBE by Kumar. Manghu got the one posted in the 7/16/ thread, but Uncle took pity on my lamentations of non--UBE-havedness and dug one up for me (thanks a mil, Uncle Bill!) This one's en rouute, but I expect to gush like a 70's schoolgirl talkin bout seeing Scott Baio in Teen Beat when it arives in Indy...
So, anybody score some cool HI merch? Spill it!
Keith
I'll start by posting by June/July snags, all beauts!
M-43 by Amtrak kami (RR)...I gave a review of this one a while back, and how it likes the taste o' me. It's new name is "Bitey"
18" Horn handled GS by Amtrak. Just hadta get another khuk from this guy after getting his wonderful M-43 in weeks previous. has a Kesar 21" GS b4, but traded it. I really like the 18" and wow, are the fullers clean and even. The spine has some off centeredness to the cantle, but it dont FX nuthin. Amtrak always puts an ultra-fine liquid shine on his khuks, and they look like the moon reflectd in water when ya hold em up jest right to the light. This was a blem because the handle has developed a series of micro-cracks where the horn is slightly delaminating. I'll probably talk to my livestock owning budy about some hooflex, if it bothers me. I think it give the handle a really nice worn look, and the handle has some wonderful white and grey inclusions inn the glassy black horn. Also, the handle on this is like 1.5 iches longer than the M-43 handle (so about 6 inches from butt to bolster). The kool thing about this is you can hold near the bolster for a nice fast and neutral balance swing, or hold way back for a more powerful chopping swing. There is good math at work in these proportions (6x3=18, etc etc). Fer a blem, its a gem!
Last but certainly not least, UBE by Kumar. Manghu got the one posted in the 7/16/ thread, but Uncle took pity on my lamentations of non--UBE-havedness and dug one up for me (thanks a mil, Uncle Bill!) This one's en rouute, but I expect to gush like a 70's schoolgirl talkin bout seeing Scott Baio in Teen Beat when it arives in Indy...
So, anybody score some cool HI merch? Spill it!
Keith
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Am at my mom's this weekend giving it a little work out. This critter is hungry! 
