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Glad you are back home Shavru:)

I would bet that a Kothimoda would do the vampires in!

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Very nice Conan11. That is a beauty and the added benefit of the silver just incase there are any wherewolves that happen by as well.

Oh boy did I miss my HI fix while i was there. Looking at that beauty makes me feel the need to get a couple out of the closet and clean/oil them up so I can have an excuse to hold them. Plus I have to get out my SR1911 and place some of the most beautiful wood ever hand made to go on them by one of our wonderfully talented and generous forumites. I owe Bawanna a picture or 2 in gratitude for his sharing his talent with me.
 
Shavru said:
Very nice Conan11. That is a beauty and the added benefit of the silver just incase there are any wherewolves that happen by as well.

Oh boy did I miss my HI fix while i was there. Looking at that beauty makes me feel the need to get a couple out of the closet and clean/oil them up so I can have an excuse to hold them. Plus I have to get out my SR1911 and place some of the most beautiful wood ever hand made to go on them by one of our wonderfully talented and generous forumites. I owe Bawanna a picture or 2 in gratitude for his sharing his talent with me.
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Silver works against vampires too, at least if Monster Hunter International is to be believed. And I think it is to be believed, the author mentions Himalayan Imports favorably by name, and having conversed with him a few times, I like him.
 
In the great PNW, dealing with vampires can be a dilemma, because of the different varieties that might be encountered.

If they are of the modern Twilight variety, it is said that splashing them with nail polish remover will remove their glitter and along with it their unearthly powers.

For old school vampires, nothing beats the khukuri/bowie combo, as per this excerpt from Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel, Dracula.

In an instant he had jumped upon the cart, and with a
strength which seemed incredible, raised the great box, and flung it
over the wheel to the ground. In the meantime, Mr. Morris had
had to use force to pass through his side of the ring of Szgany.
All the time I had been breathlessly watching Jonathan I had,
with the tail of my eye, seen him pressing desperately forward,
and had seen the knives of the gypsies flash as he won a way through them,
and they cut at him. He had parried with his great bowie knife,
and at first I thought that he too had come through in safety.
But as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now jumped from the cart,
I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his side,
and that the blood was spurting through his fingers. He did not
delay notwithstanding this, for as Jonathan, with desperate energy,
attacked one end of the chest, attempting to prize off the lid with his
great Kukri knife, he attacked the other frantically with his bowie.
Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield.
The nails drew with a screeching sound, and the top of the box
was thrown back.

By this time the gypsies, seeing themselves covered by the Winchesters,
and at the mercy of Lord Godalming and Dr. Seward, had given
in and made no further resistance. The sun was almost down on
the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell upon
the snow. I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth,
some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him.
He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes
glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.

As I looked, the eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them
turned to triumph.

But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knife.
I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat. Whilst at the same moment
Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged into the heart.

It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing
of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.
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Howard Wallace said:
In the great PNW, dealing with vampires can be a dilemma, because of the different varieties that might be encountered.

If they are of the modern Twilight variety, it is said that splashing them with nail polish remover will remove their glitter and along with it their unearthly powers.

For old school vampires, nothing beats the khukuri/bowie combo, as per this excerpt from Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel, Dracula.
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Over the weekend I was volunteering at a writers symposium, I was in charge of the dealers room, and we had a mass book signing. I came upon a guy with a pair of Scottish swords and mentioned that I'm not experienced with swords but am an aficionado of the kukri. He immediately said "ah the knife that killed Dracula". That's when I noticed that the guy writes vampire novels. I got into a good conversation with him and got his contact info. One day I will finish reading Dracula. I love the first part with Jonathan Harker, but the next part is not so easy to get through.

Just a funny thought, but an HI Vampire Slayer Kukri would at least be funny, not sure what it would look like.
 
I gotta study up on my vampire slaying, I thought you had to use the wooden stake. Now I hear khukris and road tar on the door.

I better step up my game, never know when I'll need to apply this stuff.
 
Bawanna said:
I gotta study up on my vampire slaying, I thought you had to use the wooden stake. Now I hear khukris and road tar on the door.

I better step up my game, never know when I'll need to apply this stuff.
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As Howard mentioned, first Dracula was beheaded with a kukri and mere moments later stabbed through the heart with a Bowie knife wielded by a genuine Texan. However the wooden stake stuff may come from the vampire legends pre-dating the writing of Dracula.
 
I've been reading up on vampire lore lately, and wooden stakes are far less common than you'd think. Generally the only way to be sure a vampire is dead is to burn their body to ash. Decapitation is less drastic, but also less effective.
 
I'd be safe, chop it's head off, put a good ole telephone pole through is heart, then light him up! Gotta cover your bases.
 
Having dealt with the hospitals vampires (5 collection vial of blood every morning) I need to read up on the old fashioned ways. Though the Twighlight reference in this region is extremely accurate, I hear that there are tours of hotels in the area just for fans of those movies (shudder)
But I agree with DT. Do it ALL! if I ever run into a real honest vampire, I will make sure to follow up with each and every single thing that might kill it. No half-way for me.
 
Not me, Just as if you want to find the easiest way to do something make the laziest person do it. If you want the most effective way. Have someone like me skeered outta her gourd be the one making the plan to be sure the vampire is dead cause I won't take chances and will try everything to make sure :D
 
I could tell you a true incident that happened to me and Stoker's book. I was scared almost senseless! Had nightmares for weeks afterwards. Was Vampires in SE Asia, too. These bad boys were not your local Hello Kitty glee club. Supra-long finger nails, long white hair, and had deplorable table manners! My hooch maid was a dyed in the wool believer.
 
I heard Dracula went down with the aid of a kukri and a bowie, your HI collection should be more than enough.

L.E. I see Howard mentioned it above :cool:.
 
Just a funny thought, but an HI Vampire Slayer Kukri would at least be funny, not sure what it would look like.
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Van Helsing would have most likely equipped his team with standard military kukris, which is to say, longleafs. For a dedicated vampire killin' kukri, I'd stick with the same basic blade shape, with an OAL of 15" or so. Add in a fuller or two, and I think you'd have a wickedly effective blade. For extra anti-vampire goodness, the fittings would be made of silver, and the handle would be ash, which is supposed to be particularly useful against vampires (assuming ash is suitable handle material). A stake-shaped handle would probably look ridiculous, and be impractical to boot, so I think a regular handle would be best.

You'd probably want some decorative stuff on there too, but so much trashy vampire-themed junk exists that you'd have to avoid the obvious crosses and so forth (besides, crosses generally weren't traditionally considered particularly harmful to vampires). In Romania, the home of much vampire mythology, roses were thought to be good protection against vampires, and an engraving of roses on the blade might look nice. For general esoteric symbolism, you could throw in a sword of Shiva shaped like the Pictish Beast, filled with a double disc & Z-rod on one side of the blade, and a crescent & V-rod on the other.
 
I will briefly mention that I have some blood ties (through close ancestors) with Transylvania; let me know if I can help with anything...:)
 
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Van Helsing would have most likely equipped his team with standard military kukris, which is to say, longleafs. For a dedicated vampire killin' kukri, I'd stick with the same basic blade shape, with an OAL of 15" or so. Add in a fuller or two, and I think you'd have a wickedly effective blade. For extra anti-vampire goodness, the fittings would be made of silver, and the handle would be ash, which is supposed to be particularly useful against vampires (assuming ash is suitable handle material). A stake-shaped handle would probably look ridiculous, and be impractical to boot, so I think a regular handle would be best.

You'd probably want some decorative stuff on there too, but so much trashy vampire-themed junk exists that you'd have to avoid the obvious crosses and so forth (besides, crosses generally weren't traditionally considered particularly harmful to vampires). In Romania, the home of much vampire mythology, roses were thought to be good protection against vampires, and an engraving of roses on the blade might look nice. For general esoteric symbolism, you could throw in a sword of Shiva shaped like the Pictish Beast, filled with a double disc & Z-rod on one side of the blade, and a crescent & V-rod on the other.
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I suppose you could have silver inlay in the fullers and engravings as well. And I suspect ash would work fine as a handle, ash is a traditional material for staves so it ought to work for kukris, it just doesn't grow anywhere near Nepal is all.
 
Speaking of Asian vampires, consider the Baital. Sir Richard Burton wrote of them in his freely rendered translation, Vickram and the Vampire.



Related, I just found out Wednesday Addams is all grown up.

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Hope your doing well - I am sure it is good to be out of the hospital - blessings to you and yours
 
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