Winter kith 2016/2017. WooHoo! My knife arrived!

I'm still waiting for one address. (leifjl) Everyone else is notified.

Just a reminder that cross border shipping can take a few weeks, usually 10 days to 2 weeks.
 
I just got back from mailing mine out. When I got back to the office, there was a package for me. The anticipation built as I unwrapped my gift. Only the Red Rider bb gun under the tree of a 10 year old boy could have rivaled my unbridled excitement. As I unrolled the object of my glee, I was overcome with a wave of joy as I recognized the sheath. Alas! I had glimpsed it's midnight leather glory in my prior meanderings about the KITH thread. Could it be? YES! A superbly crafted field knife from John Gulso (Kiraki). Oh how I have longed for your hamony goodness, imagined it's keen cutting ablilities over and over again. It does not, in any way disappoint. John, you sir are a craftsman of high caliber. I will forever cherish this knife. It will get a hearty workout on the upcoming outdoor skills outing I have planned for our Boy Scout troop. As fate would have it, I will be teaching Toten Chip (knife, axe and saw use). Thank you. And to the rest of you... I am sorry for your loss.
 
Kevin McGovern said:
I just got back from mailing mine out. When I got back to the office, there was a package for me. The anticipation built as I unwrapped my gift. Only the Red Rider bb gun under the tree of a 10 year old boy could have rivaled my unbridled excitement. As I unrolled the object of my glee, I was overcome with a wave of joy as I recognized the sheath. Alas! I had glimpsed it's midnight leather glory in my prior meanderings about the KITH thread. Could it be? YES! A superbly crafted field knife from John Gulso (Kiraki). Oh how I have longed for your hamony goodness, imagined it's keen cutting ablilities over and over again. It does not, in any way disappoint. John, you sir are a craftsman of high caliber. I will forever cherish this knife. It will get a hearty workout on the upcoming outdoor skills outing I have planned for our Boy Scout troop. As fate would have it, I will be teaching Toten Chip (knife, axe and saw use). Thank you. And to the rest of you... I am sorry for your loss.
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HAHA.. Lucky!!! When is the Bieber concert?? :D
 
Kevin McGovern said:
On a related note: anyone want a shop full of knife making equipment and material? Cause I QUIT!!!
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Don't quit!!! You are doing great! :D I look forward to your progression over the next couple years. It's motivating to get a knife from a maker who is farther along. It shows where we can improve. :thumbup:

I got a knife from liefjl a few years ago. This year I can finally make one almost as good as what I got from him.
 
Kevin McGovern said:
I just got back from mailing mine out. When I got back to the office, there was a package for me. The anticipation built as I unwrapped my gift. Only the Red Rider bb gun under the tree of a 10 year old boy could have rivaled my unbridled excitement. As I unrolled the object of my glee, I was overcome with a wave of joy as I recognized the sheath. Alas! I had glimpsed it's midnight leather glory in my prior meanderings about the KITH thread. Could it be? YES! A superbly crafted field knife from John Gulso (Kiraki). Oh how I have longed for your hamony goodness, imagined it's keen cutting ablilities over and over again. It does not, in any way disappoint. John, you sir are a craftsman of high caliber. I will forever cherish this knife. It will get a hearty workout on the upcoming outdoor skills outing I have planned for our Boy Scout troop. As fate would have it, I will be teaching Toten Chip (knife, axe and saw use). Thank you. And to the rest of you... I am sorry for your loss.
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:D haha, thank you Kevin, you made my day. My wife will get a kick out of this, she forces me to endure A Christmas Story at least 3-4 times each year.
 
Instead of "you'll shoot your eye out" I expect to hear "you'll cut yourself" every time I use this in my wife's presence. I can't imagine what she'd have to say if she ever saw me working in the shop...
 
Willie71 said:
Don't quit!!! You are doing great! :D I look forward to your progression over the next couple years. It's motivating to get a knife from a maker who is farther along. It shows where we can improve. :thumbup:

I got a knife from liefjl a few years ago. This year I can finally make one almost as good as what I got from him.
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No way I would quit. They don't have a rehab program for this.
 
Mine says the same thing. Unfortunately she's often right :beaten:

Tip: If you drop a kukri, don't try to catch it.
 
My wife has has the unfortunate experience of being right there once when I was being overly confident with a 4 1/2" grinder knocking a bur off a piece of metal and about cut through all the tendons in my left thumb. And most recently with me when I was showing the knife I was making for this the day it got stolen to her father. When I pulled the paper towel I had taped to the blade off a small piece of tape stuck and when it let loose my hand jerked out and then stabbed myself in the right palm and stuck in about 3/4" bleeding like a stuck pig.. She makes me stop working when she comes out to the shop now, at least with the power tools.
 
I keep a first aid kit in the shop for 2 reasons:

1. Because it's a smart thing to do from a safety perspective.
2. So I don't have to go past my wife on my way to get a bandaid in the house....
 
This is my first aid kit:

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We have very similar kits. Although I may substitute for a clean section of rag laying around and some duct tape sometimes.
 
My wife has learned not to panic when she hears the "oh shit!!!!!" which is usually followed up with "I'm ok!"
 
And the blade porn bonus points for getting a knife with a crazed blade Smith menacingly brandishing a fish on the blade. Truly epic Kuraki. ...
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So I pulled in my driveway this afternoon and saw a package next to my front door and sure enough my KITH had arrived. I couldn't open the package fast I was so excited. The knife I received was from mnavarro and he did a fighter style in w-2. It feels and looks great. I am not much of a fighter but fought a chicken tonight and won. I am glad I was apart of this KITH and this knife will get plenty of use.

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