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Uncle mentioned on the forum a few days back that JKM-1's come with wood handles as well as the more usual (at least in my experience) horn ones. Well that got my attention, so I asked Uncle to pick me out a good'un and send it on to Texas.
I spent eight hours of what was supposed to be a day off yesterday standing out in the rain. I was running a firing range for about four dozen folks who had to get current/qualified on carbines and nine-mils, for many of them their last opportunity to do so prior to boarding a plane for Iraq. They'd come up short a senior non-com to run the range, and me, I'll volunteer for anything (still haven't learned, dang it). Anyhow, I got home soaked to the bone, and feeling like I'd been drug through a knothole backwards, and lo and behold there's the familiar pink postal slip with the single word "Himalayan" scrawled in the "package from" space.
What a sweet little knife. Didn't do much for my old waterlogged carcass, but lifted my spirit in a way y'all familiar with them triangular boxes can understand. Uncle sure did pick me out a good one, made by Kumar, and a real 10/10 effort. The wood handle slabs give the little knife a rugged, rustic, look compared to it's brothers handled in polished horn. I really like this one, it fairly screams "put me to work, and I ain't particular what kind". Someone was inquiring on the forum about whether a JKM-1 would make a good companion knife for his khuk, sort of an upgrade from his "as issued" karda. If he could handle this one for a couple of minutes he'd have his answer. With an overall length of just under eight inches, and four inches of that being very well tempered cutting edge, this knife is big enough to do some real work, but small enough to be comfortably carried on the belt, in the boot, or even as a neck knife. I already liked JKM-1's from quite a bit of field experience with them, but until I tried one handled in good Nepalese hardwood I never knew I could like 'em even better. Thanks Uncle Bill, for picking me out a good'un.
Sarge
I spent eight hours of what was supposed to be a day off yesterday standing out in the rain. I was running a firing range for about four dozen folks who had to get current/qualified on carbines and nine-mils, for many of them their last opportunity to do so prior to boarding a plane for Iraq. They'd come up short a senior non-com to run the range, and me, I'll volunteer for anything (still haven't learned, dang it). Anyhow, I got home soaked to the bone, and feeling like I'd been drug through a knothole backwards, and lo and behold there's the familiar pink postal slip with the single word "Himalayan" scrawled in the "package from" space.
What a sweet little knife. Didn't do much for my old waterlogged carcass, but lifted my spirit in a way y'all familiar with them triangular boxes can understand. Uncle sure did pick me out a good one, made by Kumar, and a real 10/10 effort. The wood handle slabs give the little knife a rugged, rustic, look compared to it's brothers handled in polished horn. I really like this one, it fairly screams "put me to work, and I ain't particular what kind". Someone was inquiring on the forum about whether a JKM-1 would make a good companion knife for his khuk, sort of an upgrade from his "as issued" karda. If he could handle this one for a couple of minutes he'd have his answer. With an overall length of just under eight inches, and four inches of that being very well tempered cutting edge, this knife is big enough to do some real work, but small enough to be comfortably carried on the belt, in the boot, or even as a neck knife. I already liked JKM-1's from quite a bit of field experience with them, but until I tried one handled in good Nepalese hardwood I never knew I could like 'em even better. Thanks Uncle Bill, for picking me out a good'un.
Sarge
