- Joined
- May 9, 2002
- Messages
- 12,692
I'm going to let you guys in on a little secret. Yangdu is one one classy lady. I ordered 4 small knives from her as groomsmen presents for my wedding coming up in October. They are getting the Koster works by Dan so I needed to order them and get them over his way by the end of the month. (Thanks again, Dan
)
Anyway, she shot me a very fair price for 3 Sgt. Karka fancy biltons and 2 premium handled JKM-1s. A VERY fair price that i took as kind of wedding present from HI. I was getting my groomsmen (some of my very best friends in the world) a great and useful gift at a very fair price. i couldn't be happier.
The mailman walks through the door and drops off the expected package today. I feverously unwrap each of the knives to look at what will surely be some of the best and most unique wedding party gifts that these guys will ever receive. They are PERFECT. a great antler JKM for my big lug of a best man (i want to see him try and break that knife), another JKM that yangdu slipped in there because my goofy self didn't read the e-mail correctly and overpaid (very cool and classy of her), and 3 perfect Sgt. Karka biltons. One in horn and two in wood. That works out wonderfully. The horn one will go to my college buddy and the matching wood ones will go to the other guys who are brothers. I've always made fun of them because their parents got them matching Mustangs. Now they can have matching knives
But what's this? One, two, three, four, five, si... One, two, three, four, five, six? Wait a sec. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX! yes, a sixth knife was there. Wrapped in an envelop with "HI wedding gift" written on it was a beautiful little baby Chitlangi. What an absolutely thoughtful, unexpected, and touching thing for Yangdu to do. On top of that. it is a magic knife. Within 2 minutes of opening the gift knife my phone rings. A customer calls and places a fairly large order. 2 minutes! Then my employee (one of the groomsmen) gets it into his head that he will pelt me with a hellfire of rubberbands that had been wrapped each of the newspaper sheaths. The little troll shot off 6 of them faster that i could react. All I could do was clutch my magic chit to my chest and shield my face. Not one of the projectiles touched me. He couldn't believe it. He was less than 7 feet way and not one hit me. I then walked over, slid my magic chit into my belt, and socked the little nerd in the arm for shooting at me with rubber bands. I call it Karma. he calls it abuse. Potato, Potahto I say.
At any rate, what I am trying to say is Thank You, Yangdu. It was very, very nice of you to seen me a present for my wedding. My fiance' was there at the time and she was really floored by the gesture. She's just not used to the way things are done around the cantina. It brought a tear to her eye. Each and everyday this forum reminds me of the good just a few folks with big hearts and open minds can do. Of all the cookware, and gift cards, and kitchen do-dads we are sure get from our wedding guests I can't think of one thing that can top this touching and beautiful little gesture. Ladies and gentlemen, meet my new EDC, the magic chitlangi.
Thank you,
Jake Kelley
)Anyway, she shot me a very fair price for 3 Sgt. Karka fancy biltons and 2 premium handled JKM-1s. A VERY fair price that i took as kind of wedding present from HI. I was getting my groomsmen (some of my very best friends in the world) a great and useful gift at a very fair price. i couldn't be happier.
The mailman walks through the door and drops off the expected package today. I feverously unwrap each of the knives to look at what will surely be some of the best and most unique wedding party gifts that these guys will ever receive. They are PERFECT. a great antler JKM for my big lug of a best man (i want to see him try and break that knife), another JKM that yangdu slipped in there because my goofy self didn't read the e-mail correctly and overpaid (very cool and classy of her), and 3 perfect Sgt. Karka biltons. One in horn and two in wood. That works out wonderfully. The horn one will go to my college buddy and the matching wood ones will go to the other guys who are brothers. I've always made fun of them because their parents got them matching Mustangs. Now they can have matching knives
But what's this? One, two, three, four, five, si... One, two, three, four, five, six? Wait a sec. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX! yes, a sixth knife was there. Wrapped in an envelop with "HI wedding gift" written on it was a beautiful little baby Chitlangi. What an absolutely thoughtful, unexpected, and touching thing for Yangdu to do. On top of that. it is a magic knife. Within 2 minutes of opening the gift knife my phone rings. A customer calls and places a fairly large order. 2 minutes! Then my employee (one of the groomsmen) gets it into his head that he will pelt me with a hellfire of rubberbands that had been wrapped each of the newspaper sheaths. The little troll shot off 6 of them faster that i could react. All I could do was clutch my magic chit to my chest and shield my face. Not one of the projectiles touched me. He couldn't believe it. He was less than 7 feet way and not one hit me. I then walked over, slid my magic chit into my belt, and socked the little nerd in the arm for shooting at me with rubber bands. I call it Karma. he calls it abuse. Potato, Potahto I say.
At any rate, what I am trying to say is Thank You, Yangdu. It was very, very nice of you to seen me a present for my wedding. My fiance' was there at the time and she was really floored by the gesture. She's just not used to the way things are done around the cantina. It brought a tear to her eye. Each and everyday this forum reminds me of the good just a few folks with big hearts and open minds can do. Of all the cookware, and gift cards, and kitchen do-dads we are sure get from our wedding guests I can't think of one thing that can top this touching and beautiful little gesture. Ladies and gentlemen, meet my new EDC, the magic chitlangi.
Thank you,
Jake Kelley
