we all do our best to help new guys just because we were treated well, sometimes there is a hiccup, but this is one of the ( definitely the best place I have ever found forum wise) for information and fellow collectors, as karda says lets please just leave this bad blood at the door, forgive and forget, and drop all hostility, remember why uncle bill wanted us here.
spiral is very very educated on the subject of the blades and is one of the better resources one can have on the forums ( educated folks in the hobby)-- if you can set aside a small moment you will find he can help you in great ways about collecting, as can many people here, and most if not all of us are willing and able!
spen and gurkha , have extremely valid points, but just as much as you guys think we may be picking at you; also remember that we only have our own minds with which to perceive the world; thus anything we do is colored by our own perceptions of the way we presume things to be. I highly value all new members to the forums, and I think most members of the HI family agree with that, sometimes there is a fluke,but for the most part there is a very healthy atmosphere here of community, I really do not want that tainted by our actions here. Let us please start over, and forget perceptions of wrong. most of what you guys presume is that we are "talking down" to you, but that is honestly not the situation.(imo) We do strive to be a useful community and help each other.
I think we can all agree that the negative flow going here must be stopped, that everyone should let the past be the past, and not hold it against either party involved
( anyone with high emotion please understand we must all work together to maintain the good energy of this place, and when we have fallen out of harmony it is our duty to put it back into place. This is for new and old alike, as I am relatively new I have only been here over a year, but never felt intimidated or condescended, but always felt the need to protect this place and its unique energy.)
so with that, I end on --- hanshee is one of my favorite styles of khukuri, can't wait to get mine, I think they are an essential part of any HI collection or khukuri collection. gurkha and spen feel free to email me or PM with help on anything related to HI or collecting in general, I am no expert but I really really like this stuff
I love you guys ! ( new guys included!)