, hawks knows the HKIV already
Ok, I have so many names, acronyms, etc that im lost on. HKIV= Himalayan kukuri ? ?......envy? intravenous vihamana? ???
Lol, I kept looking at my blade, studying the marking, wondering what they meant. One stood out, crude next to the others. U. B., at first I thought it was the kami, but why so rough and amateurish compared to the rest? I thought to myself, wow, id think the kami would take so much pride that his mark would be a beautiful flourish. A long time passed, studied them again and again, before it dawned on me that it was a dotd and uncle ben also had the initials U.B. I laughed at myself that it took so long.
While im at it, what does kvluk stand for? How do you know which kami made your blade? And all the other details you guys put in your posts? One of the reasons I joined was because of all the details you guys provide, but when I went to the webpage, I could find no weights, thickness, kami, etc...i couldn't figure out how you had specific grip lengths or widths. How you would even begin to order those things. Some of the other websites had far more detail,ie, this grip is larger for western hands. I realize weights and lengths are only approx, due to each being forged by hand. In the end, I just asked auntie if she had any close to a certain size I was wanting. Of course, before holding one, its hard to decide which way to go.
So much info aaaaahhhhhhhhhh, im melting.