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Cabbit said:Just because I'm not an enabler and have respect for the craft of HI's craftsmen does not make me rude.
Yes, he does own it, but that doesn't make what he's doing right.
When a craftsman spends the extra time to make something nice, it's common courtesy to respect that and not tear it apart.
There are a lot of people that wanted that Uddha as it was. The Carving was beautiful! This was also rude to them, essentially shoving it in their face.
If you wanted one to tinker with, it would have been better to ask Ms. Yangdu for a plain one, or better yet, see if she could have one made with a guard.
you know, i completely agree with you. but then, to be absolutely honest, i would probably do it again were i to want a blade that came up for sale that had the carvings. i would take it because it was available at that time.
i understand your views of why that makes me a bad person,and yes, i am indeed a bad person for it. i agree with you. but then, that doesnt change what i've done, or what i will do in the future in this regard.
what you've said about doing bura an unjustice by changing his work is true if bura beleives that his work should be left as is when sold to the buyer, and essentially for the duration of its life.
what you've said about someone wanting the etched handles not getting it because i purchased this instead of a standard model - and them deserving it more then me because of that one feature not commonly being available, and me just removing it is also true.
however, the second point is true to almost any knife brand, and anything that is desired. take busse combat for example, wich is the other company i frequent. there knives are not really readily available. there are collectors on this board and in the world of busse combat, and there are users. there are serious users - people in the military, people who will depend on that one knife as there only knife and they will use it to its very limits and get every last drop of performance out of it. yet, much of what has been made isnt available, and is sitting in a safe.
are the people who take a straight handled battle mistress that is desired by a soldier who will use it to save lives - and put that shbm in a safe never to see the knife again bad people for doing so? ya. but it happens, and will continue to happen. sure, i'd rather see every soldier who wants one and will use one have one - but i wont fault the person who hoards as many as possible and never uses a single one for taking them. right or wrong, its simply how it is. they followed the rules of the market to get the market to get them, and thats just the way the world is set up in that regard.
to change it, you would have to force them to give them up, and thats just a different set of wrongs being commited. for me life is a choice of evils, during wich you try to cause as little major harm as you can, and pick up the peices when you cant.