I'm at work right now (11:00P to 7:30A). Well..., at 3:15A, I was inspecting a damaged katana my co-worker brought in for me to look at.

Six stitches later, I understand why one should never attempt to catch a falling katana.

Did I mention that I work in a hospital?

I hope this doesn't rob me of my shop time this weekend! I have a KITH knife to finish among others.

(Sure is hard to type with this big bandage on my finger!!

Ouch!

Speedy recovery to ya.

well katana's are quite good at their job. The secret to catching falling katana's or any knife/sword for that matter is dont drop them :)

btw what's a kith?

Ed

Ouch! next time grab the handle. :p ;)

Ed; KITH= Knife In The Hat, usualy with a theme for the type/size of knives, a group of makers all make a knife and the , the guy organizing it draws names and they all exchange them. everbody makes one, and everybody gets one.

I like doing them for the challenge, since my quality is ussualy better when I know another maker is getting it. It gets your name and work "out there" for us new guys, and you get to start your own colection of customs.

there's 3 on now;

AndrewGs' combat kith; http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35724

the christmas kith; http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37001

and the SITH, a seax kith; http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35719

G.

That sucks Andy, between that and your Seax breaking, you have to be in for some good luck!

Isn't being a bonehead a good thing? I mean otherwise your head would be all squishy and stuff :)

Ed, as Gary said, KITH are fun to do and meet others. I was in all of the ones below until unexpected scale destruction happened on my seax (I believe Andy had unexpected seax problems also). I like them, because they tend to push me out of my comfort zone into new things.

--Carl