18" AK by Sher Just Arrived

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Josh Feltman

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I figured I should do my part to help Uncle Bill with his moving sale, so I reduced his load by the weight of an 18" wood handled AK by Sher. I just picked it up at the post office a few minutes ago, and I am once again amazed at the quality of HI khukuris. This thing is absolutely amazing. It's absolutely flawless. What a knife! I can't wait till I get home so I can chop something.

This is my second khuk. My first was a BAS blem by Sher, which I now see only seemed large for lack of comparison:) I will eventually be putting a tru-oil finish on the handle, but is there anything I can put on the wood to moisturize/preserve it temporarily until I finish it? I have some linseed oil at home-- could I put a thin coat on and then sand it off when I finish the handle? Any suggestions?
--Josh
 
Josh, I'm not a woodchuck. But I'll bring it BTTT and see if any chucks answer.
 
Yep, I've got a Sher AK, my most used khuk.

Your woode treatment sounds good to me, and I thnik you can do multiple coats fo boiled linseed oil before and after sandinng.

Keith
 
uh...I'm no expert, but after several years of refinishing gun stocks I've come to the conclusion a simple oil coat is best for me.


munk
 
If you are going to use Tru-Oil eventually, just put a coat on now. You can always sand it off later.

Steve
 
Yes, don't put on a coat of natural oil and then try to add True oil or linseed or laquer or whatever. You can always use a natural oil or wax over True Oil, but not the reverse. True oil is preferred because the finished product is just fine and it is much easier to work with than the traditional linseed. No one's mentioned Danish Finishing oil, unless Ferrous did and I missed it, but it is, according to Bill, what the Dust bunnies prefer.

You know, whatever you do, it'll be just fine. That's the good thing about wood. Wood is good, but Horn is born; whatever that means.

munk
 
Well, I started doing the Tru Oil finish earlier than I thought. I got the AK home last night, sharpened it up by stropping on wet/dry paper, took the chappe off the sheath, filled the tip with epoxy, applied sno-seal, and then set to work on the handle. I finished sanding it last night and got my first coat of Tru Oil on last night. I can already tell that it is going to look really sharp, assuming I don't screw things up.

One interesting thing I noticed is that this knife really sounds different than my horn-handled BAS. Just a little tap on the blade or the handle makes the whole blade ring like a bell whereas the BAS has a duller sound if this makes sense. Just an intersting observation--don't know if it is caused by the different handle material, size of the blade, or perhaps the heat treat-- the tip and cho regions on the AK seem to be harder than they are on the BAS.

Anyway, I am in khukuri ecstacy right now. Thanks to Sher for another beatiful knife, thanks to Uncle Bill for excellent service and light-speed delivery, and thanks to all the rest of you for listening to me babble on about knives.
--Josh
 
I wouldn't worry about the babble. If we can't babble about knives here, I think we are all in the wrong place.:D
 
Yeah, everyone knows this is one of those babbling blade forums, as opposed to those with concise writing and erudite references.
Fortunately, we have those too, I'm just not one of them.



munk
 
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