25" Chitlangi

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For your enjoyment, the 25" Chitlangi from Yangdu's deals of 5/30. It was a villager, but I just couldn't leave well enough alone. First I took it out and chopped some wood. A few slaps of the flat of the blade against an oak tree. No problems. Some grainlines and fine cracks in the horn that were there on receipt, probably won't get worse. Polish of the white metal bolster, buttcap, and the horn handles. Deepening of the carving on the handle. Sharpening of the karda. The blade of the chit was etched, showing good hardening all along the main edge, going thin along the curve of the tip and including the tip itself. Not that visible in pictures, but there nonetheless. The scabbard is "old school" having thin leather covering the wood. The frog is thin by HI standards, but would last many years even in daily carry. The sarki knew that even us crazy westerners would'nt carrying this beast around. This blade was made by Sher with his penchant for stout blades. On my scales she weighs 2 lbs. 12 ounces, or 44 ounces. The spine is .020" shy of 1/2" !!
This is a hoss. By comparison, my 25" Sirupati by Sanu weighs 2 pounds even, or 32 ounces!!! But enough words.

Steve
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But Steve; it might not be historically relevant.


What a great looking blade. Even if you didn't like knives, as art, as intrinsic worth, one should admire this effort that became a khukuri.


munk
 
Sweet Jesus. What a gorgeous piece of metal.

And Yangdu had the gall to call that a blem? Put it on the DOTD? No wonder she has to raise prices.

t.
 
Sweet knife Steve...

yea I doubt that someone would carry a beast like that around all day...hmm..maybe have it connected to a backpack or LBE??

I gotta get me "big" khuk!!!!!
 
Great pix, Steve!

and an beautiful/awesome khuk. I have three 25" khuks, thanks to deals from forum regulars....

these stats may help you place it among 25"s:

25" Kobra
wood, Kumar, 1 lb. 15.8 oz., 25.5"

25" Gelbu Special
wood, Sher, 2 lbs, 0.7 oz., 25"

25" Malla
horn, Kumar, 2 lbs, 7.6 oz., 25.75"

I used the GS recently to test a new type of plastic hurricane panel... and it went through! (in between ribs, across them a deep gouge.) We're getting accoridans...


Mike
 
Hi Steve, that is a super knife. To me it is more remeniscent of a machete. Nice fittings, too. Doesn't HI make great stuff?

Thanks for sharing.
 
Uh huh, etched the blade indeed. I was wondering what the effects of repeated exposure to zombie blood would look like on a khuk blade. :rolleyes: :D

Sarge
 
Awesome pics and awesome blade. Congrats on that one. I can see the hardened area in the last photo. Looks like a good worker.
 
Great pictures, thank you Steve
 
Dang Steve. That thing is beautiful. The pics show the hamon really well. I don't have any at 25". In fact I think 19" is my tops. I'll have to measure the Jange again.
 
Hi Steve,

Beautiful work (as always). You really do a nice job adding those extra touches to your blades.

Did you do anything to the blade prior to etching or does the etching process itself subdue the appearance of the lined pattern/texture that villagers tend to have?
 
I think 25" is the ideal big khukuri size. 30" is fun and 22 is great too, but 25" has a special way of moving...
 
SASSAS said:
Hi Steve,

Did you do anything to the blade prior to etching or does the etching process itself subdue the appearance of the lined pattern/texture that villagers tend to have?
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I didn't want to do a full polish, so I just hit it lightly with 600 grit sandpaper, lubricated with window cleaner. About 5 minutes worth.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Steve
 
Great job on the handles and white metal furniture. They look just like brand new regular HI stock. I think that some HIs with regular handles and villager blades would be pretty well received around here.

Bob
 
Great pictures and beautiful knife! Wish I had your skill. What did you use to deepen the carving on the handle? Hacksaw blade? I have done 1/10th the amount of work on my knives that you've done on yours, but usually can always shine things up and improve things a bit.

I have a 25" Villager chit with unfinished neem handle that would be a good candidate for this kind of work. I'll try and follow your example here.



Norm
 
Thanks Norm,
I tried using a v-shaped chisel called a "veiner" but it didn't work too well. Then tried an Xacto knife, and it didn't work too well either. Pulled out my little belt knife that Sarge made and (very carefully) took the curved part of the blade and the tip, and cut down into each line. I used the edge of a knife shaped file (that Kismet gave me) to file the rings around the handle. Then I brushed the checkered area with a little brass brush to get the loose stuff out. It took a little more than an hour.

Steve
 
A fine tooth hacksaw blade with the kerf ground off makes a great little cleaning tool for all kinds of grooves on khukuris, just have to be very careful of where boff er both ends are.;) :D :cool:
 
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