Cobalt
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And yet another pilfering job by Cobalt:
Can you guys tell that I had a lot of time on my hands.
Somewhere in this mountain of info there's something about this. I tested early on and found edges to be generally 56 to 58 Rc, sometimes a little harder. Will Kwan recently got an HI khukuri that was more than 60 Rc and had to work it down to the desired 58 or 59 Rc to sharpen it right. The back is soft, sometimes Rc 35 or so. Tang is dead soft, and tip is softer than 56.
And the steel is ususally 5160 unless the kamis happen to run across a spring made of something else which I am not sure is a possiblility or not.
Anyway, hope this helps. Floyd who posts as FO did a couple of tests I think. Maybe he'll add his two bits.
Bill
Can you guys tell that I had a lot of time on my hands.
Somewhere in this mountain of info there's something about this. I tested early on and found edges to be generally 56 to 58 Rc, sometimes a little harder. Will Kwan recently got an HI khukuri that was more than 60 Rc and had to work it down to the desired 58 or 59 Rc to sharpen it right. The back is soft, sometimes Rc 35 or so. Tang is dead soft, and tip is softer than 56.
And the steel is ususally 5160 unless the kamis happen to run across a spring made of something else which I am not sure is a possiblility or not.
Anyway, hope this helps. Floyd who posts as FO did a couple of tests I think. Maybe he'll add his two bits.
Bill