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So, I've been finishing the wood handle on my 18" AK over the past week, and on Sunday, I decided to set it out on my deck to get some extra drying power from the sun. Well, I set knife up on the railing, turned around to say something to my wife, and then I heard the sound of a large metallic object hitting the gravel driveway about six feet down--oops. The AK suffered only minimal damage-- a few dings near the tip that came out in a few minutes with some sandpaper on a mouse pad, a few dings in the spine near the tip, and a dent in the handle. I also lost a tiny piece of one of the rings in the handle, but managed to fill it in with epoxy. There was also the start of a split in the top of the dent, but I filled it with superglue and epoxied the whole thing as well. Unfortunately, the dent in the wood left a bit of a shiny spot that hasn't gone away even with sanding. It's not that big a deal, but it was definitely a bummer to lose that pristine look. I'm hoping that subsequent coats of tru-oil will minimized the uneven shine.
So, I learned two things from this whole fiasco:
1) The AK is a very tough knife-- a six foot fall onto rocks and gravel only caused cosmetic damage.
2) Don't put khukuris on railings where clumsy people can knock them off
--Josh
So, I learned two things from this whole fiasco:
1) The AK is a very tough knife-- a six foot fall onto rocks and gravel only caused cosmetic damage.
2) Don't put khukuris on railings where clumsy people can knock them off
--Josh
