Amazing Vim Bojepore from 5/18

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

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Yangdu's faster-than-light shipping put Friday's DotD into my hands today. :eek: Somehow. :D

"17 inch 28 ounce Bojepore by Vim Bhadur Kami. Sisau wood handle. Karda chakma and scabbard are missing. Send to Sarki shop for new scabbard or make your own. Project Knife at $58 YBB. *SOLD*"

This knife is flawless. Vim is making a very very nice khuk and it's nice to see the Nepali flag mark, something I haven't seen since 2004. The Sword of Shiva is perfectly hammered out; the cho is not creepy or weak; handle and bolster perfect also. Sides are not wavy or show hammering hardly at all. Edge is hardened, could feel it when it took a quick sharpening. This one is *not* a second- it just has no rig. Which opens it to possibilities...

I immediately blued it, using Brownell's Oxpho blue. Always wanted a blued khukuri but was afraid to mess up a "good" one. I was horrified at first as the mirror finish went to blue-blotch. Cycles of steel wool and rubbing alcohol finally produced a true gunmetal blue khukuri.

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Here it is with a Kumar YCS at top and a Bura Boomerang at bottom. :cool:

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With their rigs. The YCS was a blem- sorta- came with no chakma or karda- so I put in a set of DMT diamond files and a karda from, ahem, another YCS. :p

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A perfect and clean cho.

At 28 ounces it's a tootch heavy- I prefer 24-26 oz.- but the in-between size of 17" is a ballpark home run between small 15" and large 18". Little things like that matter after a while.

Well, this one is almost too pretty to ruin, but that's it's karma. Remember in Shogun- Lord Toronaga had a badazz protecting him that never had his katana in a sheath, but always kept in hand to protect the liege lord instantly? This khuk is going that route- always out and ready to use. Not making a sheath for it. Maybe a snap-on blade guard, though. It took a nice edge. Many thanks, Yangdu!

And thanks for looking,


Mike
 
Wolf_1989 said:
A khuk looks good in black.
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Thanks. I think this one does. I became a brass-hater towards the end; polish constantly, Ballistol tarnishes it easily. I really like nickle-silver furnitured khuks better. But brass-wood-black blade seems to work.


Mike
 
Ad Astra said:
Thanks. I think this one does. I became a brass-hater towards the end; polish constantly, Ballistol tarnishes it easily. I really like nickle-silver furnitured khuks better. But brass-wood-black blade seems to work.


Mike
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I think the combination of a blued blade with a horn handle and nickel silver furniture would look classy.
 
Ad Astra said:
Not making a sheath for it. Maybe a snap-on blade guard, though.

Mike
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I wonder if anyone ever tried those rubber ice skate guards that I mentioned so many moons ago as an edge protector? :confused: ;) :D I don't quite know how a person would go about making them a snap on system but something surely could be figured out one way or another with all the inventive talent in the HI Forums.:thumbup: :D :cool:
The edge guards came in several lengths so one could or should be easily found that would work.:)

http://www.tidewaterice.com/accessories.htm

Hmmm, when we made them at FoMac we made several different lengths but I don't quite know how the ones on this link work.
 
Yvsa, I'm thinking a type of tubing, slit all the way down- or a clip-on method like my hatchet has. Like a metal "U" shape.

Really liking this one. Hacked up some boxes. A lil' heavy but packs a wallop.

I talk about heavy but the YCS is 31- or is it 36 oz.- and no big deal.


Mike
 
Ad Astra said:
Yvsa, I'm thinking a type of tubing, slit all the way down- or a clip-on method like my hatchet has. Like a metal "U" shape.

Mike
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Mike that's why I always thought the ice skate guards would work. They have a curved up end that the point could fit into and the square groove ran the whole length of the guard.
The ones we made at FoMac were somewhat flexible so would curve around the edge of a khuk just fine and the rubber at the edge was plenty thick and sturdy enough to last a long time. Don't know about all these fancy colored ones though. Ours was like a Model T Ford in that you could get them in any color you liked as long as it was black.:D :p ;)
Ours were held on with a couple of coil springs hooked to a pin that went through the guard.
 
for a pack, car-door edging.

Yuh nSuh's just trying to unload the 12 gross of ice skate guards he bought when he was trying to corner the market. :D
 
Thank you for the nice pictures, Mike
 
NOw, I'm not familiar with the function of bluing steel at all, but does it impair corrosion to an extent, as opposed to the original mirror finish?

Ad Astra said:
Remember in Shogun- Lord Toronaga had a badazz protecting him that never had his katana in a sheath, but always kept in hand to protect the liege lord instantly?
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Was that the same guy that peed on Richard Chamberlain in the TV mini-series?
 
C.S. Graves said:
NOw, I'm not familiar with the function of bluing steel at all, but does it impair corrosion to an extent, as opposed to the original mirror finish?



Was that the same guy that peed on Richard Chamberlain in the TV mini-series?
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No, that was Omi-san, headman of a small province where the Erasmus landed- the guy I'm remembering is Hiromatsu-san, I think. Toronaga's personal protector.

A great book, and a pretty good mini-series. Been too long.


Mike
 
I have been using the ice scate guard for a long time after I read about them in the HI faq sectin. They work great. You have to use the rubber ones the hard ones wont curve into the blade. You have to cut off one end of the guard the other end slips over the tip of the kukri.you keep it on to the blade by using a velcro strap secured around the middle of the blade. Pull the velcro loose and the guard falls of the blade. This is the way I carry my truck kukri easy and fast to get ahold of but the blade is protected and stayes razor sharp.
Jim
 
ajwatson said:
I have been using the ice scate guard for a long time after I read about them in the HI faq sectin. They work great.

Jim
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Thanks Jim!:thumbup: :cool: :D Any chance to get any pics or a link as too where you got yours?
 
I don't have the capibility to take pictures at this time. I picked my skate guards up at a second hand store for a .25. they came of a old pair of skates. You should be able to get them any place that sells skates. You could try Dicks sporting goods. I made my velcro strap from a old nylon strap and sewed the velcro on it.You can pick up velcro any place that they sell sewing material.
Jim

Yvsa this is of subject but how is your grandaughter.
 
ajwatson said:
I made my velcro strap from a old nylon strap and sewed the velcro on it.You can pick up velcro any place that they sell sewing material.
Jim

Yvsa this is of subject but how is your grandaughter.
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Thanks for the info and the inquiry as to Jessica's health.
I'll make a long overdue update in the Cantina so as to not hijack this thread.
 
If you go to the HI faq and look under car carry there is a picture of the skate cover and how to make one. I used velcro instead of a spring.
jim
 
Ad Astra said:
No, that was Omi-san, headman of a small province where the Erasmus landed- the guy I'm remembering is Hiromatsu-san, I think. Toronaga's personal protector.

A great book, and a pretty good mini-series. Been too long.


Mike
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There's an interesting book about the historical events that "Shogun" was based on. It's by Giles Milton (who also wrote the excellent "Nathaniel's Nutmeg") and called "Samurai William.":)


http://www.amazon.com/Samurai-William-Englishman-Opened-Japan/dp/0142003786
 
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