Amtrack sarki strikes again

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fenryr

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My second Amtrack khuk. and my second dealings with the sarki who doesn't like to tack down his nail heads. :grumpy:

You guessed it....both karda & chakma scratched beyond measure. So bad that they filled them with rouge I guess to mask the depths of the gouges. AND it's horn.....wood would be easy for me but never fashioned anything from horn.

Not even thinking about returning the BAS....it was a blem with a little rust. So I'll look at it as an opportunity to learn something new....rather start off small and work up verses jumping into something and finding out I'm all thumbs.

Just thought it was interesting that this had happened on a previous Amtrack....sarki must have been working on a Friday afternoon at 5:00

PS The BAS blade is quite nice :)
 
HI is the best Khukuri in the world today. We seem to be having some QA problems now. Good thing it's a blem.



munk
 
speaking of amtrak, i happened to be looking for something small by him in wood.... (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=293816)

cause as much as i love everything about the blade that amtrak makes, i cant bring myself to love horn over wood, especially on the smaller handles...

wich tack are you refering to? the one up top that has the head inside the sheath, or the nail end inside, that holds down the back triangle of leather?
i know that i should have read the previous posts regarding the nail issues, but none of my sheaths had that problem before...

i have stuff by sher, kumar and amtrack: sher seems to be the bulkiest, kumars the best execution, and amtrak the best lines... though that could just be because the amtraks are the smallest of the bunch, effecting how i see and feel the lines of the knife...
 
Munk,
Don't get me wrong....I love the blade and the quality is there. I just found it ironic that I'm 2 for 2 on the Amtrack scabbards.

Seth & Skeletor,

You are right about the triangle patches but they weren't present in the karda/cham. pouch. Not even a sign of glue residue. So like before I took the Dremel to the the flat part of the nail head in those pouches since one or two were at an angle then glued my own thin leather patches over them.

In the main scabbard only one nail point was a problem. Just enought of it was protruding that it scarred the bolster....probably wouldn't have been a problem if it was a regular bolster. Same thing here....ground down & patched. Problem solved.... I wonder if wood shrinkage is an issue?

As a blem , UB said it was 5 minutes of rust but that was barely even an issue. As you say Seth, I too like Amtrack's lines but don't have any of Sher's work yet. Kumar seems to be consistant as well.
 
My first Hi khuk was a beautifully forged (!) kami BAS that was kinda roughly finished by being polished over the hammer dings and scratches. I spent a couple of hours sanding down the surface and bringing the finish up to 400 grit. Likewise, the horn handle needed some work to level the surfaces, true up the lines and make it pretty. It now looks great, if I do say so. The blade looks even better after acquiring a working patina. All of the HI khukuris I've gotten are fine, but I still expect to do some cosmetic work to bring some of them up to my standard. I love every one of them, and the kamis have my deep respect for the craftsmen they are. I guess I just like to tinker...
A protruding nail head is no big deal. Push it down.
 
Exactly Brian,

The more times I think about it the blems are the way to go. I too like to tinker with things when the home punch list gets a little low. Plus it gives me an excuse to buy more tools!! :)

I still don't see how the kami's or those here on the forum can take such a raw piece of metal and sculpt it into such a spectacular piece of work.

Steve
 
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