anyone have pics?

[johntrout]

Does anyone have pics of regular HI tangs and/or chiruwa tangs? I just want to see what the insides of my AK looks like....

 

[ddean]

www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295444

 

[johntrout]

thanks..nice any Chiruwa pics? anyone...?

 

[BruiseLeee]

The tang inside the chiruwa is the same shape as the handle.

 

[firkin]

thanks..nice any Chiruwa pics? anyone...?

When I worked on the slabs of the "HI puukko", otherwise known as the JKM-1, the tang was roughly forge-finished with somewhat irregular, unfinished punched holes for the pins. It had not been ground flat, and the pins were aluminum.

I ended up sanding sides of the tang flat, cleaning up the holes a bit and used material cut from a brass bolt to replace the pins.

Gives one respect for the laha when properly used (slabs had warped on this knife), as there wasn't a tight fit between the orginal pins and the tang.

On the larger khukuries, things may be done differently, but I'd be sorta surprised.