Anyone know much about Cold Steel ATC Kukri?

The ATC I have is not embossed "stamped" into the blade. The blade is etched (?) in black letters.It says, Carbon V Cold Steel ventura california, the opposite side says ATC All Terrain Chopper Made in USA. Do you think if it had a coating on it the letters would still be there? I think it would have been really hard to do. I don't think you would have been able to see the lettering on a black blade. Maybe it was a prototype. I did read that the carbon v rusted easily and that's why a coating was used. I just put Ren wax on the blade. About a year ago I ordered 2 different kukri sheaths at 5.00 each for my Gurka Kukri made in India. The wooden sheath fell apart. One of them worked, the other one I saved. Glad I did. The ATC fits perfectly in it. The original sheath for the ATC is cordura. I probably should not tear it up. P.S. I finally did find a satin finish ATC being mentioned.
 
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PeterPHWS said:
A none coated ATC would mean that it has been stripped .... probably by the original owner .... Carbon V as a steel has plenty of info about it on the net .... done by Camillus for CS .... I think it is 1095 off the top of my head but it should be easy to check ....

I have a Carbon V ATC .... had it since it first came out .... used it initially and then put it away because the handle checkering was uncomfortable .... after investing in some tools like a dremmel and a belt sander I used a dremmel drum to remove the chequering and the grip is 100% improved. I convexed my edge on the belt sander. Mine is the equivalent of your Harbour Freight 1 x 30 .... cheap but does the job ...

Hand sharpening a khukri blade is probably the hardest of shapes to be able to do .... you can see why the Nepalise use a soft heat treatment ( compared to Carbon V ) and use a hardened steel smaller blade to sharpen it ... the name of which escapes me right now but it is late over here and I'm a bit groggy ...

I have'nt tried it but a mouse pad and wet and dry paper would be quite hard to do as well ...unless perhaps you used a small block and moved that and kept the blade still ....

With large blades I would definately recommend buying a cheap belt sander and spend a while getting the techniques right on cheaper machetes .... again there is a wealth of info on using these and on selecting the right belts on the net ....

The CS Khukri's are for me their best product .... you have a good "chopper" there once the handle is made more comfortable and you give it a good edge ....
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I have often wondered if a 1 or two inch rigid tube with mouse pad material glued to it and attaching various grits would work on kukri blades. Kind of like a large crock stick only drawing backwards to you to convex these blades. I guess if you have the belt sander you wouldn't need this. Could work out in the field to maintain the edge. Some would say to use a file.
 
I remember when the original Cold Steel ATC was released (early 90s) - and it was definitely satin finished.
The coated version came many years later - obviously far cheaper to coat than satin finish, plus some rust protection.

Loved the blade, hated the handles.
 
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