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Hey All,
Just wanted to do a show and tell on my recently acquired Bonecutter.
This was from the DOD on 7/26, 18inch 33oz by Santosh. I know there has been some talk about the bonecutter not up to par from the originals, but this is some serious steel either way.
Once I received the khuk, I looked it over, overall I was pleased, but there were a few issues, not complaining at all, as this was a DOD. Back to that later. As soon as I held this, I knew right away that this was going to be my user and not a shelf queen.
It has a ton of soul and I mean dark soul. The handle scales are purple black with some grain coming through but very dark, and the blade just calls to be used and used. The balance is more forward, which gives it some serious chopping power as a few trees in the yard found out
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When I got the khuk, I noticed that the scabbard was a bit rough. Again no complaints, the karda and chakmak did not sit right, and the leather is a bit off in spots. So I decided to do a few mods to it. I have modded a few before so it was no biggie. A few members here have done a few also. First I wanted to make a slimmer profile, so the karda and chakmak had to go.
This gave me the profile I wanted, but caused a few issues. First what to do with the extra leather once you remove the leather loops and the wood wedge. I did not want to cut and restitch, so I used some contact cement and folded the leather over and clamped it till dry. Next was the frog, it was to big to hold the khuk, so I had to cut it and relace it, was very easy.
After that I removed the metal tip at the bottom of the scabbard. I then dipped it in a liquid rubber coating about three inches, this protects the stitching and the bottom overall.
After all this I decided to wrap the lower portion of the scabbard with some paracord I had. This is very handy if you ever need it in an emergency. I used probably 20 feet of it, at the bottom I braided about 14 inches of extra cord to use as a leg tie-down if needed.
This is it after I finished. You like??
Hope you guys like it, Thanks for checking it out.
Just wanted to do a show and tell on my recently acquired Bonecutter.
This was from the DOD on 7/26, 18inch 33oz by Santosh. I know there has been some talk about the bonecutter not up to par from the originals, but this is some serious steel either way.
Once I received the khuk, I looked it over, overall I was pleased, but there were a few issues, not complaining at all, as this was a DOD. Back to that later. As soon as I held this, I knew right away that this was going to be my user and not a shelf queen.
It has a ton of soul and I mean dark soul. The handle scales are purple black with some grain coming through but very dark, and the blade just calls to be used and used. The balance is more forward, which gives it some serious chopping power as a few trees in the yard found out
.When I got the khuk, I noticed that the scabbard was a bit rough. Again no complaints, the karda and chakmak did not sit right, and the leather is a bit off in spots. So I decided to do a few mods to it. I have modded a few before so it was no biggie. A few members here have done a few also. First I wanted to make a slimmer profile, so the karda and chakmak had to go.
This gave me the profile I wanted, but caused a few issues. First what to do with the extra leather once you remove the leather loops and the wood wedge. I did not want to cut and restitch, so I used some contact cement and folded the leather over and clamped it till dry. Next was the frog, it was to big to hold the khuk, so I had to cut it and relace it, was very easy.
After that I removed the metal tip at the bottom of the scabbard. I then dipped it in a liquid rubber coating about three inches, this protects the stitching and the bottom overall.
After all this I decided to wrap the lower portion of the scabbard with some paracord I had. This is very handy if you ever need it in an emergency. I used probably 20 feet of it, at the bottom I braided about 14 inches of extra cord to use as a leg tie-down if needed.
This is it after I finished. You like??
Hope you guys like it, Thanks for checking it out.
I think I will see about doing this to my car khuk asap.
