brass sheath point

i've epoxied (epoxy-steel) a few large brass jingle bells to the ends of mine after making a suitable fitting opening & roughing up the tip, rounds the ends off niceley & still protects the scabbard. (takeing jingler out is reccommended - see bear threads re jingle bells & pepper spray ;) )
 
Thanks for all of your input. My khukuri is currently in the mail being shipped to me. I'll have to see what I'm going to do with the sheath once I get it. Thanks again...............Malcolm
 
kronckew said:
i've epoxied (epoxy-steel) a few large brass jingle bells to the ends of mine after making a suitable fitting opening & roughing up the tip, rounds the ends off niceley & still protects the scabbard. (takeing jingler out is reccommended - see bear threads re jingle bells & pepper spray ;) )
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Kronckew that's one helluva an idea!!!!:thumbup: :D How durable are the bells after they're epoxied on, ie do they knock off easily?
How large a hole do you put in the bell and what size bells do you use?
 
hi yvsa,

i wanted a solution not requiring removal of the chape from the scabbard, so thought of the bells.

they're about 1/2" - biggest i could find that were reasonable - next size the local ornament store* had were about 1.5" & way too big. made hole in center of cross-slotted end of bell big enough to allow the chape tip to go in all the way by experimentation, filled the whole inside with epoxy steel and stuck it on the end of the chape, having roughed up the brass of the chape with my trusty bastard file to improve adhesion. wiped off excess epoxy & i can just barely see the grey line. they make copper colored epoxy sticks for plumbing which might work also.

i'm a light user & carry the kukh's on a baldric when i do & have not as yet knocked one off, tho i've not had any impact on the bell things to speak of (except my leg, which now is unpunctured). bells have a small loop that can take a small split ring & a tie-down thong - which i have not implimented as it would prevent me from swiveling the scabbard.

soldering would probably be more secure. i've now bought a small blow-torch & have made & silver-soldered a few bits & bobs for my dha restoration project so might solder next time i get an HI or knock off a bell.

*- lechlade (where kate moss lives) is about 3 miles by road (2 mile walk along the thames) & has a dedicated 12 mo. a year christmas ornament store! wierd! (he tells me he does most of his business over the internet)

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dha & belled kobra. dha scabbard was split, copper chape was disintegrating & last 6" exposed point due to missing wood. reglued wood, added reenforcement strips over joint & replaced missing wood at chape end. sanded like heck, stained & added new copper chape, slightly crumpled as in original, added copper bands at throat and midline, replaced degraded rope baldric & added braded bands & gave all a good coat of exterior varnish. after done soaked it in mineral oil for a few days to revitalise wood. have not touched blade other than to give it a steel & strop to bring back the edge. 1st 6in or so has silver inlayed scrolling on sides and along the top edge. dha was taken from a japanese officer by a british gurkha officer in burma (the brit was probably carrying a kukhri, mebbe what made the jap dead?)

three 'belled' kukh's, and a shot of the silver inlays on the Dha (tip of zira bouk poking out on right)
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rest of zira bouk for thos interested (gold & silver inlays):
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WOW Kronckew that is a helluva job!!!! Me Likey!!!!:thumbup: :D Solder would very likely hold the bells better for rougher use. I may have to try that.
Thanks for the information and the pix!!!!:thumbup: :D

Really nice Dha too, about a 20"-22" blade I'm guessing, maybe 30" oal? And with Beautiful silver inlay. Do you know where the Dha originated?

And I've never before heard of the Zira Bouk, I'm assuming armor piercing?
Where does it originate from?
 
Damn, Kronckew. First you get me to do a proper edge-up sheath for my seax, and now this. I guess I need to head down to the crafts store today and fire up the Bernzomatic.
 
Kronckew, that's a great idea. Looks good, too. I don't like the chape, but also hated the idea of not having the protection at the tip (don't go there). You've solved both of those.

Guess I have to learn to solder.
 
Yvsa said:
WOW Kronckew that is a helluva job!!!! Me Likey!!!!:thumbup: :D Solder would very likely hold the bells better for rougher use. I may have to try that.
Thanks for the information and the pix!!!!:thumbup: :D

Really nice Dha too, about a 20"-22" blade I'm guessing, maybe 30" oal? And with Beautiful silver inlay. Do you know where the Dha originated?

And I've never before heard of the Zira Bouk, I'm assuming armor piercing?
Where does it originate from?
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dha blade is 23" and 33" overall, all i was told was that the british officer (chindit) took it off a dead japanese officer after a battle in northern burmah, jap probably got it off a burmese to replace his junk issue sword. it's been sitting in the chindit's cellar here in the UK for the last 20 years and upon his demise, his nephew was selling off his stuff, and i thought it should go to a new home with someone who could give it a little TLC, so i paid the adoption fee & after a little tarting up, there it is.

the chindits were a mixed bag, special forces of indians (the asian kind, not my relatives or yours ;) ), brits, yanks, aussies, gurkhas, etc. under gen'l wingate who named them the 'chindits' some of the most fierce jungle war ever fought & little heard of or discussed anymore on TV, so most youngers will never know what can be done by sick, starving men hacking their way thru impenetrable jungles to attack and defeat an entrenched well equipped enemy. well worth googling for all the cantina members who are not up on the burmah theatre in dubyadubyatoo. many of the gurkha legends came from that.

the zira bouk is an indian armour piercing dagger & is strictly a thrusting weapon (no sharp bits), the point is square in section & the small reverse curved area behind it that looks like it should be sharp isn't. came without scabbard, so i'm off to the diy store myself tommorrow to stock up on some wood, chamoi leather & some brass sheet from the model store.

still need to make a scabbard for the yataghan, so guess i'll bite the bullet & get to it, now that i've rebuilt the dha scabbard i have a better idea of how a new one should work - yataghan should be similar except edge is on inside of curve. i've also got a pesh-kabz that needs a new cover on the wood scabbard & a couple of missing mother of pearl inlays in the grip need replacing. ah, well, almost better than sex & chocolate! need ssomething to do when not working or looking after my two furry kids.
 
I managed to cover a few chapes with Christmas bells. They do not braze well at all...I have no idea why. Maybe I'm just rusty but it's downright odd.

Solder seems to work perfectly. All I had laying around was the rosin cored stuff for electronics but it sticks to the chapes like nobody's business.

Great idea, Kronckew. Thanks for sharing it.
 
The crafting-challenged input...

This seems like something that would be easy to make with a dremel and a piece of brass. Work it off and replace it with a tip like on the old sheathes (the kind of squared off hunk o' brass at the tip).

This weekend is tool foraging weekend - I have a couple projects I want to work on, so I'm going to pick up some essentials. Might be worth a try. On the other hand, there has to be a company in India that makes kukri sheathe points like that for all the garbage khukuris with that point...
 
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