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Here's the question. What is the best, practical shape for the steel end of a Chakma style burnishing steel? Round? Square? Rectangular?
Was thinking about making a new Chakma for my HI and was thinking about getting a short length of tungsten carbide and mounting it with some epoxy in a new pecan wood handle.
The pecan wood works great for handles. It's pretty hard, not quite as hard as mesquite, though. I have some trimmed pecan and mesquite branches that I saved which have been drying in the desert sun for a few months at +100F and at about 10% humidity. Dry, seasoned pecan wood has a rather nice aroma when you are drilling it or grinding on it.
I recently made a pecan wood handle when I made a new replacement Karda for my HI out of a small Nicholson file that had gotten accidently dropped on a concrete floor and broken. The new Karda has a 2-1/2" blade and a 4" pecan wood handle.
I also made a new frog for the Khukuri. I had some issues with the original frog (2 strap military style) so I made a new one that I think is tougher and more versitile.
Was thinking about making a new Chakma for my HI and was thinking about getting a short length of tungsten carbide and mounting it with some epoxy in a new pecan wood handle.
The pecan wood works great for handles. It's pretty hard, not quite as hard as mesquite, though. I have some trimmed pecan and mesquite branches that I saved which have been drying in the desert sun for a few months at +100F and at about 10% humidity. Dry, seasoned pecan wood has a rather nice aroma when you are drilling it or grinding on it.
I recently made a pecan wood handle when I made a new replacement Karda for my HI out of a small Nicholson file that had gotten accidently dropped on a concrete floor and broken. The new Karda has a 2-1/2" blade and a 4" pecan wood handle.
I also made a new frog for the Khukuri. I had some issues with the original frog (2 strap military style) so I made a new one that I think is tougher and more versitile.
