Chipped my brand new ang khola the first time I used it

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kaosu04

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This is actually my first time using a khukri at all. Chopped through a tree branch about 6 inches thick and was very impressed by how easily it went. And absolutely amazed at it's edge retention. And then I drop it in my gravel yard because I forgot to button up the sheath it was in. It was one of the fund raiser sheaths. So after being very impressed by my first use of a khukri I went and messed it up, I dont think it's too bad, but I'm not too sure how I'll get the chips out. And I hope the chip isnt past the temper. One of them is right on the sweet spot. What do you guys think?
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take a lansky puck to it. thats what i use to get out all my chips/dings. but before you do that, use the chakma or a butchers steel to try to get the rolled edges out.
 
Love taps; won't affect performance one whit.
You didn't mess it up, should be pretty easy to file out those little nicks.

pete
 
Was this a villager or a standard [I.e. Polished] blade?

With a polished blade, This can happen even with normal use on your first time. The reason is that the polishing tends to push some softer metal to the edge, and the first time you use it you push/chip that metal away. What you'll find is the truly harder metal is underneath. So, once you sharpen it again and get back down to the hard metal, you'll probably find it doesn't do that again.

no worries at all my friend - nothing a quick sharpening won't fix.

Have you read the tutorial on how to convex sharpen? [that's the sandpaper and mouse pad trick thing]
 
Could we please have an edge-on picture? Like, spine resting on the ground with edge in the air, point towards the lense so that the bevel could be seen? I wonder if you got one of the ones that's actually hollow ground, as some AKs have been in the last couple of years.
 
Those small chips should sharpen out easily enough. They happen if you hit rocks (even inadvertantly), Give it a try.
 
This is the best image I could get edge on. The blade has 3 surface angles. The 2 closest to the spine are both hollow, concave and polished shiny and smooth. The cutting edge is flat and looks like it was hit with a wire wheel or something. I dont suppose HI has a sharpening service?

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I actually chipped my CAK last week when i accidently rested it ontop of my KLO; couple of mins with a ezi-lap diamond and a steel and sharper than ever :)

its held up pretty well considering ive been using it to chop wooden blocks similar to what the knifetest guy NOS uses to make archery boards. :thumbup:
 
I also can move it to a convex profile, if you like. You'll lose about 1/16" or so of blade height in most cases. You can PM me if interested, or if you want some pictures of past work.
 
A couple of strokes with a file, to allign more than even take those tiny chips out, and the khukuri is ready for more use. You can also use the chakma to align the edge. That's what it's for.

I've put much bigger chips in some of mine by accidentally whacking rocks. Sometimes I just align the edge and keep working.

If you're going to use a khukuri you should get used to sharpening. You can't hardly go wrong. Just get some sharpening tool and start working with the blade. You'll soon get the hang of it.

You'll drive yourself crazy if you try to keep a working khukuri looking the same as the day you got it. It falls somewhere in the range between a full dress sword and a shovel. Imagine if you tried to polish your shovel every time you used it.
 
Howard Wallace said:
You'll drive yourself crazy if you try to keep a working khukuri looking the same as the day you got it. It falls somewhere in the range between a full dress sword and a shovel. Imagine if you tried to polish your shovel every time you used it.
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What a great analogy, Howard; thanks for that!

Bill
 
i can take the chips out for you no problem if you want and i can even put a convex edge on it also.
 
scars are the medals carried from a life well lived:p
Just sharp it up and leave it be. They are just part of life when it comes to a user khuk. My Boomerang AK has a series of chips at the tip in front of the sweet spot. I used it to clean up a bunch of debris at my stepdad's cabin. Rocks happen;)

I never worried about them. They'll sharpen out with time. Yours don't look bad at all:)
 
I've whacked some of my khuks till they looked serrated. A little quality time with some sandpaper and a leather strop and you'd be surprised.
Rock around roots and cattle fence grown into trees suck but you probably didn't notice till you were done.
 
You should see some of the dings that my Khukris have after years of service. :) If I wasn't trying to get my new firepit perfect this evening so that I can roast smores after dinner I'd get pics. Some of them have/had serrated tips. But man do they still cut! :D
 
Speaking of sharping can someone skilled in the art post a video with step by step process of how to do it?
 
I'd ask knifenut1013 about sharpening. He's got some real skills, and a couple useful threads in there somewhere.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/637557-Sometimes-it-s-more-than-just-sharpening

I had a similar experience; was chopping away at a log with my new ASTK, and when I had finished, I guess the vibrations had caused a flaw in the wood handle to reveal itself, because it's now missing a little chunk out of the wood at the pommel. I think I'll stick to chiruwa from now on.
 
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