Displaying my Kagas Katne...

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JimmyJimenez

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I recently received a miniature khukuri knife (a Kagas Katne type) that I am very pleased with. It's made in Nepal, but I do not know who in Nepal made it (unknown source).
I purchased it from a company called World Knives which sells on ebay and also has an online internet knife business.

I was wondering how to display such a small knife. After a bit of thought, I came up with an idea based very much on the types of displays sold by many of the Nepalese khukuri shops.
I already had a spray can of clear satin polyurethane, minwax stain, some wood glue, etc, so all I needed to purchase was the wood itself. My careful thrifty shopping lead me to spend about $1.80 for the wood material. This is what my dollar eighty got me (well, after using my imagination):


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Cool!:thumbup: :cool: :D If you could make some larger ones you could sell a bunch of them right here on the forum.;)
 
Thanks guys :)

No, I don't believe I'd consider making these things for the intention of selling them. I just kinda do these sorts of things after a spur of the moment idea comes into my head. I have made some unique displays for my guns, swords, miniature cannons, knives, etc, but they have all been to fill a personal need. Most involve quite a bit of time in producing, but it can be fun if one is doing it for one's own needs. Once one does it for others and money, it becomes too much like work :)

I'm sure you probably know exactly what I mean.
But thank you for thinking that way about my little idea, I'm flattered :)

I like the fact that the display is handcrafted, which goes hand in hand with the handcrafted item that it will display.

I've seen photos of the displays that the khukuri shops in Nepal offer, but many of them seem to have warped wooden arms. These wooden arms are the pieces of wood that come up from the base to hold the scabbard and knife. The warped look that many seem to have is usually very noticable. I feel that this warping truly detracts from the overall display. By producing them myself, I am able to make them to my liking, and at the same time have an item that I can call my own production. Though money wise it is less to manufacture my own display, the amount of time it takes to build even such a small simple display like this one, would be hard for others to believe. I strive to be happy with what I build, and as critical as I am, that takes a lot of careful time & effort. For instance, even on this small display, I used wood glue "and" portions of toothpicks as wooden doweling in the installation of each of the arms. Wood glue alone would have worked just fine, but I would have felt like it was cutting a corner.
 
Thanks again for the compliments :)

Below is just a sampling of what was meant when I said that I make displays for my needs.

The glass & wood rifle display in the top of the photo was made by me.

The glass & wood cannon display box in the bottom portion of the photo was made by me.

The display showing my father's picture and his Korean war medals was also made by me.

All made when there was a need :)

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2634/dscn04128wn.jpg
 
Very nice work! At HI we would probably call that one a "Bilton", but what's in a name? (-: I like that scabbard very much.

Making your own display stuff is very fulfilling.

Thanks for sharing.

Norm
 
I'm impressed. When you make things yourself the finished product pays you back Tenfold in happiness. Absolutely. Of course, if after all your work there remains a item that does not perform properly, and is hard to maintain or creates other problems, then the tenfold is misery!!


munk
 
Here's a display that I made that has some material that at one time kept me warm :)

The leather you see under the cannon was once part of a leather coat that I no longer had use for. Instead of throwing the coat away, I cut it up into large pieces, treated them to some bees wax, and put them away. This is how one of those pieces of leather ended up.

Hey if the Kamis in Nepal can find good uses for old car and truck leaf springs, then I can find good uses for old leather..... LOL! :)

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/4402/dscn00477dj.jpg
 
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