Hello everyone!
This is my first knife post ever, but I like to share my Kukri knife mod with you.
It started when I got an old beaten up Kukri from my father in law that he purchased some 20 years ago. I decided to try my "knife making skills" which I had none!, but learned from forums and YouTube... This is the result.
I decided to make the handle from firewood and a the pommel and finger guard from a block of solid aluminum.. The process of "sculpting the aluminum proved to be harder than I had imagined.
After some work the knife handle started to show. I threaded the tang and put a brass end on the knife.
After polishing and epoxy the handle was done.
I also tried to etch my name in the pommel but I’m not so happy with the result.
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/160161001@N07/
The sheath was also in bad shape. The old goatskin had torn and was dry and brittle. I used the old wood insert as the base and took the Cardura knee patches from a pair of my old work pants as the new wrap around the wood.
I reused some of the old goatskin on the bottom of the sheath and also the "belt hanger".
Last I put a safety snap to hold the knife in place made from rubber (Viton).
Hope you enjoyed the post!
Regards
John
This is my first knife post ever, but I like to share my Kukri knife mod with you.
It started when I got an old beaten up Kukri from my father in law that he purchased some 20 years ago. I decided to try my "knife making skills" which I had none!, but learned from forums and YouTube... This is the result.
I decided to make the handle from firewood and a the pommel and finger guard from a block of solid aluminum.. The process of "sculpting the aluminum proved to be harder than I had imagined.
After some work the knife handle started to show. I threaded the tang and put a brass end on the knife.
After polishing and epoxy the handle was done.
I also tried to etch my name in the pommel but I’m not so happy with the result.
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/160161001@N07/The sheath was also in bad shape. The old goatskin had torn and was dry and brittle. I used the old wood insert as the base and took the Cardura knee patches from a pair of my old work pants as the new wrap around the wood.
I reused some of the old goatskin on the bottom of the sheath and also the "belt hanger".
Last I put a safety snap to hold the knife in place made from rubber (Viton).
Hope you enjoyed the post!
Regards
John
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