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Astrodada

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Out of nothing but pure and childish don't know what I was thinking about psychotic STUPIDITY...........

I fenced two khukris against each other.......not heavily......4 times :(

Here's the result. The new 12" chit (Kumar)has 1 small nick at beginning of the belly . And the 12" AK (Shankar) has 4 Little bigger nicks from start of belly to end of belly close to the tip (sweet spot). :(

Now I have to re-read all the sharpening tips.......again. *sigh* :(

p.s. first attempt to fix nicks sorta failed on both blades (with chakma). Steeling did a little better.
 
Wow. Who sparred with you? This wasn't to settle a marital dispute was it? I wanna see some pics!

Andy
 
Astro, if I could reach you from here I'd whomp you on the head with a stick. :grumpy: Next time your right hand has a "dispute" with your left, may I suggest thumb wrestling as a non-destructive means of settling it. :D
Were your spouse to discover you engaged in the behavior you've described, your khukuri collecting days would have experienced the proverbial screeching halt. :(

Sarge
 
We've all be guilty of it at one time in our lives, Astro. The damage can be repaired. I blame Hollywood.

Jake
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Astro, if I could reach you from here I'd whomp you on the head with a stick. :grumpy: Next time your right hand has a "dispute" with your left, may I suggest thumb wrestling as a non-destructive means of settling it. :D
Were your spouse to discover you engaged in the behavior you've described, your khukuri collecting days would have experienced the proverbial screeching halt. :(

Sarge
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Whomping my own head now.......:o

Ya Steve.....sharpen away I shall...but I think I shall make this as a whole learning experience.........

I am planning to etch the khuks first to see whether the nicks are actually at the sweet spot. And :rolleyes: ........to really learn and practice to put on a convex grinds to the edge. :o
 
I would have sent you the two cheap ass Indian Khukrappies I bought before I knew any better. No one would have been the least put off that those got ruined. Thats kinda a dangerous test though. (I'm so glad that ignorant purchase only cost me $20!) Seriously though, what am I to do with those worthless blades. Anyone got relatives they really don't like? Ready made Christmas gift for the annoying cousin in the family?

Andy
 
Yeah and tell them that those are life dependable SHOW blades......:p

Oh too wicked................:o
 
Aside from the fact that it doesn,t sound safe its just generally not a good idea . I realise this may not be the general consensus among Kukuuri bashing individuals . On another note I have been taught not to take out minor nicks as you would remove useable blade to do it .
 
I've never done it.

It reminds me a little of my kid playing with his Dragon Ball Z action figures and smashing them together in battle....

But Sarge is right; just a knucklehead thing to do, repair and be glad nothing more was injured.

I doubt Sarge is very surprised at what people do. We do some amasingly silly stuff, and being over 18 is no protection.


munk
 
munk said:
I doubt Sarge is very surprised at what people do.
munk
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Put a couple of young troops to work one day clearing brush along a fence line. Handed them a couple of machetes I'd hand reciepted out from the engineers, gave them a safety briefing, and went on to supervise some other work being done. Coming back later to check on them, I was greeted by the unmistakable clanging of steel on steel. There were the two dumba$$es going at it like Errol Flynn. After I got done reaming them, they could have farted without producing a sound, paper work in their personnel information file, and two weekends extra duty. Only God knows why neither of them lost a finger, or slashed a wrist.:mad: :thumbdn:

Not dogging on anybody, but a general plea to everybody. Next time you find yourself tempted to do something ill advised with your khukuri, stop for a minute and think. Think about the kami sweating over the forge, tired muscles screaming from swinging the hammer on hot steel. For him forging khukuris is more than a way to feed his family, and a khukuri is much more than the wonderful tool it obviously is. It is the national knife of Nepal, a symbol of his country, and he takes no small measure of pride in knowing he is carrying on the heritage of his forefathers. How could you treat such a knife with anything but respect? Use 'em hard, use 'em well, but please use 'em proper.

Sarge
 
I've never done anything edge to edge, although I have struck some fairly inappropriate targets in my time. It would be hypocritical of me to lecture anyone else about taking care of their stuff. For the record, though, I've bashed my edges on everything from concrete to car parts but I would never smack two edges together. Just my take on things.

Oh, well. It's water under the bridge. Live and learn.

Next time you're watching a movie and the protagonist and villain are bashing on each other's swords, edge-to-edge, think about your experience and imagine what that would do to a sword.
 
Sarge - LOL, love that story. As a Medic in the Infantry I dreaded my guys getting any sharp objects & too much free-time. Swordfights, Ka-Bar Knife throwing contests, to just basic improper handling. I got pretty decent at treating lacerations.
 
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Well now I've heard about everything.:rolleyes:

Astrodada a skilled swordsman always/only uses the flat of the blade to parry and that's only when attacked by another person, robot, or zombie.:rolleyes: :p ;)
 
Just sharpen or grind the dings out. There's plenty of metal under there.

I'm eventually going to make a sirupati out of an AK, but I bet it will take 70 or 80 years.

You wanna see a ding, go hit wood that has a nail buried in it. Ouch.


Ad Astra
 
I gotta ask:


Did you make noises when right and left went at it?

Growling sounds? "Take that, you varlet!" "Die dog, I shall triumph!"

Was one hand the hero and the other the villian?

Did one hand lie in wait, until the other sauntered along?




I'm sure the others are correct, but envisioning the battle had me laughing out loud.

(this image by BruiseLeee)
 
Astro, I would have charged you double if I knew what you were going to do with my only Shankar! :eek: Some kind of kukri use tax...

Seriously, get the little burnisher out that came with the knife. I use a big one that I use on scrapers that I got from Lee Valley. I'll bet you can smooth some of the dings out. Then resharpen the damaged areas anyway.

And before you do anything else please read the safety thread. That AK had a nice toothy edge, so you're lucky you still have a thumb. ;)

Mine only get dings if people are wearing heavy gold necklaces... :D
 
Well, I salute Astrodada because sometimes, even if there's some destruction involved, you just gotta know. Of course, if there were two khuks and a knuckle in the test you might get a suprise result, but, what the hay, knuckles and fingers almost always heal. Now you know something you didn't before and you get to practice sharpening too. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.
 
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