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My tip came off the scabbard of my Gelbu Special.This is no big deal usually.You just glue it back on and keep going.
I put some glue I have called Weldbond into the tip,pushed it back on and wiped the excess off.
Problem solved.
The next morning I got up and checked everything out.Tip is nice and solid.I pull the G/S out and there is a brown spot on the tip.
It is Hard! I scrape it off and find some pitting.I polished it out and put it back thinking that if it was hard then it must be dry.It wasn't,even though there was nothing on the tip after repeated withdrawels.I had the sam problem the next morning.
I polished everyting out again and left the blade out of the scabbard. I will leave it so for a week and then check it again.
I used some super glue to repaira loose bolster a while back and mentioned that it melted the laha.It seems the Weldbond does too.It is probably the actions of solvents on a natural product.
It makes me wonder how many other glues might affect the laha.
I do know the laha by itself isn't corrosive or it couldn't be used like it is to mount the handles on the Khukuris.
I just wanted to let everyone know so they wouldn't have this kind of problem.
Be careful using excess amounts of glue where there is laha.
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®
Cornbread ain't s'possed ta be sweet!....Dagnabit gurl,whut did they teach you way up north in ....
hehehe.
My tip came off the scabbard of my Gelbu Special.This is no big deal usually.You just glue it back on and keep going.
I put some glue I have called Weldbond into the tip,pushed it back on and wiped the excess off.
Problem solved.
The next morning I got up and checked everything out.Tip is nice and solid.I pull the G/S out and there is a brown spot on the tip.
It is Hard! I scrape it off and find some pitting.I polished it out and put it back thinking that if it was hard then it must be dry.It wasn't,even though there was nothing on the tip after repeated withdrawels.I had the sam problem the next morning.
I polished everyting out again and left the blade out of the scabbard. I will leave it so for a week and then check it again.
I used some super glue to repaira loose bolster a while back and mentioned that it melted the laha.It seems the Weldbond does too.It is probably the actions of solvents on a natural product.
It makes me wonder how many other glues might affect the laha.
I do know the laha by itself isn't corrosive or it couldn't be used like it is to mount the handles on the Khukuris.
I just wanted to let everyone know so they wouldn't have this kind of problem.
Be careful using excess amounts of glue where there is laha.
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®
Cornbread ain't s'possed ta be sweet!....Dagnabit gurl,whut did they teach you way up north in ....
hehehe.