Got a new Valiant Co "Survival Golock"

Myal

Myal

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Happy aniversiary to me and the Mrs :)

Im impressed with it too , mostly ..

the bad bits
there is some cracking in the horn handle , no big deal tho itll be a goodly number of years before its a problem I think
and the sheath swells and binds on the blade in humid weather ... thats a buggar , I love the sheath it came in , Im gunna have to work out something for it tho .

but these niggles aside , its a hell of a sweet sweet knife :) its MADE for chopping .

I love the slight uneveness of the blade from being hand forged and not sanded to machine perfection ...

I did some semi serious cutting , making firewood for the barbeque out of iorn bark branches and clearing fallen branches off some walking trails , not a hint of a bother and no loss of the shaving sharp edge on the knife ...iorn bark is not a soft wood , it got its name for a reason ...

Im taking it ( sheathless , wrapped in a rag for the time being till I get something sorted out for it ) to tropical QLD for a couple weeks , I have this hunger for free mangoes and coconuts mud crabs and awesome fishing , I think that this will make a nice knife to play with along the way .

No pics as yet , sorry :p but there will be some when we get back , leaving tomorrow , and just havent had time
 
I have a Golok Kelapa that is excellent. Had a kopis and a small survival golok that had cracking in the handle. The Small Survival golok cracked fairly bad after I used it on some dried oak and the edge rolled some too.

I wouldn't be afraid to use the Golok Kelapa on anything but I'm saving my Small Survival Golok for grass, limbs and stuff under about 2":thumbup:
 
Awesome. I've got one and love it.

Fill those cracks with superglue and sand and polish over. You'll never know they were there.

Also. To prevent the horn cracking further, here is how I treat it. Get a stadium cup and fill it mineral oil. Submerge the handle in the mineral oil for 24 hours. Allow the handle to drain back into the stadium cup for 24 hours. Buff. 2x a year and never have problems.
 
Fiddleback said:
Awesome. I've got one and love it.

Fill those cracks with superglue and sand and polish over. You'll never know they were there.

Also. To prevent the horn cracking further, here is how I treat it. Get a stadium cup and fill it mineral oil. Submerge the handle in the mineral oil for 24 hours. Allow the handle to drain back into the stadium cup for 24 hours. Buff. 2x a year and never have problems.
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I tried the mineral oil treatment on a khukuri with cracking horn and it made it worse:eek:

Well let me rephrase that.

It kept it from cracking as long as I didn't use it.

But where the mineral oil seeped into the horn it seemed to make the horn softer and when I used it on some tough wood it caused it to develop cracks along the back of the handle near the bolster. Where you would expect the max stress to be when a blade hits a hard peice of wood and stops that is where the max backward force would be:confused:

The best thing for cracking I found was fill in the cracks like you said and then polyurethane the handle:thumbup:
 
Myal said:
Im taking it ( sheathless , wrapped in a rag for the time being till I get something sorted out for it ) to tropical QLD for a couple weeks , I have this hunger for free mangoes and coconuts mud crabs and awesome fishing
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Sounds too good, there's bound to be a recipe for mudcrab in mango and coconut curry somewhere!!!!;)

Jules
 
Yea, I wouldn't put oil into a crack. I'd repair the crack, then oil the handle. If you get oil in the crack, then how do you clean it out again when you want to fix it??

HD's right about the stresses at the blade handle junction on these goloks. They're prone to crack there if anywhere. Its not an axe. Just remember that and you'll be OK.
 
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