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I received the GRS Friendship khukuri last week and it is beautiful!!
I changed out the scabbard with the other one I had since it was a bit better fit and it didn't cut the edge of the scabbard upon entering. That's also the scabbard that I drilled the water outlet holes in and put an extra keeper in the place for a Kumar Karda.
Not standing on ceremony I put it too work last Friday.
One of the forumites over on the Shoptalk forum brought me some Bois D'Arc about a week ago.
I am now out the 17" village sirupati. It was a good trade as he brought a couple of old fence posts and a 6"-7" beam about 7 foot long from a pole barn about 60 years old. The stuff rings like a bell when hit with a piece of steel!! That will make some Serious Knife Handles!!
After taking a wire edge off the edge and bringing it to shaveing sharpness I used the new GRS to rough chop the sap wood off to help prevent further cracking. It looks like I may get at least one good bow stave out of it. We'll see.
The khukuri performed the job beautifully with great control. Like the Super Salyan I may take the handle down a little bit, but that's due to loss of grip and not the design of the handle.
I figured I chopped about 35 running feet of the wood off. The knife fell off the chopping block once and hit a sandrock, dubbing off the point.
Other than refileing and sharpening the point there was no need of doing any further work on the edge. I cleaned the blade and put it away, ready for the next time out.
I really like the thin profile of the edges on these big knives although I would recommend not chopping and twisting the wood out on very hard woods. I doubt that soft wood would present any problems.
I found the 18th Century to be the khukuri of choice for finishing off the sap wood. I had tested the knife out briefly before, but hadn't put it to any real tasks. The thinner profile of the blade made it easier to finish chopping off the sap wood without digging into the valuable heart. The lighter weight also helped with the control.
I appreciate the quality and design of this khukuri even more now that I have used it for a real task.
I tried the AK Bowie for the finish work, but it was awkward for this task at least for me. I had some of a smaller diameter short pieces that needed the sap wood removed from as well. I used my Busse Combat 9 for this with a rubber mallet. If I had of had a heavier mallet the AK might have done well for this, but I couldn't drive it in hard enough to keep it set.
Like the GRS none of the knives needed anything except the blades cleaned and put away for the next use.
I am always looking forward to my next H.I.Khukri purchase!!
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®
The hardy adventurer just drank from a stream he thought was pure glacier fed water not knowing that upstream was being used by a herd of yaks as a giant bidet.
I said he was hardy, not smart.
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I received the GRS Friendship khukuri last week and it is beautiful!!
I changed out the scabbard with the other one I had since it was a bit better fit and it didn't cut the edge of the scabbard upon entering. That's also the scabbard that I drilled the water outlet holes in and put an extra keeper in the place for a Kumar Karda.
Not standing on ceremony I put it too work last Friday.
One of the forumites over on the Shoptalk forum brought me some Bois D'Arc about a week ago.
I am now out the 17" village sirupati. It was a good trade as he brought a couple of old fence posts and a 6"-7" beam about 7 foot long from a pole barn about 60 years old. The stuff rings like a bell when hit with a piece of steel!! That will make some Serious Knife Handles!!
After taking a wire edge off the edge and bringing it to shaveing sharpness I used the new GRS to rough chop the sap wood off to help prevent further cracking. It looks like I may get at least one good bow stave out of it. We'll see.
The khukuri performed the job beautifully with great control. Like the Super Salyan I may take the handle down a little bit, but that's due to loss of grip and not the design of the handle.
I figured I chopped about 35 running feet of the wood off. The knife fell off the chopping block once and hit a sandrock, dubbing off the point.
Other than refileing and sharpening the point there was no need of doing any further work on the edge. I cleaned the blade and put it away, ready for the next time out.
I really like the thin profile of the edges on these big knives although I would recommend not chopping and twisting the wood out on very hard woods. I doubt that soft wood would present any problems.
I found the 18th Century to be the khukuri of choice for finishing off the sap wood. I had tested the knife out briefly before, but hadn't put it to any real tasks. The thinner profile of the blade made it easier to finish chopping off the sap wood without digging into the valuable heart. The lighter weight also helped with the control.
I appreciate the quality and design of this khukuri even more now that I have used it for a real task.
I tried the AK Bowie for the finish work, but it was awkward for this task at least for me. I had some of a smaller diameter short pieces that needed the sap wood removed from as well. I used my Busse Combat 9 for this with a rubber mallet. If I had of had a heavier mallet the AK might have done well for this, but I couldn't drive it in hard enough to keep it set.
Like the GRS none of the knives needed anything except the blades cleaned and put away for the next use.
I am always looking forward to my next H.I.Khukri purchase!!
------------------
>>>>---¥vsa---->®
The hardy adventurer just drank from a stream he thought was pure glacier fed water not knowing that upstream was being used by a herd of yaks as a giant bidet.
I said he was hardy, not smart.
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