Handle finishing on villager finish khukuri

[philllll]

My new Villager Bash Katne is a real monster, as most of your already know. I wanted to show a couple before and after photos on the sanding & oiling treatment that I put on all my villager finish knives. They tend to start out a bit rough but still totally usable. I like to finish them out to 600 or 800 grit with sandpaper and then seal them up real good with as many coats of Tung oil as I can stand to do.

Here is the "before" of the Bash Katne by Keshar Lal:

And after sanding up to 600 grit, with 2 coats of 50/50 Tung/mineral spirits, 2 coats 75/25, and one coat pure Tung. It will need to soak in for a couple days before I put the next coat of pure Tung on. I will put a new coat every day for a week or so.

 

[ndoghouse]

Very nice job Philll. Interesting makers mark. Looks like punch marks? Thats some nice wood!

 

[philllll]

Good eye. The mark is interesting indeed. Looks like he used a punch and a straight line. The other side is done the same way. Seems like KL is always looking for different ways to do his mark.

 

[kronckew]

someone once told me that i should oil wood every day for a week, then every week for a month, then every month for a year, then every year.

 

[philllll]

Sounds like good advice to me, Wayne!

 

[pk977]

Please show us the procedure and steps making.

 

[philllll]

Sorry pk I didn't take any other photos of the process. All I really did was very lightly file out some bigger chips towards the back of the handle with a round file, then did a sandpaper progression of 320-400-600 because that's what I had on hand. Wiped the handle with a clean rag between grits. Use the sandpaper like it's free. After that mix up some 50/50 tung oil/ mineral spirits, dip a rag in it and go to town on the handle. Let it soak in for a while then lightly buff by hand with a different clean rag. Then pour some more tung into the mixture to make it 75/25 and repeat. Then go to the pure tung oil. The pure tung takes way longer to soak in so you will have to be patient between coats.

Hope that helps!

 

[pk977]

philllll's 50/50 tung oil/ mineral spirits where can I buy this oil or simply using linseed oil.

 

[uluapark]

My new Villager Bash Katne is a real monster, as most of your already know. I wanted to show a couple before and after photos on the sanding & oiling treatment that I put on all my villager finish knives. They tend to start out a bit rough but still totally usable. I like to finish them out to 600 or 800 grit with sandpaper and then seal them up real good with as many coats of Tung oil as I can stand to do.

Here is the "before" of the Bash Katne by Keshar Lal:

And after sanding up to 600 grit, with 2 coats of 50/50 Tung/mineral spirits, 2 coats 75/25, and one coat pure Tung. It will need to soak in for a couple days before I put the next coat of pure Tung on. I will put a new coat every day for a week or so.

nice grain contrast that came out, looks like walnut almost.

 

[cul4u01]

Philll....really nice handling job! looks great!

 

[petros600]

i use this Tung oil
http://www.realmilkpaint.com/oil.html

 

[philllll]

I agree the wood looks a bit like walnut.

Any 100% pure tung oil will do. Just buy it pure and mix however you need it. Depending on the wood I sometimes skip the mixing steps and go straight to 100% tung.

 

[Edgesnarf]

someone once told me that i should oil wood every day for a week, then every week for a month, then every month for a year, then every year.

Yup, that's about right . And that's after a day of repeated coats where you flood the surface letting it soak in for a 1/2 hour or so.

 

[snowwolf]

Hey Philllll dunno wassup with photobucket but I can't see the pics :-(
Just a photobucket ad.

 

[philllll]

Yeah my photobucket just went over the bandwidth limit

 

[Shavru]

Hehe, get a popular set of pictures about khuk handles and look what happens. I wonder how long that lasts before they "reset". I don't think I have ever had that happen. I guess is means a lot of people are checking out your wood working skills.