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I came home today and to my delight found a small box with Himalayan imports on it - why it could only be my Bilton. I know we all say this, but I totally didn't expect it this early! WOW! fast shipping!
I opened the box to greedily stare at my new toy.
Red Leather sheath!!! thats kind of differant!
Unsheathing the knife and giving it a quick cleaning showed a cute little knife.
The kami marks [does anyone know the maker, which factory and what city/town this was made in? I'd be curious to have all that info to write down and keep with the blade.]
Now from there things got interesting.
Giving the knife the "whack test" immediately showed a couple of things. Giving it four good whacks on a 2X4 immediately showed thee small chips or indentations in the blade. I assumed this is becasue the heat treat may have left a little bit of soft metal on the edge. I gave it the old "sandpaper on the mousepad" trick, first some 400 grit, then some 600 grit, and they buffed right out. While sharpening, I noticed that there is a large section of the blade that has no edge at all - like a butter knife or a chakmak.
This area here is literally flat, almost like a chakmak would be - you can visibly see the flat spot when held in the light.
Since this is such a small and light blade, I'm assuming that they anticipate the user plying the "sweet spot" for everything, and since it's so small, there really would be no heavy use intended for it anyways, so any cutting or slicing you woud do would be done from the sweet spot forward. perhaps other bilton owners can comment?
The mouspad trick did in fact buff the dings out of the blade, and giving it another "whack" test did not put them back, so I can only assume I was correct in the soft edge left from heat treat. The sharpening also brought out the tip a lot more as well.
All in all, it is a fun little mini-khuk that will make a nice conversation piece, and perhaps even a kitchen use or small box type knife.
I opened the box to greedily stare at my new toy.
Red Leather sheath!!! thats kind of differant!
Unsheathing the knife and giving it a quick cleaning showed a cute little knife.
The kami marks [does anyone know the maker, which factory and what city/town this was made in? I'd be curious to have all that info to write down and keep with the blade.]
Now from there things got interesting.
Giving the knife the "whack test" immediately showed a couple of things. Giving it four good whacks on a 2X4 immediately showed thee small chips or indentations in the blade. I assumed this is becasue the heat treat may have left a little bit of soft metal on the edge. I gave it the old "sandpaper on the mousepad" trick, first some 400 grit, then some 600 grit, and they buffed right out. While sharpening, I noticed that there is a large section of the blade that has no edge at all - like a butter knife or a chakmak.
This area here is literally flat, almost like a chakmak would be - you can visibly see the flat spot when held in the light.
Since this is such a small and light blade, I'm assuming that they anticipate the user plying the "sweet spot" for everything, and since it's so small, there really would be no heavy use intended for it anyways, so any cutting or slicing you woud do would be done from the sweet spot forward. perhaps other bilton owners can comment?
The mouspad trick did in fact buff the dings out of the blade, and giving it another "whack" test did not put them back, so I can only assume I was correct in the soft edge left from heat treat. The sharpening also brought out the tip a lot more as well.
All in all, it is a fun little mini-khuk that will make a nice conversation piece, and perhaps even a kitchen use or small box type knife.
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