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How do I sharpen this?
- Thread starter rayofash
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The archives list some good options. Only just recently did I get the "sandpaper & Mousepad" technique down for putting convex edges on the khuk's. Let me take a look and find a couple of starter links for you. Though quite possible the experts will weigh in shortly.
Don't worry, these things can take an amazing edge with some practice.
Edit: Oh, and be sure to read the safety thread. I wondered why people kept repeating that. But now that I've had my Khuk for a couple of months, I know that reading it (more than once) has saved me from stitches and worse!
Edit:
Here's a recent thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=538281
One from the home site:
http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/Sharp.htm
Don't worry, these things can take an amazing edge with some practice.
Edit: Oh, and be sure to read the safety thread. I wondered why people kept repeating that. But now that I've had my Khuk for a couple of months, I know that reading it (more than once) has saved me from stitches and worse!
Edit:
Here's a recent thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=538281
One from the home site:
http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/Sharp.htm
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Convex edges make for good choppers. 
Those are good tips....I sawed off a broomstick about 1.5x the thickness of my thumb (about 2 12'' sections) and with one, I've sewn leather to it (wrapping it around, superglueing it and stitching the two ends together 
) to use as a strop with some compound and the other I did the same technique but with a mousepad which I stretch some sand paper around, both of which to do recurves and such. The mousepad I use for the flat and tips of the recurves I'm crazy about uniform edges . Here's the boomerang I did recently. It's hair popping sharp with a thinned zero convex edge. I've done some heavy chopping with it and it's held up very well, the edge comes back with some stropping for the most part:
) to use as a strop with some compound and the other I did the same technique but with a mousepad which I stretch some sand paper around, both of which to do recurves and such. The mousepad I use for the flat and tips of the recurves I'm crazy about uniform edges . Here's the boomerang I did recently. It's hair popping sharp with a thinned zero convex edge. I've done some heavy chopping with it and it's held up very well, the edge comes back with some stropping for the most part:
What would the address be to ship this to for a replacement? I can't get an edge on it and when I took it outside to chop at some wood the blade actually started to chip. It was soft wood too, my 5 year old hoe was able to cut at it better.
Should I assume this is just one of those rare faulty blades, or did I mess up somewhere?
Should I assume this is just one of those rare faulty blades, or did I mess up somewhere?
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email Yangdu at HIMIMP@aol.com and she'll take care of you.