I don't believe it... broke my Ang Khola!

Sorry to hear about your AK, KM:( I'm never had an HI product snap on me, but i can only imagine what it would feel like to be chopping and all of a sudden hear the dull thud of of your blade land at your feet. Makes me kinda sick just thinking about it. BUT, these things happen. Weird how you chopped with it for months before it broke. Most of the time they'll die within the first 15 mins of testing.

Jake
 
Semper fi, you say you've never heard of a chiruwa ak breaking? Raghorn had one with a catostrophic failure.




munk
 
Aren't chiruwas just more prone to snap at the cho if their tang gets splashed with water? i thought i heard that somewhere.

Jake
 
I'll have to wait for the experts to weigh in and explain why if the blade is made incorrectly it matters if it is a chiruwa handle or reg. If the tang gets splashed, what difference could it make?



munk
 
Munk?

I think...emphasize THINK...

that if the tang get splashed, it is in effect, hardened and more brittle, if it becomes brittle, and since it is at the fulcrum of the pressure, it bears great stress, and if it is brittle and greatly stressed, it is more likely to snap than the "soft" steel which has not been hardened.



but that's just what I think I think.





I think.



Kis
 
Kismet
We've established that now. We understand that! What isn't clear to me at all is why one form of handle would be any better than another once the hardening mistake was made, as some forumites have wondered, or why a cho break be more likely.


munk
 
Once again, I can say with enthusiasm:


dunno.

Doesn't seem like it should, does it?





Kis
 
munk said:
What isn't clear to me at all is why one form of handle would be any better than another once the hardening mistake was made, as some forumites have wondered, or why a cho break be more likely.


munk
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Doesn't make one jot or tittle's difference at all which tang gets splashed.;) The water will harden the hot steel and cause it to fail sooner or later.:( The main argument, methinks, has been that the chiruwa tangs are stronger than the rat tail tang; they aren't.:rolleyes: :p ;)
 
munk said:
Semper fi, you say you've never heard of a chiruwa ak breaking? Raghorn had one with a catostrophic failure. munk
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Hadn't heard about that one. So now I can say I have heard of one breaking.

There has to be a reason Uncle Bill advertises: "If you can break it we'll send you two free. A good chopped and substitute prybar." That statement is not made with the other khuks.
Seems to me there must be a good reason.
 
Semper- Raghorn broke one and told Bill only to replace it- but Bill is Bill and sent two. Raghorn sent me one- one beautiful pre stroke 16.5" ( I forget the oz's offhand) It is one of my main carry khuks. Yes, I use it. Sorry, Museum fans. Rag sent it because he knew I had no Bura's at all. (Yes, we have no Buras, we have no Bu-Bura's at all!)

Someone was talking about Bura then, and I don't remember if it was he didn't get enough bura's, he didn't like his Bura with a small mistake in it- something.


munk
 
Mine that broke was also a Bura. Too bad, because it otherwise was a beautiful knife. Bill was excellent about it though.
 
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