I got inspired!

RockFarm

RockFarm

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Hey Folks,
I just wanted to let you all know that this forum has inspired me so much that I finally forged my own khukuri. It has an 11" blade and is 5/16" thick, the handle is 5-1/4" long with homemade micarta scales. I decided to post it here because I felt that to post it on the main page might be disrespectful...I am just very excited about this blade and if it had not been for the info here and a 15.5" AK Bura DOTD I would have had no idea of what a real khukuri is. Anyway here are the pics, enjoy!
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Thank you Yangdu, and all here for your info and kindness! Moderators if this is the wrong place to post this please delete it.
 
Looks fantastic:eek: Great work, and thanks for sharing!:D:thumbup: Keep us posted! It amazes me how much HI and khuks in general inspire folks to step out and try something new.
 
It's half khukuri and half meat cleaver.

It looks classy and menacing at the same time.

I can dig it :thumbup:
 
Very cool, thanks for sharing. Any details on the manufacturing process?
 
tedwca said:
Very cool, thanks for sharing. Any details on the manufacturing process?
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Sure! The blade of course was forged, using a coke and charcoal mix. I hammered it out into a convex edge and tapered it fore and aft, and then differentially heat treated the blade in hot motor oil, leaving most of the spine and all of the handle soft. I dropped the edge down to make a finger guard and flared out the butt a little to help with grip retention. I used my Wife's flannel pajamas, and some epoxy to wrap around the stainless tubing pins to create the micarta. You end up with a great big lump, but after it cures and you grind off the excess it works great!
I have forged blades before, but never something this big. I have so much respect for the kamis to be able to do this every day! My blade is not as thick as some khukuri's and I pounded forever to shape the spine that thick, for one person it is very hard to hold that much weight still. I wonder how they know how much of the leaf spring to use? How big a piece to cut off?
I sure hope that someone is recording their knowledge, because what they do is truly special.
 
Neat.

That isn't the first blade you've made.

Be interesting if you find that you want to continue to tinker with its blade shape.


Kis
enjoy every sandwich
 
Me Likey!!!!:thumbup:

I absolutely love those rough pretty much, "as-forged" blades! :cool:
That homemade Micarta really strikes my fancy, when I first saw it I thought it was some kind of stone!!!!:thumbup: :eek:

My second thought was, "What sort of knifesmith would put a stone handle on a heavy chopper?" The answer?
"Only one who was absolutely nutz" :p ;)

Then I saw where it was homemade Micarta.:o :D
 
So with the handle ,you just wet the pj`s material with epoxy wrapped it around the handle with pins in place then ground off the excess after it cured.
Nice blade
Richard
 
Tinbasher said:
So with the handle ,you just wet the pj`s material with epoxy wrapped it around the handle with pins in place then ground off the excess after it cured.
Nice blade
Richard
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Thats basically it, I used automotive body epoxy you can get at wallyworld and the flannel was a cool color I thought so I used it. I just wrapped it around the tang and pins tight, about 1/3 or so bigger than I wanted and taped it up to cure. After that it was just about taking away the excess material.

"Neat.

That isn't the first blade you've made.

Be interesting if you find that you want to continue to tinker with its blade shape.


Kis
enjoy every sandwich"

I have been forging on my free time for about a year now, but I have been a gun and knife nut since the womb!
 
Very nice!! :thumbup:

Has the wife noticed that her jammies are missing yet?
 
Wow!
I was wracking my brain trying to think what this monster reminded me of... and it dawned on me that this is like a YCS/wedung hybrid.
 
seaice said:
:eek: You did remember to remove her first..... didn't you? :D
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Ha! Yup, she was throwing them away. I saw them and thought "that would be a cool color for a handle!" Today I am working on the sheath, when I get it done I will post some pics.

Jim
 
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