i got me a project... how to remove himalayan epoxy?

Josh Muller

Josh Muller

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im looking to put a bhutan sword style gaurd on my antlery handled uddha sword, but to do so i have to remove the handle and brass bolster.

my question is this - is there a chemical that would easily remove the himalayan epoxy/rouge, or does it just have to sanded off?


(a 440c gaurd no less :eek: :D )
 
If it's held with laha, simply heating it will remove it.
 
Jup, just melt it off in some boiling water. Be careful though, some of the newer blades have been known to come attached with real epoxy, not laha. You can boil epoxy all you want and it won't come off. If the stuff under your handle is a real dark brown, then boiling water will take it off. Just don't use good pots or let it dry, and be ready for the smell.
 
excellent :D

that will make this project much, much easier then i was expecting...

its gonna be a heck of a blade with a gaurd on it, i'll feel safe enough to go crazy slasher with it once its on. and i'll have a matching set, the tibetan, the bhutan, and the uddha swords with the same gaurd


in regards to the smell, whatever oil the blades are coming with now.... im not sure if its animal fat, oil, some natural plant based oil, or what... but it smells very, very rancid. like a combination of body odor and rotten onions, but.... somehow more.... i dont want to say sinister.... it hits you deeper then those smells. you can actually taste it, and you cant get it out of your mouth for at least an hour. when its fresh it smells like normal motor oil, kind of sweet and spiced - but even the stuff i have that has it on it that smells okay has that hint of rancid fat to it.

wich is fine, it washes right off with soap and water, but im not sure the laha can smell worse then that.... but then again - i wouldnt have though burning ketchup in a microwave would have smelled as bad as it did - and that nearly made me vomit on the spot; and i've had the pleasure of taking 55 gallon barrels of dead chickens to the dump. funny how random things will smell so much worse then things you'd exect to be the absolute worste possible
 
SethMurdoc said:
...but im not sure the laha can smell worse then that....
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one of the ingredients in laha is aged fecal matter. no telling from what animal, but probably one convenient to the budding chemist, gives the laha just the right delicate fragrance when warmed.

manure seems to be an ingredient in a lot of old constuction materials, old wattle & daub buildings here in the UK amoungst other stuff. adds fibre.
 
kronckew said:
one of the ingredients in laha is aged fecal matter. no telling from what animal, but probably one convenient to the budding chemist, gives the laha just the right delicate fragrance when warmed.

manure seems to be an ingredient in a lot of old constuction materials, old wattle & daub buildings here in the UK amoungst other stuff. adds fibre.
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ah.... good to know...
 
I always figured that one of the kamis just needed a bath...
 
Once you pull the handle off, let the laha cool, it will then just chip off the metal tang.
 
do you know if the handle pins are peened into place?

as in will i need to grind off the tips to push them out?
 
Seth, I think they are peened. Dan Koster posted some pics a while ago showing the various stages as he dismantled a chiruwa AK. They may even be on his web site.
 
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