Interesting Findings

Aluminum soft-drink cans work well, too. Fill them with water makes it a little easier. If you have super-good technique, you can sever one hanging from a thread, without breaking the thread.

When you decide to size up your khuks, the Ganga Ram might be worth considering, as well.
 
Tohatchi NM said:
When you decide to size up your khuks, the Ganga Ram might be worth considering, as well.
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To the tune of "Tempted" by Squeeze (again, I'm sorry)

I've got my chakma, my karda, my makeshift Warren Strop
Might have to get Hoofflex from the pet supplies shop
I said to my web-browser, 'Let's get out of this place'
Passed the daily specials, the Pen Knife backed by green
The Ganga Ram blem keeps calling and calling
The YBB price is just too keen

Tempted by a Ganga Ram Special
Tempted though it's not my initial
Choice of khuks to own - must leave it alone
It's too consequential - Tempted by a Ganga Ram Special

I'm at the knife drawer; the Garud AK speaks out to me:
"With a biltong, and Chiruwa, and with me - what's more to need?"
I wimpered of addiction, yes, the dread HIKV...
At my bedside, empty pocket, all my other khuks have scowls
The price it gets lower, I agonize over PayPal.
Alarmed by seduction my bank account, it growls...


I bought a CD from Danny and checked out HarborFreight
For my new khukuri sharpener to convex at a fast rate
'Cause taking too long with abrasives I am starting to hate

Tempted by a Ganga Ram Special
Tempted though it's not my initial
Choice of khuks to own - must leave it alone
It's too consequential - Tempted by a Ganga Ram Special
 
I did 5 - now I am going for six.( 7 ?)
Actually 5 was pretty lame...maybe a lot more is the order of the day?
 
barrabas74 said:
I recieved my First HI's today a 15 in AK and a 15 BAS. The AK was substantially bulkier and heftier than the BAS. The AK felt a little better in the hand as well. However for some reason I found the BAS had better penetration into wood than the AK but the AK sent more chips flying if that makes any sense to you guys.
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This is quite interesting. As I only have an Ang Khola I can't compare but I would guess this is the same situation one faces when dressing and sharpening an axe.

If you put a razor form, (eg. hollow ground would be the most extreme), on an axe, it will be razor sharp and will penetrate deeply but get stuck all the time. The trade off is to make a fatter, rounded blade which is very sharp (of course), at the edge. This will not penetrate as deeply but it will not get stuck and will remove big chips.

Is it possible that this is what makes the difference between the AK and the BAS?

Apologies for being unfamiliar with all the edge and shape terms. Razor and curvy wedge will have to do.
 
generally, a convex edge is recommended for all kukhris, a flat grind like you get with some of the sharpening tools like the lansky, or the assorted V shaped ceramic rod tools from gerber, etc. or the hollow concave grind you get from a grinding wheel are not the best for a chopper as they reduce the amount of metal supporting the edge. you can get a hair-poppin' convex edge with emery paper on a mouse pad, a slack belt grinder, or by varying the angle as you hand sharpen with a flat stone. there are a variety of how to's here on sharpening kukhris, as well as on HI's site FAQs. convex works well for axes, swords, and even kitchen and 'woodcraft' (ie general purpose & hunting) knives once you learn how. takes a bit of practice tho.

p.s. - dan koster has posted some videos on sharpening in the past here, you may be able to use the search to find them, well worth a download....
 
I have known my dear friend Jutte for better than thirty years, he is a great buddy,but it must be said,that up until now he couldn't sharpen a pencil, let alone a blade. Now however since he received his 15 inch Ang Khola and picked up a few sharpening tips on this website, he now (and this man does NOT lie) assures me that he shaves the back of his neck with said Khukuri. MMMMMM !! Methinks I should redirect his attention to the safety thread!!!
yours et.c
Nigel
 
Post scriptum
My 20" sirupati arrived the other day,six 2 litre plastic milk "bottles"...EASY!!!! and for an encore...I sliced the flame from a lighted candle!!! Nota bene, Jutte!
God bless y'all
Nigel
 
nwallis said:
Post scriptum
My 20" sirupati arrived the other day,six 2 litre plastic milk "bottles"...EASY!!!! and for an encore...I sliced the flame from a lighted candle!!! Nota bene, Jutte!
God bless y'all
Nigel
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Cool, let us know if you ever get the hang of slicing the candle in two with both halves still burning. :D
 
l decided that my AK is my general brush chopper, my 25" Siru is my long reach limb pruner/ heavy battle khuk short sword and my new 21" Chitlangi is my general combat khuk.

That being said, l finally went through the process of hand convexing the edge to surgical quality starting with a diamond file, a hard arkansas stone, a surgical black stone, and finally a razor strop to finish it off. It took a wicked edge.

I kept the edge geometry strong for edge retention and strength on chopping. I made sure not to make it too acute; similar to the edge geometry on my tomahawks but more refined. It wasn't too difficult to accomplish because Sher already had it nearly perfect to begin with.

I would not want to be on the receiving end of this thing.:eek:
 
What Nigel says is true - I could never get a knife as sharp - no matter how I tried - I used to see sharper house bricks than my knives.
However something 'clicked' with the Khukuri.
OK the shaving the neck bit.... my wife was giving me a hair cut and the hair cutting thing just sort of died so and ...oh look there's my Khukuri...and yes I guess I can say I can sharpen a knife now( finally after all these years ).
Mondo cool with the candle - but - to LIGHT a candle with a Khuk ...ahh thats the caper
 
Nigel,
Slicing up those milk jugs was both fun and impressive, I think i'll stop shooting them and save some up for when I can get my hands on a HI WW2 of my own! I'd love to see what your awesome katana would do to them!
 
Been practicing iaido (draw and cut in one motion,with sword starting off in scabard )with the katana.STREUTH !!!!!! that is one very quick blade !
Nig
 
Racerx2oo3 said:
Barrabas,

For sharpening you might want to try this trick. Go over to the local Home Depot paint department and ask for a couple of 5 gallon paint stir sticks. Cut about 4 inches of the end of the paint sticks and using household cement glue down 2 layers of "Hobby Foam" (this is available in many colors at any craft store, or the craft section of Wal-Mart). Once the glue has completely dried, cut your sandpaper so that it's the exact same size as your paint stick. Use a can of 3M spray adhesive to spray the back of your sandpaper and affix it to your foam covered paint stick. Now you can hold the knife still and move your sharpening pad (paint stick).

If anyone has questions I can probably post pictures later this evening.

Sean
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I would appreciate a photo. I don't know if I can get paint stirrers like that here, but I've been thinking about how I could make a paddle stone like the Takeda ones, and this sounds like a similar sort of thing. The "Hobby Foam", I don't know what it is, but I guess it's some sort of stiff foam, like the blue and pink foam packaging some computer hardware comes with.
 
the BAS had better penetration into wood than the AK but the AK sent more chips flying
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The BAS has a thinner blade, while the AK, being heavier, lands with more impact.
 
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