Is the chape useful?

Skeletor · Feb 7, 2004

Is there any reason for the chape to be there? I've removed the chape from by Chitlangi and believe that the sheath looks better and requires less maintenance. Is there any reason why I shouldn't remove the chape from by other cheaths?

Bill Martino · Feb 7, 2004

Is the chape useful?

It's very good for punching holes in your leg.

raghorn · Feb 7, 2004

They make great hardhats for finger puppets, too.

spiraltwista · Feb 7, 2004

I like the late ww1 & early ww2 variety, Rather than thes modern leg stabbers!
They were Nicley rounded & smooth...

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/Powell/K45.jpg

I think once some one had a pair of formers or male & female dies, They could be hammered out by hand in that design.

Cheers,
Spiral

Skeletor · Feb 7, 2004

Thanks guys, I'll remove three more of those suckers today.

munk · Feb 7, 2004

I don't know anyone who likes them, I leave mine on- just in case we discover a use.

munk

Spectre · Feb 7, 2004

In the unlikely event your kuk snaps in battle, you can use your scabbard with its chape as an expedient weapon.

munk · Feb 7, 2004

That's been suggested before. Last time this was bandied about a final dry opinion arrived by some authority or another, who stated they were there for the same reason they're found on swords- to protect the tip.

Sort of strange. I can't imagine the khuk getting dropped or bashed while in the scabbard and the chape perform this service. If you dropped a khuk, you wanna bet it would land on the handle or side?

Meanwhile, my chapes are still on. For the Truth is Out There.

munk

Spectre · Feb 7, 2004

Uh...

That was a joke. My Chitlangi chape is out in the woods somewhere. Guess the grip tape around it really helps hide the reflection.

munk · Feb 7, 2004

I thought it was a joke. But ever onward...

It's funny you mention the chitlangi; that is one of my khuks where the brass point actually does dig into my leg.

The chape fell of my BGR- baby ganga ram. I never put it back. Wonder what happened to it?

I'm missing a Frog, too; I used the one Pappy gave me now can't find the original for the Chiruwa AK.

This is all stuff my descendents will be chucking left and right at the garage sale in 50 years. When I think about all the gun debris....

munk

Spectre · Feb 7, 2004

I could volunteer to help your load by taking some of your gun debris.

Always thoughtful, that's me!

BruiseLeee · Feb 7, 2004

Originally posted by raghorn
They make great hardhats for finger puppets, too.

Ah, tis true. Here's some photos from an off-broadway play I attended recently.

Tales of the brass headed janawar katne wielders.

It didn't run very long.

Skeletor · Feb 7, 2004

If you need child actors I now have a KK chape that is not in use.

Spectre · Feb 7, 2004

Bruise...

Thank you.

munk · Feb 7, 2004

Well, now we've seen Bruise's fingers..think we could pick them out of a line up?

munk

WarrenR · Feb 7, 2004

Here's some photos from an off-broadway play I attended recently

ROTFLMAO!!!!

BruiseLeee · Feb 8, 2004

I seriously thought of wearing a glove for the photoshoot.