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Im still missing that elusive 12"er aint I?
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Im still missing that elusive 12"er aint I?
So you like the newer Bhakta 15" better (for use) than the older Buras? How thick is the spine on that one? It looks a little thinner but not significantly. If that's the "smaller" knife I'd get as a replacement, it would bother me not one bit......The newer Bhakta 15" AKB's are very fine blades and refined to perfection in my opinion...
So you like the newer Bhakta 15" better (for use) than the older Buras? How thick is the spine on that one? It looks a little thinner but not significantly. If that's the "smaller" knife I'd get as a replacement, it would bother me not one bit...
Wow, that bowie looks great. I would certainly be happy with that, obviously.
It wont come checkered like that tho. You'd have to send it off to Mr. bawanna to have that done. Hes our resident checkererer. Pretty dang good guy for a northernerer He checked my itty bitty AKB I EDC and did a fabulous job:thumbup:
I bought this 12-15 years ago, used it lightly for a year or so then put it away. Recently I've been using it for some heavy chopping and batoning, and I noticed the line in the pictures. It may have been there since the day I bought it, it may be new, I just don't know.
If it matters at all, I can't feel a ridge on that spot, the metal is perfectly smooth.
Is it a stress fracture? Is the knife dangerous to use? Is it nothing to worry about? It seems impossible that this thing could break, but you never know.
I wonder that too. I'm of two minds about this right now - use it normally including batoning, prying, etc., watch it and hope it doesn't get worse, or use it gently and watch it and hope it doesn't get worseI can't help but wonder how rapidly that crack would propagate. I have not seen one like it before. It would be interesting to know of more battonning would open it up quickly, or if it could take a lifetime of battonning and not go much or any further.
I wonder that too. I'm of two minds about this right now - use it normally including batoning, prying, etc., watch it and hope it doesn't get worse, or use it gently and watch it and hope it doesn't get worse
I also wonder if there is something I could do to mitigate the worst possible effects without significantly altering the blade - drilling a tiny shallow hole at each end of the crack to stop it from going farther? I don't have enough experience with this kind of thing to know if that would help at all or be a waste of time...
Drilling through at the lowest section of the crack should prevent it from spreading. How low? It might go a bit lower than the part of the crack we can see. Magnifying glass might help a bit. 2-3mm is the drill diameter I would use.The jagged, almost fractal nature of the crack makes me think the steel at that spot is brittle, perhaps not tempered as soft as it should have been. If it were used hard, or maybe not so hard, I'd be afraid that it would propagate suddenly and massively.
I vote for exchanging it or polishing it up and putting it up on the wall.
- Bill D.