Italian Khukri- Made in Texas!

[ndoghouse]

Since yall were askin in the other thread. I put a lanyard hole in it so my wife could hang it up. She is a pizza freek so it needs to be readily accessible.

And a leather thong for unruly pizzas OK Now im done with it...I hope?

 

[Bawanna]

Everytime I have to use the store bought piece of junk pizza cutter we have here I think of this thing.

I bet it's just a joy to behold and works like a champ. Solid piece of pizza cutting joy for sure.

 

[philllll]

I was wishin' I had a fancy cutter like that when I made these last night!

 

[snowwolf]

I thought I was an oddity when I started to put eggs on a pizza.

 

[ndoghouse]

Dang that looks great phillll! My wife dont like the eggs but I love the runny yolk all over. Then slop the crust in the leftover yolk spillage! Yummm. We had pizza Saturday and then Chokpa posted them ribs with that Tamang knife so gess what I had last night Blackberry and jalapeno sauce with black rice.:thumbup:

I bet the pizza cutter would work on the ribs as well. Ill have to try that sometime.

 

[kronckew]

and i thought i was weird using an ulu to cut my pizzas.

 

[Bawanna]

Dang that looks great phillll! My wife dont like the eggs but I love the runny yolk all over. Then slop the crust in the leftover yolk spillage! Yummm. We had pizza Saturday and then Chokpa posted them ribs with that Tamang knife so gess what I had last night Blackberry and jalapeno sauce with black rice.:thumbup:

I bet the pizza cutter would work on the ribs as well. Ill have to try that sometime.

And does bawanna get an invite to dinner in Texarkana, NOooooOOooooOOoo. Don't recall what I ate yesterday, I'm sure it was good whatever it was. Wife is a good cook and I'm a good eater, guess that's all that matters...

 

[ndoghouse]

And does bawanna get an invite to dinner in Texarkana, NOooooOOooooOOoo. Don't recall what I ate yesterday, I'm sure it was good whatever it was. Wife is a good cook and I'm a good eater, guess that's all that matters...

Heck yeah your always invited! But I think that'd be Texshington tho. Maybe Washas..hmm? no that dont work. We'll stick with the former. That was a sampler plate there. I usually cook three to five times that if I have friends over. Plus taters corn and other stuff. The garden is finally paying off. I got Jalapenos, bell peppers and tomatoes so far. Ill give you a call when the okra is ready. They are a lot of fun to pick with a 25" Siru I also have a record batch of blackberries this year. Almost 300 pounds! I have 15 gallons of wine that just finished fermenting today. I was going to start a new thread about my blackberry harvest this year. Do you and the missus like blackberry jam? Wine? Ill send you some if so!

 

[Bawanna]

Wife loves most all jams. I don't use it much but I like it fine.
Neither of us do the wine, an over dose in our formative years on some extremely cheap obviously poisoned vino.

I was on deaths door for 3 days or more as I recall. Never could stand even the smell since. I do recall many years ago a wine tasting where you had just a smidgen and I survived that so maybe if there are enough days left I'll get over it.

 

[ndoghouse]

OK Scratch the wine. We be jammin:thumbup: I need to find some packing pecans i guess. Might be early in the season tho. Last years crop is still good.

 

[00Turok]

Thanks doc! Im going to call this project done and let the inscriptions age naturally and see how it goes. I hoped they would show up with a bit more contrast but time will tell.

I went ahead and hammered out the disk and peened the edge on it too match the rest of the parts. It says KamiDog(khukhura Kami) (कुकुर काम&#2368 on one side
and Julie(जुल&#2368 on the other. Thats my wife btw. Its hers now. Of course it had to have a cho and sword of shiva

Im hoping as it ages it will show the inscriptions better. I tried everything I could find on the interdnet and then some but ended up polishing it out and leave it be. Time will tell. Maybe. Looks better in person.

The wood has darkened up a bit with all the mineral oil treatments so i may put a coat of wax on it soon and call it sealed.

Thanks my friends for hearing me blabber and Ill add another pic or two when I get her tarnished, broke in, and hand tossed evidence laying next to her! Enjoy!

Seriously dude? This is the craziest thing I've ever seen, knife wise. You gotz some mad skilz.


So hungry for pizza right now.

 

[ndoghouse]

LOL!! Thank you sir! I have some Blackberry wine to go with my pizza now

 

[Jens Schuetz]

Wouldn't unoxidized copper oxidize in my stomach's acid anyways?
Only difference I see is that the patina might scratch off more easily than unoxidized copper and thus get more of that in your body than if the pot would be polished nice shiny.

 

[ndoghouse]

Wouldn't unoxidized copper oxidize in my stomach's acid anyways?
Only difference I see is that the patina might scratch off more easily than unoxidized copper and thus get more of that in your body than if the pot would be polished nice shiny.

Yes I have to agree there Jens. I scrub it clean each time before I use it. It may develop an overall patina but ill scrub it just a little more than the pizza will each time so I figure im good. Besides I doubt these impurities or oxides are going to kill me or the ones I love before Monsanto does.

 

[00Turok]

Copper is good for your skin anyway.

 

[Bawanna]

I can't get over what a fine job you done on that handle. It's durn hard to get something that ain't straight perfectly round, with the proper ridge and flare and all. Like you used a lathe but can't be done I don't think.

You done good son.

 

[ndoghouse]

I can't get over what a fine job you done on that handle. It's durn hard to get something that ain't straight perfectly round, with the proper ridge and flare and all. Like you used a lathe but can't be done I don't think.

You done good son.

Thank you sir! No lathe. Im not fond of the table leg lathe look. This was all hand cut. You know I dont have none of that fancy stuff. Id be doing good to checker one line around a handle and meet the other side. Them Nepali Kamis just dont know how respected they would be here for what they know. I envy their jobs:thumbup:

 

[ndoghouse]

Been a while since I made this pizza cutter but it came up in another thread so I thought id post some updated pics to show the patina. I hoped the brass and copper would eventually contrast through and it appears it has. Its been through at least a pizza a week and even some quesadillas and who knows what else. Even works great for cutting pasta and ravioli. No way my wife will let me have it back. She's even looking at me cross eyed as I take these pics.
Enjoy my friends! Glad yall like it!

This side says "Khukhura Kami" Close as I could get to Kamidog

This is my wifes name Julie in Devanagari.

She has been taking good care of it. The strutts are carbon steel and she keeps them nicely oiled:thumbup:

The Zebra wood needs occasional oiling but other than that its solid and doing what its supposed to do! Still want to try it out on one of Phillllls awesome looking pizzas:thumbup:

 

[Bigbore577]

Wonderful thread my friend, my favorite thus far. Gunna be hard to beat. Superlative job, you are very talented with a great sense of humor.

 

[Shavru]

Looks better and better. Is she using Olive oil to keep it maintained or mineral oil? Looks like it is holding up wonderfully at the rate of Pizza it is going through. I was cutting a "pizza" last week. Sneaked it past that Dr's watchpuppy, husband of mine, but it was so healthy it couldn't really be called a pizza. Mostly veggies not like the meat mounded cheese encrusted fantasies of my younger memories. Anyways, I was thinking fondly of this thread and bang, here it is! I am so glad to see it again. I had to go through the entire thread just to enjoy the pics once again. Great work Kami-Dog!