Just received my 1st Khukri today

The only thing that I can get a hold on at this part of the world is.........mineral oil.........shall use it on the blade...........

Maybe be some furniture wax on the horn handle.............??
 
Yep..........munk suggested hand cream ......lanolin........and hooflex on horn handle..........shall try hand cream............ :)
 
The care for horn is to use lanolin. You can use handcream with this in it, or go to a pharmacy and get pure lanolin. You can also use hooflex, a vet supply store product which is used to treat the hooves of horsies. The horsies go, 'neeeeeeeiiggghhhh' when you put the hooflex on their hooves. The horn handle on your khuk should not make any sound at all. If it does, there are other forums that will help you with that.




munk
 
munk said:
The care for horn is to use lanolin. You can use handcream with this in it, or go to a pharmacy and get pure lanolin. You can also use hooflex, a vet supply store product which is used to treat the hooves of horsies. The horsies go, 'neeeeeeeiiggghhhh' when you put the hooflex on their hooves. The horn handle on your khuk should not make any sound at all. If it does, there are other forums that will help you with that.




munk
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The Khuk should not make any noise...........but I shall have to be careful when applying anything to the horn handle..........if the blade slips from my hands...........I'll be hearing screams........from myself........:(
 
Hi Munk and MauiRob,

Ayup, I'm in Maine, and loving it. Here in "Tourist Heaven," Kennebunkport... Have had fog and cool weather for the last couple of days and nights... I'm probably the only bloke up here that loves rain and fog... AND cool/cold weather...

Moved up here after 40 years in Missouri, a couple of years ago... Regained my sanity, got back into archery after 41 years, and don't have to suffer through any more hot summers... Day I left Missouri, they had 15 straight days of 100 degree F plus temps... Yikes! Where I lived, the humidity was equal to Vietnam in 1971, there on the coast... I've enough hot weather for THIS lifetime...

Believe it or not, Dave Rishar got me over here, to the "light" side, from Sword Forum International... "Sharp, shiny, and pointed pieces of metal are my friends..." (Imagine the last spoken in a hypnotic haze like Homer Simpson's, and you get the right idea of how I see swords, knives, and arrow heads... ;) )

Frankly, I can't think of better survival knives, than the Khukuri. Much better, IMHO, than the much lauded Bowie knife... In the last month, I've traded 5 Bowies for two Khukuris... One from H-I, and the other from Khukuri House, and another on the way from KH.

I've just PM'd Mrs. Martino, Yangdu, about the Fox's Folly, and if it's still possible to get on the list for a "perfect" model... If not, well, as Dave Rishar put it, there are the blems...

Like Sword Forum, I'm impressed with the people and their knowledge... AND their honesty... Most refreshing... This is like walking into a very high quality sporting goods store... The sense of freedom, of liberty, is well nigh overpowering...

I used to work for a gun dealer in Missouri, and it always felt "GOOD" to be where freedom still reigns... Here, Blade Forum, and at Sword Forum, the atmosphere is alike. Freedom reigns...

Thanks, Gentlemen. It's great here...

Carter
 
A lot of us have backgrounds in gun running...I mean, managing a gun store.





munk
 
munk said:
The care for horn is to use lanolin. You can use handcream with this in it, or go to a pharmacy and get pure lanolin. You can also use hooflex, a vet supply store product which is used to treat the hooves of horsies. The horsies go, 'neeeeeeeiiggghhhh' when you put the hooflex on their hooves. The horn handle on your khuk should not make any sound at all. If it does, there are other forums that will help you with that.




munk
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OK... Just what is the difference between horn and antler???
And do I use hooflex on antler too?
If not, what do you use on antler...
I have Renaissance Wax, but something tells me not to use it on the antler...
Great for blades though...
 
Sure, put it on antler.


And if it's hooflex you are using, put some on the callous's on your feet. It helps to remove the uneccesary build up which in Winter cracks down to the pink meat and hurts like hell. And remember, when you apply hooflex to the hooves of a horsie, he goes: "neeeeeeeeiiiiiiigggghhhhhhh-yah!"


munk
 
Astrodada; are you trying the Search function here in the forum at all?

Well, if you want to keep or even improve the high polish of a regular HI khuk, you have to use very fine steel wool or sandpaper. And some of that metal polish. (I forget- Flitz or something) I have some sandpaper in 1000 and 1500.

Many like a matte finish, so 400 to 600. After you've used a blade awhile, and it has honorable scars, rather than worry about restoring the mirror finish I go to a matte. It is very attractive, and can clean up a blade quickly.


You can easily drive yourself insane trying to keep a mirror finish on a blade that is used in the field.




munk
 
Astrodada said:
Thanks munk.................

I shall go matt............
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Astro, if you please sir, which part of the world are you from? :confused:
I see your ISP originates in an Asian country, at least I "think" so but since I don't read any of the Oriental languages I can't say which.
Am I correct or way off base?

Depending upon where you are at may limit some of the products that you can have mailed in to you but most if not everything recommended by the folks here can be ordered online and shipped in.
Methinks all of us that use Ballistol have to order it online as I have yet to find a local shop to buy it from.

I use what is called a "Scotch-Brite" pad, the maroon one, to put the matte finish on my knives.
Unlike steel wool it doesn't shed and leave little metal stickers that can get in your fingers.
 
munk said:
Sure, put it on antler.


And if it's hooflex you are using, put some on the callous's on your feet. It helps to remove the uneccesary build up which in Winter cracks down to the pink meat and hurts like hell. And remember, when you apply hooflex to the hooves of a horsie, he goes: "neeeeeeeeiiiiiiigggghhhhhhh-yah!"


munk
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Forgot to ask before.... Do you put it on bone also???

But what exactly is the difference between horn and antler???
 
jamesraykenney said:
Forgot to ask before.... Do you put it on bone also???

But what exactly is the difference between horn and antler???
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Horn and hooves are similar and like our very own finger and toenails. Antler/stag and bone are similar. Hooflex is good for horn and hooves but maybe not so good for antler and bone. One fellow I know recommends glycerin for both.
Ballistol works well for all handle materials except for ivory.
Actually it would probably be good for ivory but might stain it because it isn't clear like glycerin and mineral oil.
 
You probably want the cross-section of the handle to be somewhat egg-shaped. That gives you a tactile clue as to where the edge is. 4/0 steel wool is my final finish. A bit "grippy." Mineral oil is fine for horn. I've used olive oil for decades.
 
munk said:
You can easily drive yourself insane trying to keep a mirror finish on a blade that is used in the field.
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And, frankly, I don't find a mirror finish all that great. Too much work to maintain, as Munk says, and you miss out on all this:

tarnish.jpg


And that's after the Scotch Brite. :)

I don't mind my khuks looking like the workhorses that they are. Honesty is its own beauty.
 
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