Khardas, Chakmas & Scabbards

[Uplander]

I'm fortunate to be able to knock around the woods a lot & always take one or the other of my 3 khuks along. The khardas of the 12" & 15" AKs are too small to be useful, the Foxy's is some bigger. The chakmas of all of them seem too soft.
I've modded the scabbard of the 12"AK to eliminate the accessories loops, it hangs in a way now that makes it convenient to carry both on the left & right sides. A paring knife & a diamond hone got worked over to fit the loops of the 15". I'm looking at the FF & thinking.
I carry in various pockets a SAK, some paracord, a couple ways to start a fire & some odds-n-ends so actually a kharda & chakma aren't much real use.
I'm working on an idea for a high-ride crossdraw sheath. I'm wondering what you guys who've been playing with them longer than me have done.
Uplander

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Uplander, the mods that you have made are great You have to have tools that fit your needs. If the the Chakma and Karda are too small/soft, then get those bad boys out of there:thumbup:
The hone/ceramic stick chakma and pairing knife combo is a common mod that some folks do. Some will actually stick a slim SAK in one of the holes. Others have made a chakma out of an old file by carefully grinding off the teeth on one of the flats.

Like yourself, I always tend to have doo-dads and pocket tools on me. A lot of my khuks either get a sheath mod where I take out the loops, OR I just make a new leather sheath forgoing the tool pouches all together. I used to have an old butcher's steel that was pretty worn down, but made a good chakma that I cut down to about 6" and wrapped the bottom 3" in tape. I'm thinking about finding it again or making another one to integrate with my next khuk sheath project. I'm really digging my 12" AK as the perfect all around heavy duty utility knife. A leather sheath with a pouch/loop on the front for the steel like the new FF with the R-6 knife would be perfect:thumbup:

 

[Cpl Punishment]

I actually use my Karda and Chakma.
The karda gets a sabre grind, and gets moved up toward the spine, yielding a thinner edge for better cutting, but still has the bulldog spine.
The Chakma I don't bother using as a steel for straightening my kuk's edges (I made the primary bevel convex on my worker kukris, and have yet to roll an edge). It does, however, gets used as a steel to strike on a firestarter.