Klvuk

jeremy1517

jeremy1517

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Hi guys, can anyone give me opinions or feedback on the KLVUK? I live in an area with a huge variety of plant, bushes and trees and thought the KLVUK would be a perfect tool.

What are your thoughts?
 
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best bets on the Forum is wait till Thursday when HI(auntie) usually posts her deals for the forum.
but be on time, they go REALLY QUICK
on her website if you select blems, it dumps you back here so I would
assume that is what she is putting up for cheap in here, but they have gotten solid revues
if you want another web site check Atlanta Cutlery website, be careful though I was just "looking" and
it cost me over 200 bucks to leave the website
now I have to wait for UPS to drag my goodies home
 
The KLVUK would be an excellent choice and a great first kukri. I put mine to work friday. I wore it riding my riding lawn mower using the scabbard that Pugs built me. Cept for the double takes of folks driving by (they know I'm a nut case already) I forgot it was there.

Earlier I had thrown a bunch of wood, plywood and one long 2x4 on a burn pit we have and it hung out both sides quite aways. I have to mow around it so it was kind of in the way. Alas, the KLVUK made short work of it. Cut both ends in two and tossed em on the pile, never even got off the mower.

No more branches whipping me in the face either. I love mine. Later in the day I just took a rag with a bit of oil and wiped the marks off the blade and it looks like the day I got it. The edge held wonderfully.
 
The KLVUK is a great blade, and you can't go wrong with it. One of the best reasons I own one is it versatility, it comes with the forge scale on it (the black part) which is cool, but it is a blade that begs to be used and you are not afraid to use it. Sometimes with my others I hate to mess them up cause they look so good but this one I use the heck out of and it does bother me as much, don't get me wrong I use the others as well but I seem to used this more. I'm not sure if the two are left from the DOD from the 3rd. For the money you can't go wrong.
 
I sent an email about the DOD 2 days ago so if they were available then one of them aint now!
so at best one of them would be, but who knows
as yet I have gotten no reply
 
Might double check and make sure you sent it to the correct address. Auntie is generally pretty on top of returning emails. She was overly busy last week and tied up but she posted some here so should have seen it.
 
Aunti did say she was getting some outside business done so she may be out again? I did notice in an earlier KLVUK offering she said she had more and if you mailed her after all offerings were gone that she did have some more. Even if these are all gone I bet you could still get one for the same price when she gets back.
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I sent an email about the DOD 2 days ago so if they were available then one of them aint now!
so at best one of them would be, but who knows
as yet I have gotten no reply
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dave9969 said:
I sent an email about the DOD 2 days ago so if they were available then one of them aint now!
so at best one of them would be, but who knows
as yet I have gotten no reply
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Dave, I sent Auntie an email to see if she got your and she did not. She says sometimes she has problems with AOL with incoming emails.

I'm sure she will check the forum here or I would be happy to relay a message for you since mine seem to get through ok.

I told her your screen name so she should be able to track you down. Whatever works to get you united with a new blade.
 
well just have her contact me here or that name and tag a @gmail.com on the end it will find me as well
and as for wrong email
I clicked on her link, so if its going astray, she may want to fix it if she intends to keep using it.
 
tell auntie to check her email and pay pal please
I used the link at the bottom of her mail to me @gmail
I'm assuming it was the price +the shipping she quoted so that is what I sent
 
I'm still treating the handle on my KLVUK, but I did test it on some firewood briefly before I dunked it in the linseed oil. I wasn't sure what to expect considering how short this thing is, but it turned out to be an amazing chopper, and split firewood almost as good as a hatchet. It feels light and lively in the hand considering how much it weighs, and it was very comfortable to use. I bought this thing for camping/hiking, and I think it'd be perfect for that as well as clearing brush in the yard.
 
The kvluk handles are very thirsty, aren't they? Mine is soaking since 1week but still keeps absorbing oil. I like the surface texture of the handles. Kind of rough but only in a microscopic level which means it doesn't tear up my hand but at the same time feels very stuck to my skin and secure.
 
Thirsty, indeed. Mine sucked up many many coats of tung oil. Once the oiled handle dried out it did end up with a nice microscopic texture on it, and that's after I did a little finish sanding before oiling. I used mine in the yard over the weekend and it works great.
 
On Jens' recommendation I dunked mine in a jar of BLO for a little over 3 days. It's been around 90 degrees around here recently so I let it sit outside, and I think the heat helped the handle absorb the oil. It's been drying off since yesterday afternoon, and it still looks nice and moist. It has that tacky linseed feel now, but you can still feel the rough texture of the wood which is nice. Once it's fully dried I'll rub in some lanolin, give it 24 hours to cure, and then call it finished. I'm also going to rub some mineral oil into the blade to prevent rusting. I haven't gotten the blade wet at all but I'm already seeing some brown rust on the blackened part of the blade. I bet all the pocks and crevaces on the unfinished part of the blade are a perfect breeding ground for rust.
 
The microscopic texture is the grain raising. You sand and smooth and when the oil hits it the loose grains of wood raise.

Many wet the wood with water and let it dry, it will usually be rough. Sand it smooth and get it wet again and usually depending on the wood it will be rough again. Just have to keep doing it till it don't raise no more, then oil.

On these handles I see no need for that since using them will naturally smooth the wood and a little texture on the handle is actually a plus.
 
Yeah, the KLVUKs are fantastic blades for sure. The asare wood is tough as all get out. I think i've used my KLVUK more that any other khuk in the last 10 or months. It just keeps going and going and going.
 
The only thing I don't like about it is how incredibly pointy the tip is. I just know at some point I'm going to be putting the thing back in its sheath and end up jabbing my hand. I might grind it down a little.

Speaking of the blade, I read of people treating their blades with lanolin, and that the metal somehow "absorbs" it. Is there a preference between mineral oil and lanolin for the blade itself?
 
I like lanolin for a final treatment on wood and primary on leather , bone and horn.
Its not acidic and all natural.
The stuff also sticks like poo which makes it good at metal too if you want to make sure to have a complete layer. Oil however sometimes pearls off and I'm never sure if there are any areas where its not.
A good alternative to Lanolin is wax or any other ph-neutral grease.
Renaissance wax leaves a very thin film and is used by museums to preserve leather, metal and all kinds of other things without damaging them.
Grease and wax I only use on blades which are stored for a long time (historical Kukris for example, or Bayonets which I don't really use regularly ;) )
If I have a knife I use often I just wipe it once in a while with mineral oil. If there ever would be any rust I would notice it soon anyways.
On metal, oil for general use and grease/wax for peace of mind when you don't want to check on rust every month.


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Just a warning regarding leather. Don't experiment too much. In the army I had discovered that liquid floor wax works well on leather boots. The stuff penetrated the leather fast and without much polishing our platoon had the shiniest boots in the whole battalion. Well after a few weeks the leather split into a few layers and the black top layer showed bubbles and became very sensitive to mechanical stress. Basically what seems to work well at first might not be the best solution. Now I am more into prolonging the life of my things instead of going for shininess.
 
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With outdoor leather I always stick with Sno Seal, but I only use it on things I don't need to keep pretty and that I don't mind being super greasy. I'll probably put that stuff on the KLVUK sheath. Neatsfoot oil taught me the hard way not experiment with leather. For spit shining shoes I always stuck with melted Kiwi "Parade Gloss" and a lot of elbow grease :)
 
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