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Originally posted by Kendo
thanks for that fergasun, i might try that on one of my khuks then it looks great, i was just a bit worried about the handle being slippery. taaaa
Beautiful Work!!!!
Ken I think you would find those handles Not nearly as slick as what you might think.
To me and some others here the wood, even when highly polished, has a much more grabby grip than the horn ever does.
Even when super wet from sweat. Oil on the other hand is super slick but also that way on the horn as well.
Kendo
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yep i like em but was a bit worried they would be slippery.
i just did a new kinda finish on the cobra,not for the squeamish.
you sand the handle back to clean wood make it the surface you like ,ie as rough or smooth,
then you cut your finger, and apply lots of blood nice fresh blood,to the handle let it soak in then apply again,ect till it looks ok.
then buff.gives a great non slip grip.
i am used to blood from the finger as i am a diabetic,so i just used the pricker to make the blood flow.
YOR PROBABLY THINKIN KENDOS LOST IT OR SUMFIN.
nope just eager to try any and all suggestions,got this one from an old guy who swore by this method,he said blood is good for all sorts a jobs,
makin floors in huts, [you add the blood to mud an spread an let dry]
handles , drinkin, ect ect .
these guys can still remember raiding + eatin their opposition.
he loved the khuks was swingin em all over,had me worried for a minute
he looked like he was enjoyin old memories. i was glad when he sheathed them. he was great to talk with.
he sold me a war club with pigs teeth imbedded in the business end,and assured me it was a goodan,with a wicked gleam in his eye,hmmmm .
I MUST ADD HERE HE SAID ENEMYS BLOOD WAS BEST FOR HANDLES.
but i figured my own would do ,as sometimes i am my own worst enemy.
. oops almost forgot he was from new guinea
i just did a new kinda finish on the cobra,not for the squeamish.
you sand the handle back to clean wood make it the surface you like ,ie as rough or smooth,
then you cut your finger, and apply lots of blood nice fresh blood,to the handle let it soak in then apply again,ect till it looks ok.
then buff.gives a great non slip grip.
i am used to blood from the finger as i am a diabetic,so i just used the pricker to make the blood flow.
YOR PROBABLY THINKIN KENDOS LOST IT OR SUMFIN.
nope just eager to try any and all suggestions,got this one from an old guy who swore by this method,he said blood is good for all sorts a jobs,
makin floors in huts, [you add the blood to mud an spread an let dry]
handles , drinkin, ect ect .
these guys can still remember raiding + eatin their opposition.
he loved the khuks was swingin em all over,had me worried for a minute
he looked like he was enjoyin old memories. i was glad when he sheathed them. he was great to talk with.
he sold me a war club with pigs teeth imbedded in the business end,and assured me it was a goodan,with a wicked gleam in his eye,hmmmm
.I MUST ADD HERE HE SAID ENEMYS BLOOD WAS BEST FOR HANDLES.
but i figured my own would do ,as sometimes i am my own worst enemy.
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oops almost forgot he was from new guinea
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I want to meet this guy!
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but i sure can get you an address + a photo he's great to talk to,i dont know if he uses internet,the younger members of his family might??.
is it allright to pass on your email bill.i dont want to pass it on without your sayso. you never know he might buy a khuk. and even if he dont he's got plenty a good storys to tell.
he's only in his sixtys, so still got all his marbles,as for the stuff about tribal battles an the eating habits,apparrently it still goes on up in the highlands.
not the eating,he didant seem at all worried about telling about it, but did say that it is against the law now,but they are still a very tribal society.and regularly have disputes which lead to, raids and killings.
and i understand they dont bother to much about our laws.
since the 80s and 90s they tend to stick to a kind of show warfare where they all line up on apposeing sides and take pot shots at each other this can go on all day,and usualy only results in a few deaths.which have to be compensated for by giving pigs.
dont think i would go there wavin my khuks around, they look like a pretty tough bunch.
i found out some of this stuff from the library,this afternoon.and some on the internet.
it amazes me that europeans didant know that there were some millions of natives living in the highlands till the late 1930s. because of the rough hostile terrain.
one of the most feared tribes is the Kuku Kukas
[kinda sounds like kagus katna] these little guys are much feared headhunters + cannibals.they are little like the african pygamys.
when they enter the town or village everyone scarpers,all the pubs close down ect.
must be pretty ferocius,as most other tribes are big built and taller,and look pretty mean.
see the photos of the big guys on this link.
the Minj warrior and the Kuli warrior, would scare the S**T outa me.
SO IF THEY ARE SCARED OF THE PYGAMY SIZED KUKU KUKAS , imagine what they must be like.
[little cannibals must have had big appettites].
I FOUND THE PHOTO'S OF THE TRIBESWOMEN BREAST FEEDING THERE PIGS FACINATING TO SAY THE LEAST. the kids even feed at the same time.
i thought the old guy i got the club from was exaggerating a bit, but now i see he hasant told me nothin yet, cant wait to see him again.
heres a link www.uq.net.au/~zzlhiess/papua_new_guinea.htm
is it allright to pass on your email bill.i dont want to pass it on without your sayso. you never know he might buy a khuk.
and even if he dont he's got plenty a good storys to tell.he's only in his sixtys, so still got all his marbles,as for the stuff about tribal battles an the eating habits,apparrently it still goes on up in the highlands.
not the eating,he didant seem at all worried about telling about it, but did say that it is against the law now,but they are still a very tribal society.and regularly have disputes which lead to, raids and killings.
and i understand they dont bother to much about our laws.
since the 80s and 90s they tend to stick to a kind of show warfare where they all line up on apposeing sides and take pot shots at each other this can go on all day,and usualy only results in a few deaths.which have to be compensated for by giving pigs.
dont think i would go there wavin my khuks around, they look like a pretty tough bunch.
i found out some of this stuff from the library,this afternoon.and some on the internet.
it amazes me that europeans didant know that there were some millions of natives living in the highlands till the late 1930s. because of the rough hostile terrain.
one of the most feared tribes is the Kuku Kukas
[kinda sounds like kagus katna] these little guys are much feared headhunters + cannibals.they are little like the african pygamys.
when they enter the town or village everyone scarpers,all the pubs close down ect.
must be pretty ferocius,as most other tribes are big built and taller,and look pretty mean.
see the photos of the big guys on this link.
the Minj warrior and the Kuli warrior, would scare the S**T outa me.
SO IF THEY ARE SCARED OF THE PYGAMY SIZED KUKU KUKAS , imagine what they must be like.
[little cannibals must have had big appettites].
I FOUND THE PHOTO'S OF THE TRIBESWOMEN BREAST FEEDING THERE PIGS FACINATING TO SAY THE LEAST. the kids even feed at the same time.
i thought the old guy i got the club from was exaggerating a bit, but now i see he hasant told me nothin yet, cant wait to see him again.
heres a link www.uq.net.au/~zzlhiess/papua_new_guinea.htm
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Nice wood treatment. You/ve got those things looking as good as they. can!
Keith
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Kendo,
Can you put up a picture of the blood finished handle?
Can you put up a picture of the blood finished handle?
Kendo
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i most definitely will, i am buying a camera for our trip to tassie,next week,and will be posting a thread when i get back,i usualy have to put the khuk on the flatbed scanner, and the pic comes out all fuzzy, so these ones of the blood handle ect will be nice an clear. and i am taking 5-6 khuks with us to give a realy good field test, kobra18inch,ycs, ang khola 18inch , penknife , m43 ,and if the chitlangi 21inch arrives
[this one seems to have gone astray]. we think it might have been mistakenly put on seamail instead of air. 
myself and my son 22 will be the main users.
so you wont see many posts from kendo for 3weeks.as i will be enjoying myself in the wilds of tasmania.yahooooooooo.
SO IF YOU GUYS SEE ANY NEWS REPORTS
WILD MEN DEFORESTING TASMANIA BELIEVED ARMED WITH STRANGE SELECTION OF VERY SHARP KHUKURIS.
[this one seems to have gone astray]. we think it might have been mistakenly put on seamail instead of air.
myself and my son 22 will be the main users.
so you wont see many posts from kendo for 3weeks.as i will be enjoying myself in the wilds of tasmania.yahooooooooo. SO IF YOU GUYS SEE ANY NEWS REPORTS
WILD MEN DEFORESTING TASMANIA BELIEVED ARMED WITH STRANGE SELECTION OF VERY SHARP KHUKURIS.
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Darn! Now I'll have to buy a 25" Kobra!
Dimensions on 25" Sirupati 1.755" wide, .410" thick at hilt.
Dimensions on 25" Kobrapati 1.460" wide, .365" thick at hilt.
Who understands the Kamis, but the Kamis? Maybe the Kobrapati was Kumar's prototype for the Kobra? This is one of the things that I love about handmade Khukuris, the variablility and the self expression of the Kamis.
I love the Cantina!
Steve
eating your enemies, or even dear departed mom as a sign of respect and so she will never leave you, has led to diminished numbers of tribal members, leaving aside those murdered, a form of mad cow disease was killing all those who partook.
Footnote; a gun digest article from years back researched "liver eatin Johnson' and concluded he probably did not eat the liver of his downed enemy afterall. He may have been holding it, but didn't nibble.
munk
Footnote; a gun digest article from years back researched "liver eatin Johnson' and concluded he probably did not eat the liver of his downed enemy afterall. He may have been holding it, but didn't nibble.
munk
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Good stuff and thanks.
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So far I've been Mr. Miyagi's side, but now I'm leaning to join Kobra Kai. Great work on great blades!