Kuality Khukuri Kare Kuestion

[Sam Hurley]

Hello,

Living in the sunshine state has it's ups and downs :barf: . As far as owning too many knives goes, the down of the situation is keeping them from rusting. I've never stored a knife in it's sheath unless that sheath was a plastic one. But I've never owned a wooden one. Should I store the knives in or out of the sheaths?

Sam

 

[Thomas Linton]

If the wood is leather-covered, the leather typically touches the blade near where it enters the sheath. Many older Khukuris have a rust line that matches that contact. I'd store them out of the sheath. You might alos check out the thread "Khukuri Use."

TAL

 

[cliff355]

Sam:

I'm storing mine in the scabbards for a couple reasons. First, the blade is less likely to hurt somebody and second, if I store them separately I may lose the scabbard (Murphy will run off with it). If rust ever develops, I'll deal with it, but so far - no rust.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Cliff, our newspaper comes in a plastic bag every day (wet here too). The sheath goes in one bag, the knife in another, and both in a third. (Did you know that the Murphy's were known as optimists in the Old Country?)

TAL

 

[37up]

get yourself some breakfree clp. i've had great results with it.

 

[Bill Martino]

Thanks for help. Scabbard helps keep khukuri dry.

 

[ddean]

One of many options is to:

clean khuk
---My current preference is for SoftScrub Orange;
----I don't know if it has any significant amount of limonene
---Make your own similar by mixing citrus solvent (GooGone Pro)
----or any cleanser with mostly citrus/limonene with a mild
----abrasive like calcium carbonate, baking soda, or similar.
-----Both BonAmi & SoftScrub are calcium carbonate.
-----If the citrus cleanser makes a persistant foam when you shake the
------bottle then it has surfactants & water in addition to limonene.

dry khuk
---air dry overnight, or fan dry, or oven dry after warming
----on Minimum temp first, then turn Off oven and place khuk in.
----OR; wipe down 90+% alcohol, then acetone/nail polish remover.

wax khuk
---Rennaissance Wax is used by museums & considered archival quality.
----Its a microcrystaline wax suspended in a volitile petroleum base.
-----Last time I had it out I thought it smelled like kerosene.
---Any wipeable wax should work on a user khuk,
----longterm storage requires the most care of course.

sheath khuk
---Make sure sheath is dry, & has no debris or anything absorbed
----that might promote rust.