Mink oil

Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D

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Hello,

After I recieved my 20" villager I decided that I wanted to use kiwi on my sheath. Now, what I am wondering is if I put mink oil on the sheath as well, will it better waterproof it? I've always used this method on my boots and I know it will soften the leather, but will it make less usable? I tend to beat the crap out of most of my belongings and I need my sheath to hold up. It gets real wet here in South Bend all throughout the winter and spring and I want added protection. Any advice is welcome. Also while I'm bothering everyone, whats your favorite type of sharpener for a khuk? I'm really bad free hand but I want to get better. My success in carring a system sharpener into the woods has been minimal to say the most. Thanks.

- D

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Where the lion's skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox's.
 
Most of the V shaped sharpeners aren't made wide enough at the top for the thickness of a khuk. There's a tungsten carbide V sharpener that is only about 1/2" deep and so will work on a khukuri. The one I have is called a Bucksharp. I don't recommend it, it hogs metal off and doesn't get that sharp a blade.
It does, used lightly and sparingly, return a blade to a usefully sharp condition in a couple of seconds. That's what I use ( of course I've about given up on getting anything supersharp since I dropped the 3x8" razor hone on concrete ).
 
Vampire Hunter D:

Noticed it this morning -

"...yan+Imports+Forum&number=26&topic=001000.cgi&topicSubject=Mink+oil"

Mink oil is TOPIC NUMBER *1,000* in this forum!

Gawd, I hope the rest of this bunch have more exciting stuff to talk about than meaningless trivia like this.


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