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Walosi

Walosi

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I've just hit the real "light show" level with the handle finish on my Malla.

I've stopped twice, thinking "this is about far enough", but boredom, etc. prompted another wool-down and "just one more coat". I just picked it up from the rack where it was drying from last night's latest, and rubbed down that coat with my bare fingers - it had set up nicely (low humidity for the first time in days). I was holding it butt-cap-up, and leaned the handle, and got a real surprise. There are three very dark bands, about 1/4" wide, between the ring and the butt cap. As I moved the butt cap away, the center band disappeared! The two outer bands started to show a ladder pattern of gold sap grain, not evident from 90°, and the center band reappeared as all gold. The grain all around the handle will "move" as the light reflects off different grain structures (this has been the case since about the fourth coat), and they are suddenly much more pronounced. This is the biggest change I have ever seen in any piece of wood, as the result of just one additional coat. Saatisal (like Nepal) has many surprises.
 
Uncle Bill:

Literally!! As you turn the wood, a very dark stripe just de-materializes from between two nearly identical stripes, and the color remaining is the caramel-tan base color of the wood. As you continue to turn, it reappears as an all-gold vein. SPOOKY!! This happens, although very minutely, in most woods. This is the largest grain figure I've ever witnessed this effect take place in. I wish I could get a piece of Saatisal large enough to make a cane:D

I might never see the finished product, but it would be one helluva trip.
 
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Walosi you know that affect always surprises us and can sometimes be found on the simplest of woods.:o
Sometimes when the grain surfaces with an unusual color, even on a soft wood like white pine, it's something we would never have suspected.:)
And always a good reason for that, "Just one more coat.":D

The Concert Flute I got last is gonna be mighty pretty and full of figured grain colors when I get several coats of Formby's Tung Oil on it.
Even with the few coats, 3 I think, it already has the grain and colors are coming through.:D
 
I''m not sure I'llbe around long enough to finish a cane, and this *@$x? knife handle has me thinking about Saatisal panelling for the den:D :eek:
 
My malla also has a Saatisal handle. It's by far, IMHO, the best looking handle on any of my khukuris. It's also my favorite khukuri. She's a quick, the lightest of my khukuris, has to ability to take out trees, and in the right, read wrong(in most cases), hands it can be deadly.
Who made your Malla, Walosi? I say again, there's just something special about that khukuri design.

Bob
 
Hey Walosi, your malla, she's callin' you man....

Your malla wears khukuri boots...

Whatsa malla witch yew?...

Your malla's uuugggglyyy....yeah but she sure can cook...

Okay. I'm overtired. I admit it. :p

Blues

Are there mallas in Mali? Inquiring minds want to know.
 
You never talk about another man's Malla like that!

Okay, somebody had to say it. :D

Bob

BTW, do you kiss your Malla with that mouth?
 
Mine's by the KNN (s). Sawright, Blues, looks like they made you stay indoors all day.
 
Good ones Bob.

Well, the fun begins at midnite Wal.

Let's see... one from column A (heroin), one from column B (cocaine) and one from column C (ecstasy). Lovely. :eek:

If only I could use them for khukuri cutting tests. :rolleyes:

Blues
 
Blues:

Whatever happened to "Oops, it slipped", or did us old guys wear that out back in the 50s ?:cool:
 
Not sure what you mean, Wal. I'm not involved in the Inspection and Examination part of the job like the guys you see at the airports and seaports.

But if there's an excuse, I'm sure I've us..., I mean heard it. ;)

Blues
 
That was in reply to "If I could only use them in Khukuri cutting tests". Just a thought:D
 
Your Malla has everything a man could ask for....muscles, mustache, hair on her chest.....
 
Imagine the scene...

Drug smuggler brought into "interview" room.

Large khukuri (your choice) sits on desk. Light gleams off the magic stone finish.

So... Mr. (Miss) Whateveryournameis, I'm guessing you've decided to cooperate... Let me congratulate you on your decision... ;)

Okay, enough of that, lest anyone think me politically incorrect. LOL!


Blues
 
I have yet to find myself a malla :( . I guess I am like many lost college students...broke, loanly, and wanting their malla.

Of course like any malla is, "When malla ain't happy ain't nobody happy."

And being made of hardened spring steel you shoulden't fight with a malla, she is probably tougher than nails, and will probably win.

I will return to my studies and hopefully find my malla.
 
We can stretch this puppy from Spokane clear to Malla Walla. On to Malla-apolis and down to Mallatlanta.......:confused:
 
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