My first HI Khukuri

[Dave Rishar]

Don't know how I kept missing this thread...

Welcome, LHB. Here's a tang on a 20" sirupate, a comparatively thin khukuri:

Not radiused, but still very difficult to break.

 

[lefthandblack]

LNB............for sharpening....you can check out ddean's thread

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273576

Thank you Astrodada, lots of info there. It just seems like I can't get the search function to work sometimes.

 

[Astrodada]

Dav....about the shock when you rehandle........could it be because of the lack of laha ?? Just curious and guessing.......

 

[lefthandblack]

Don't know how I kept missing this thread...

Welcome, LHB. Here's a tang on a 20" sirupate, a comparatively thin khukuri:

Not radiused, but still very difficult to break.

Very cool. Thanks for the pic. What did you use to disassemble that by the way?