So, Christmas madness is starting to roar up here. Various stalls are in the main street (which I live with a few minutes by). One of them, I notice a Nepalese flag.
I look in, and there are bunch of Nepalese stuff (meditation aids, smokes, handcrafts, etc). Later, I decide to buy a so-so flute and a shouldbag. I talk with the seller, a nice lady, who says that her husband is Nepalese. I mention that I recognize the flag because I buy kukris from Himalayan Imports. She mentions that her husband occassionally brings knives from Nepal.
Later, I meet his husband and ask about the kukris. I was considering buying a small, more portable one to the beast of a CAK I already have. So, I do.
This is the item.
I decided that this had a nice weight and looked workable enough. So I brought it.
The kukri itself
While sharpening, I notice that the buttcap is a little bigger than it ought to be as it cuts into my hand while using it. I decided to simply file it down.
The buttcap itself is a bit worrying, seen here. There are what I think to be rust marks. I simply thought that I could merely sand them down.
However, while working on it, I examined the other side and noticed that the buttcap wasn't covering enough.
I take my hammer to it, gently tapping it and find out the buttcap wasn't hammered on it right!
Look here, this is the proper position:
And this is when I move the buttcap (by hand! not with the hammer)
As you can clearly see, the buttcap is lose.
Question is: what do I do? How do the kamis put the buttcap on and how should I do it? Should I take a hammer to it or use glue? Should I take it to a knife-maker (I know a grinder nearby).
I look in, and there are bunch of Nepalese stuff (meditation aids, smokes, handcrafts, etc). Later, I decide to buy a so-so flute and a shouldbag. I talk with the seller, a nice lady, who says that her husband is Nepalese. I mention that I recognize the flag because I buy kukris from Himalayan Imports. She mentions that her husband occassionally brings knives from Nepal.
Later, I meet his husband and ask about the kukris. I was considering buying a small, more portable one to the beast of a CAK I already have. So, I do.
This is the item.

I decided that this had a nice weight and looked workable enough. So I brought it.
The kukri itself

While sharpening, I notice that the buttcap is a little bigger than it ought to be as it cuts into my hand while using it. I decided to simply file it down.
The buttcap itself is a bit worrying, seen here. There are what I think to be rust marks. I simply thought that I could merely sand them down.

However, while working on it, I examined the other side and noticed that the buttcap wasn't covering enough.
I take my hammer to it, gently tapping it and find out the buttcap wasn't hammered on it right!
Look here, this is the proper position:

And this is when I move the buttcap (by hand! not with the hammer)

As you can clearly see, the buttcap is lose.
Question is: what do I do? How do the kamis put the buttcap on and how should I do it? Should I take a hammer to it or use glue? Should I take it to a knife-maker (I know a grinder nearby).