Originally posted by Red
With the Fox's Follies on the way and the 12" AK's being delivered, I was thinking about the next special project.
A Yataghan
So, what do you all think? I'd love to hear some other suggestions.
The Yatagan was discussed quite extensively for awhile, much more than I could retrieve on a search I thought, but maybe not.:footinmou
This is all I could find with yatagan in the subject field.
Sure seems like there was more than what's on this page.
It also seemed like someone had volunteered to make a wood model, a prerequisite for any "new" model, as the kamis can't follow our drawings well.
I'm not sure why the project wasn't followed to completion, but it may have been at the request of Uncle Bill because there was some problem(s) at the time. Dayumed short term memory doesn't function like it used to.
Rusty, anyone else, recall why the project wasn't followed through on?
I would've jumped on a yatagan once upon a time, but I will pass for now as funds are short.
I'm still saving for Foxy's Folly!!!! I'm really anxious to get this khuk in hand!!!!
To me it embodies everything a "real" kukri should have, even though I will probably have to true up the cho.
If you have a Dremel, Dremel like tool or a few good files it's possible to rework any cho into the proper shape it should be, at least in my opinion of what it should be.
To me a cho should be as perfectly round as possible with a good definition between the little hangy down part, uvula?
and the radius of the cho.
To achive this simply black out the steel around the cho with a Magic Marker.
Then find a flat washer of the proper size and center it around the cho.
Trace a line around the washer with an awl of some sort, skipping over the hangy down part so you don't have to polish out the mark later.
Then simply grind, I use a carbide burr bit, or file to the mark you just traced.
Makes for a beautifully executed cho.
I like mine to have a very sharp point where the edge intersects the edge of the cho.
