Progress on Cantina K.L.O.

ferguson

ferguson

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Building a Khukuri Like Object or Leave the hammers alone.
As some of you remember, I started trying to grind a khukuri a few months ago. Progress has been slow, as I am basically lazy, but it is taking shape. Steel is A-2 and Paul Bos did the heat treat. Got a burst of energy this week. Made and attached the bolsters, and Friday night started shaping the handles that I had epoxied on. Everything was going well, the grip felt good. It was getting late, but I wanted to make some progress. I screwed on the buttcap into the tapped holes in the tang, and it fit pretty well. One end was sticking up a litte bit, so I thought "I'll just take this wooden mallet and smack the buttcap down until it fits" Hit it once and it moved a little, so I smacked it again. And heard something hit the floor. Looked at the handle and saw the tips broken off of each handle slab. :mad:

Well that's what happens when you get in a hurry and don't plan out your actions ahead of time. In retrospect the grenadillo burled wood was beautiful, but probably wasn't the best choice. A synthetic like G-10 would be the best choice, but it's so cold and impersonal. So I start my quest to find new handle material.

This is not a khukuri, because Rusty says "if it doesn't have a cho, it's not a khuk". But hopefully, it will be a useful Khukuri Like Object.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend!

Steve
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Wow! I like it. Bummer about the handles, but if you use laha or epoxy to fix it, it will make it even more khuk-like.;)
 
Wow! I like it. Bummer about the handles,
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Just what I was thinking. That baby is coming along nicely
Steve. I look forward to seeing the finished product.
Regards,
Greg
 
Love the blade. Excellent job! 2 Bad bout the handles. Try elk antler, the stuff is very resistant to impacts, and It'd look wonderful! You should be able to find some that matches that handle curve nicely.

Keith
 
Originally posted by MadMark
You've got a great-looking K.L.O. there, Ferguson. Nice work.
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Hayv, Cherokee for it is true.:)

Me? I would glue them sucker pieces back on!!!! How dare they fall off with no more provocation than that?!?!?!?!!!!:D ;)
 
You keep doing stuff like that, and you will become "The Pride of The Lintheads":D If the chip-outs are more or less the same size, and about equally placed, why not rout them out, equal them up, polish them out as "decorative scallops"?
 
Just send it to me, I'll fix it. One problem though is that mail out of Australia is a bit slow at the moment, it might be years before it gets back to you. But if that's not a problem, give it to ...., whoops I meant send it to me to fix.;)
 
really, truly beautiful. Honest-to-gawd beautiful.

(could you even off where the chips came out, and put a dark wood insert on each? Call them "lesson marks.")

Did I mention how beautiful it is?

Very nicely done, Steve.
 
Originally posted by Walosi
If the chip-outs are more or less the same size, and about equally placed, why not rout them out, equal them up, polish them out as "decorative scallops"?
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You might even be able to grind a teeny tiny little cho into the metal in the decorative scallops! ;)
 
If I ever won the lottery, I would love to go over and work for Bura for free for a few months.

Steve
 
Electro-Discharge Machining like Mag-Na-Port would let you cut a nice enclsed cho abouot halfway up. Either Circular with a little tab coming down at 12 o'clock, or a weeping heart with the same tab at 12 o'clock.
 
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