Restoring an Atlanta Cutlery Longleaf Khukuri Blade.

Yep! Had a scrap piece of brass piping I've cut with a hacksaw, just need to open it up/flatten it out and get to fabricating. Still need to cut in at the top of the handle where I want the bolster to fit. Still trying to exactly figure out how I'm doing it.
 
Ive seen how the Kamis do it in a video somewhere and they make a form to hammer the brass into it to shape it. I often considered making a form by wrapping some fiberglass around an HI bolster then making a block out of it then beat a plug inside it to form it (if that makes any sense at all). Im curious to see what you come up with. Looking great so far! :thumbup:
 
Cool. Don't know when I ever get around to refurbish mine. But I'll check here on how to do it right.

I was thinking of drilling a small hole from the bottom into the handle so I'll be able to squeeze in epoxy and have all the air come out. Maybe I'm just over thinking it.
Mine are so thin that a pin would weaken it too much for my taste, otherwise nothing beats a real mechanical conection.
 
I'm probably going to do the initial forming around my round-eye drift and tweak it on there to fit it exactly how i want it to be on the handle.
 
DarthTaco123 said:
Yep! Had a scrap piece of brass piping I've cut with a hacksaw, just need to open it up/flatten it out and get to fabricating. Still need to cut in at the top of the handle where I want the bolster to fit. Still trying to exactly figure out how I'm doing it.
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I recall seeing a video where a kami used a fairly large khukuri to whittle out the bolster end of the handle to accept the bolster. It seemed to take an astonishing amount of expert control to do that whittling with a large knife. Personally I would use a file and take about twenty times longer to do it. Of course I don't have to make a living at it.

It might be easier to do the inset first -- allowing for the thickness of the bolster material, then mold the bolster around it. If it's not an exact fit you can compensate either by filing the inset or filling with epoxy, or both. Take this with a grain of salt, since I haven't actually done it.
 
davidf99 said:
I recall seeing a video where a kami used a fairly large khukuri to whittle out the bolster end of the handle to accept the bolster. It seemed to take an astonishing amount of expert control to do that whittling with a large knife.
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Was it this one?

[video=youtube;o-6HLaN33QI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-6HLaN33QI[/video]
 
philllll said:
Was it this one?

[video=youtube;o-6HLaN33QI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-6HLaN33QI[/video]
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Tongs? They don't use no stinkin' tongs! just grab the khuk blade outta the forge with your fingers...
 
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