Sharp metal thingy on sheath!!!

Carolina River Rat

Carolina River Rat

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:oIn spite of the Safety Thread contributors' best efforts, I have managed to stab myself in the thigh with the sharp thingy on the sheath of my M43. The wound is minor, more of an annoyance than anything, but I'd hate for it to happen again. How should I go about removing the thing without damaging the rest of the sheath? Should I remove it at all? Is grinding it down a viable option?
 
Aw the chape! How I could live without thee;)


I have ground mine down with a dremmel, smashed the tip with a hammer, and removed them entirely.

The easiest what that I have found to remove it is to carefully heat it with a lighter and use a pair of pliers to wiggle it off. It shouldn't do anything to the leather under it if you are careful. You'll probably have some sort of glue to scrape off, and you'll need to touch up the unprotected leather with black shoe polish.

Good luck:)
 
You can bend the tip back. round it smooth or remove it completely.
I've been thinking of finding a suitable brass bearing type ball and drilling a hole in it and jb welding it over the tip. To remove The Kothi, all you need to do is heat it up and pull it off. I've heard members have done this simply by heating it over a candle and pulling it off, but that was in the old days of this forum. On the scabbards i have the Kothi appears to have been quite well epoxied or hot glued (i suspect it's epoxy, but only Yangdu could tell us for sure) It will probably scar the scabbard if you remove it, but you could always reglue it back on or make a softer one out of some similar leather.
 
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Sorry for the stab, I have alreay aksed shop and Kamis not to put the sharp tip on the scabbard
 
I hear you on this pokey situation, and what has been suggested are all good ideas. There is one other consideration depending on how you use the khuk. Most of mine are used as choppers of wood etc.

But I do have a 15 inch, 14 ounce Chainpuri by Bura with a horn handle that I got from Yangdu years ago. It's a fast knife and not too long, so I keep it in my bedroom as my bump in the night companion. I figure if I need to draw the knife (hopefully never ) I can have the blade in my strong hand and the sheath in the other, with the pointy end out. It doubles as another weapon and I have attached a small push button flashlight to the sheath as another night time helper.

Now this wouldn't work if the sheath is on your belt, which is how this thread started in the first place. You would have to whip off your belt, your pants would fall down, and you would look silly.:eek:
 
Jikidahou said:
I hear you on this pokey situation, and what has been suggested are all good ideas. There is one other consideration depending on how you use the khuk. Most of mine are used as choppers of wood etc.

But I do have a 15 inch, 14 ounce Chainpuri by Bura with a horn handle that I got from Yangdu years ago. It's a fast knife and not too long, so I keep it in my bedroom as my bump in the night companion. I figure if I need to draw the knife (hopefully never ) I can have the blade in my strong hand and the sheath in the other, with the pointy end out. It doubles as another weapon and I have attached a small push button flashlight to the sheath as another night time helper.

Now this wouldn't work if the sheath is on your belt, which is how this thread started in the first place. You would have to whip off your belt, your pants would fall down, and you would look silly.:eek:
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Agreed. Accidental disrobing in the midst of mortal combat is best avoided.
 
Stu Gatz said:
If it happened to me it would most likely cause my opponent to laugh so hysterically and incapacitate same to the point that I would not need to use any further force... :D
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This is true too. I've always heard that laughter is the best medicine, but perhaps it's an effective weapon as well. I broke out the Dremel and rounded the tip off some. It looks like it'll do the trick.
 
I think Kronckew used to solder tiny brass jingle bells over the chapes on some of his. Looked very nice when finished.

Carolina River Rat said:
Agreed. Accidental disrobing in the midst of mortal combat is best avoided.
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Perhaps this is best left for the "Practical Tactical" forum, but depending on the person, the sight may strike fear or embarassment into the invader and give one the advantage of surprise. This is called the "Sexy Commando". :grumpy:
 
i epoxied (epoxy-steel, not the runny clear stuff) jingle bells over the sharp pointy chape. get the ones with a cross shaped opening & bend the cross bits in wards, i rough up the chape end before glueing. soldering would be another option.
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Sarki Shop's stuff looks cool!



I'm definitely interested another style of sheath for my M-43. I'd like something that doesn't hang so far down on the belt, maybe with cross-draw option, as well. At the very least, maybe a cover for the sheath.


I'm not sure, but how durable is the water-buffalo hide? It seems to scratch quite easily, but the little loop that is tacked onto the side hasn't torn off(yet)..
 
Carolina River Rat said:
At the risk of earning an infraction: "Your Sexy Commando style is weak and inferior to my Drunken Nutria Rat style!"
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You know one of the funniest things I have EVER heard on a tour happened to me when my wife and I went on Louisiana swap tour. Our guy Barefoot Jim (because his name was Jim and he never wore shoes:p) was telling us about Nutria. A lady's hand shoots up, "Ooo! Is that where they get NutraSweet!?"

You couldn't laugh at her...but seriously?:D
 
I ground the tips off of mine,then was stuck in the hand by the other pointy end that popped up off the leather sheath. One way or the other it wanted blood...
 
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