Sharpening a Khukri

[charger02]

Basically it comes down to how? Is there a specialized sharpener out there? I am not looking to hear about sharpening stones and angles to hold the knife in proportion to the inverted isotopes gravitational pull of the moons orbit on the sun's geospatial timeframe. I can't get that stuff to work for me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[starboard]

Maybe this will give you some ideas:

http://bill-hay.com/Convex/Convex.htm

Sandpaper on a padded stick works very well. You typically move through a progression* of increasingly fine grits as the final bevel shape approaches. Practice on a junk knife first and you should be good to go.

* - I will confess that, having only 400 grit handy, using that to effect the re-bevel and then skipping ahead to a CrO-loaded strop works just fine... takes a bit more time on the strop, but that's quality time spent with your khuk

 

[Skyler R.]

Sand paper that is backed by a mouse pad works very well, unless you have a belt sander which can save you loads of time.

Personally I use a peice of mouse pad (maybe 1x6) that I glued to a paint stick. I tape the sand paper on the mouse mad and work slowly. Depending on what the finish I want to keep I can stop at 220 or keep going up to 2000. If you have a kukri with very low to no convex then you don't have to use the mouse pad under it (unless of course you want to convex the flat edge).

 

[C.S. Graves]

Sand paper that is backed by a mouse pad works very well, unless you have a belt sander which can save you loads of time.

Skyler beat me to my usual recommendation. Even a cheap belt sander/grinder will work wonders for getting a basic edge. I mostly buy lower grit belts for getting that initial profile/edge on my users and then hone with sandpaper glued to a paint stir stick diamond/ceramic rods. When a once-dull blade gets to shaving hairs off your arm and gliding through branches, it feels like your new khuk has truly arrived. :thumbup: