Show me your personalized khukuris

from what i understand you just cut out a bunch of oversized leather washers and custom fit them along the tang as you compress each layer. Then you go back and shape the handle exactly how you wnat it.

Looks cool, but beyond my skill/patience level

 

Some tricks to help with stacked leather handles is to use thick leather, compress the leather beforehand a bit by hammering it, and affix the butt to the tang while compressing the whole stack on the tang.

Then oil it and the leather will drink up th oil, and expand, making a tight fit.

 

I've done a couple of handles using leather spacers.

This one is a combo handle;



This one is full leather -



Andy

 

I have always wondered what Kamis or, say, Gurkhas would say about a kukri like that. Anyone know?

Me personally, I have yet to see a kukri I didn't fall in love with at first sight. Monogamy is impossible, polyamory is inevitable.

 

This is what I keep having to tell my lady friends. Well, lady friend now.

 

Andy, you do some nice work, very impressive.

 

Thank you, sir.

Andy

 

Ganga Ram with stacked leather.





Chiruwa AK with osage and leather.

 

Like this.