Thanks Uncle Bill! My new Full tang Sirupati came in!

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Uncle, I got the Full tang Sirupati in the other day. Really nice and the workmanship on the blade is excellent. I noticed that Kumar made this one. This one has more of a curve than my other Sirupati. The blade reminds me of a cross between a Sirupati and Chainpuri. I did a slight touch up of the edge and now its pesonality is showing. I tried the one on my Tatami man and it passed with flying colors! (cuts through 5" thick mats)
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The full tang set up felt real good in my hand also. Next up: Kumars 30" King Kobra, and the Everest Katana!
 
Mine arrived too -

(1) a couple of minor peeves. (a) the front 3 inches of the blade were blunt enough to need the belt grinder before I could get a sensible edge (b) at my first test cut into pine boards, the front 1mm of the tip snapped off, suggesting a latent crack (c; the only point that's more than a mild inconvenience) the scabbard is too doggone tight

(2) But details like that don't really matter when you consider the outstanding quality of the blade itself. The profile (to my eye more Chainpuri than sirupati) is IMHO as near perfect as you'll get. The extra handle weight imparts superb balance and gives the khuk a wonderful degree of momentum and sheer cutting power. As for strength and quality of construction; the little niggle about the tip aside, I don't see how you'd ever manage to break or bend this baby. A superb khuk, and highly recommended

In the same box was a 25" sirupati. I've formed the view that the only way you could improve on the 25" sirupati is to make it 5" longer; it's a true 'hand-and-a-half' khuk,a and I can't wait for the brambles to grow back in my dad's orchard so I can turn it loose...

I do have one serious problem with the 25" sirupati, though; once again, the scabbard is TOO - DAMNED - TIGHT... to the point where I believe it's dangerous, given the inherent risks of khuk scabbard construction, which Bill has been at pains to make us all aware of.

I'm going to make new scabbards for both these blades; I don't feel safe using the ones supplied. Bill; perhaps it'd be in order for you to have a quiet word with the sarkis; I'm sure these scabbards are the exception rather than the rule, but it's a shame to spoil the perfect khuk by giving it a less than perfect home to live in
 
Tom, my scabbard was tight also. I looked into the mouth of it and found a thin slab of leather glued to one side. I used the karda to peel it off. Then I cleaned the inside with a rifle cleaning rod with a patch of breakfree. Now the blade come out easily. My 25" Sirupati did not have a tight scabbard, it was just right. I like the different personalities of all my Khukuris.
 
The sarkis and I had a discussion while I was there. Help upside down if the khukuri falls from the scabbard it's too loose. If one must struggle to get the khukuri from the scabbard it's too tight. I checked personally many of the scabbards, rejected a few, but passed most. I hope they reworked those I rejected!

Frog, leather quality and general construction have gone up. Now we must get this fit as close as we can, knowing that from humid 70 degree weather to winter in the US is going to cause some changes.

The sarkis did not want to put the tie loop we once talked about. They feared the bulge would cause unwanted wrinkles in the leather.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
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I just did what Broken Arrow suggested. It works. Both khuks now fit perfectly.

The munching noise you can hear is me eating my words.
 
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