The Tin Chirra & Bilton Just Arrived

[HiramRanger]

The Bilton is cute... and will make a decent knife to throw in my bag.

The Tin Chirra... my lord, what a beauty! My only question is the khukuri moves easily in and out of the sheath. With my WWII, I can barely get it in and out of its sheath. I'm fighting with it a lot. Which is appropriate, easy in and out, or should you have to fight it? I can't imagine it should be a struggle to draw and sheath your khukuri, and given how sharp they are I'm not sure that its particularly safe to be fighting with the blade. I can tell you this, no way I could get the WWII khukuri safely in and out of its sheath if it were on a belt.

Here is my GORGEOUS Tin Chirra, thank you Yangdu!

 

[Kazeryu]

Browsing through the tips & tricks sticky at the top of the forum will tell you how to adjust the tightness/looseness of your scabbards.

If I recall correctly, the summaries are:
Steaming, inserting a wedge, and then drying to loosen.
Shims to tighten.

 

[Yangdu]

Great picture, thank you Hiramranger

 

[tedwca]

Good looking blade. Nice snag!

 

[Cpl Punishment]

My 20" Ang Khola's sheath was one of the "you have to fight it to get it out" types.

I didn't know there were stickies dealing with it, but here's what I did:

First, I found that the wood insert is too small, and when the Karda and Chakma are inserted securely, they tighten it even more, so I took them out. The sheath was now at least safe to use from a belt, but still tight (and tight right where the belly of the blade starts to come out. So there was lots of exposed blade when I had to really tug, which I think is dangerous, since as soon as the belly cleared, the thing flew out.

Next thing I did was take the clipped off remnant of a zip tie, wedge the blade side of the wood apart and insert the plastic as a shim. Now, if I hold the sheath upside down, the blade will fall most of the way, but not all the way out, but is easy to draw from a belt or baldric. If I insert the karda and chakma, it's still tight.

It doesn't bother me much, though, as I intended from the beginning to get a leather sheath made especially for this one, to be used without the karda and chakma.