Tiny chips

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conwict

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Hi,

I purchased a DOTD chitlangi about a year and a half ago and have been largely happy with it, but recently looked at the edge (it mostly stays in its sheath) and noticed quite a few chips along the sweet spot. I have only ever chopped fairly soft wood with it, so these must have accrued during that time. What's the deal? I actually had noticed a few before and I touched the edge up on a belt sander...it has a very nice sharp toothy edge now but upon closer inspection the chips remain. is the heat treat faulty?

C
 
How thin is the edge? Did you get it hot when sanding it? That toothy edge, is it loosing it's "teeth", or are the chips much larger?
Don't have, nor ever seen your blade, but, I have a forged 5160 shopper. When new, I chopped some old wood, some soft, some hard. The "new" edge now had some very small specs I could feel with my fingernail. I would not call the chips.
Now, after chopping lots more even harder woods, I have no dings, chips, or any other flaws in the edge.
My point is, maybe just the edge has a burr, and that frail bur is wearing off?
By the way, pics would help, if your camera could focus on the chips.
 
conwict said:
Hi,

I purchased a DOTD chitlangi about a year and a half ago and have been largely happy with it, but recently looked at the edge (it mostly stays in its sheath) and noticed quite a few chips along the sweet spot. I have only ever chopped fairly soft wood with it, so these must have accrued during that time. What's the deal? I actually had noticed a few before and I touched the edge up on a belt sander...it has a very nice sharp toothy edge now but upon closer inspection the chips remain. is the heat treat faulty?

C
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Is it polished or Villager?
Sometimes the polishing causes a thin outer layer of annealed metal to form. Once you sharpen the khukuri a couple of times this disappears. Once you are down to properly heat treated metal, the khukuri will perform normally.
Also, i hope you realise that the sirupate,chitlangi and gelbu special are a general use khukuri and not warranted for chopping wood.
 
Conwict, take karda's suggestion and if the chips does not improve then send the Knife back to HI for replacement.
 
Thanks to all of you. Yangdu I would rather not send it back unless I have to, but it's awesome that you provide such great service...:thumbup:.

Karda, it was somewhat polished (not a mirror finish by any means) when I got it, but I would have already gone through the outer soft layer of metal. As for whether this is suitable for chopping wood, I have trouble believing that a 1/3"+ thick piece of steel would chip in wood even if it wasn't built for that purpose! Still, thanks for your input.

Foxx, I am sure it didn't get hot during the sanding. They do seem to be nicks or chips that are visible from both sides. I may be able to get pics up later.

I will check it more in depth when I get home from a trip at the end of the week. To anyone reading...HI makes awesome products and there is no way I would fault Yangdu or anyone involved with HI, even if this is a faulty heat treat to blame. As you can see she stands by her products.

Thanks.
 
Just wanted to make sure you were aware of a possible fix and of the warranty.
If you have problems, contact auntie and she'll do her best to take care of matters.
 
I wonder if you have a wire edge that you didn't know about. I sharpen all my Khukris on a 1x30 belt sander and sometimes forget to knock off the wire edge when finished. Durn thing can look like the real edge when it isn't. Pics will help ID whats going on for sure.

BTW I can't fix a heat treat, but I'm pretty descent at sharpening these blades. If you need help, let me know.
 
ah - nothing a little sharpening wouldn't fix. every polished blade I've had seems to do that the first time you cut with it - it's the annealedmetal from the polish comng off. charpen it, and you get to the actual hard metal, adn then it's a rock!
 
I'm just going to have to have a closer look when I get home, because I never examined it as potentially being a wire edge or other similar formation. I know my way around a knife and I am pretty sure it was chipping, and I had already sharpened it (it actually has an amazing push-cutting-paper edge).

I will keep an open mind and if I can get good pics, will do so.

Now I'm just curious :confused::D
 
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