What's this wood?

Coupchoux

Coupchoux

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I have this one since 6 or 7 years and I don't remember the name of the wood. Any idea? (It has a lot of boiled linseed oil). Thanks.




 
it looks like Saatisal to me, the most common stuff that is used on HI Khukuris with wood handles.
This has had the rouge removed and then had BLO applied is all, that is why it looks different.

A nice bit of work from Bura too. :)
 
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Warty is correct, it is satisal Nepali oak wood
 
yep - it's an unusual tone (a lot more orange than red) which threw me off at first but the wood grain gives it away. That's quite a stunning piece btw
 
I really like the patina on that blade, time to go play with a tea towel and some white vinegar and my AK
 
oldschool45 said:
I really like the patina on that blade, time to go play with a tea towel and some white vinegar and my AK
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Might want to try good ol mustard. I actually tried both vinegar and mustard on my 13" AK (my kukri that sees the most kitchen usage) and the effect was much better with the latter. Vinegar ended up leaving a very dull whitish-gray almost smeared-looking patina whereas mustard left a much better looking darker gray with some light copper hues. However, all kukris are different so YMMV :)
 
Killa, we'll find out in a bit its in the soak right now. I might do a ferric chloride etch after that but I will probably wipe it down with mineral oil and see if it grows on me for a few days. I've tried the mustard and I don't much care for the molted look I got.
Vinegar alone didn't impress me the etch isn't perfect but it is better than chasing scratches
 

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Blood from a big steak or GunBlue (multiples layers applied with superfine woolsteel N. 0000) from your local gunstore work well for me.
 
oldschool45 said:
Killa, we'll find out in a bit its in the soak right now. I might do a ferric chloride etch after that but I will probably wipe it down with mineral oil and see if it grows on me for a few days. I've tried the mustard and I don't much care for the molted look I got.
Vinegar alone didn't impress me the etch isn't perfect but it is better than chasing scratches
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Yeah - for some reason, HI kukris do not respond well to vinegar patinas. Fairly certain that this is because they (generally) use 5160 steel which has .7-.9% chromium, giving them some level of corrosion resistance - granted it's not much, but a good deal more than the 0% that you'd find in most carbon kitchen knives made of 10-series steel.

With that in mind, how long did you leave it to soak? It tends to take two or so hours before you get to get a nicer, darker patina. Also, did you make sure to rough up the blade a bit before attempting to force the patina? I think I rubbed mine down with 220 then 400grit prior to doing it...

LMK how it works out man :thumbup:
 
Killa, the picture was an hour vinegar soak followed up by FeCl etch with just a light roughing up with steel wool & degreaseing. I may sandblast the blade and do a gun blue finish like Coupchoux did. I sat here thinking the gunblue was toxic but the ferric chloride isn't much better.
I've used gunblue in the past its just not anything i would want to use on a blade I might do food prep with ever.
 
Yeah - I've thought about cold bluing as well, but I like to think that every knife I own will see food prep usage at some point in it's lifespan. That said, I can't bring myself to do more than a forced patina with this in mind - even though it probably isn't that bad for you.
Maybe I'll see what sort of results an overnight coating of mustard will produce... I tend to prefer my forced patinas to be a medium gray base upon which natural splotches of darker grays and other colors can build upon.
 
I really love the simple clean look of a satin (or fully shined) finish and a well cared for, clean handle. It must be the Marine still in me that wants things neat, clean and inspection ready. When I see a nice new kukri with "neglect" rust or a dryed out scabbard I can just hear my drill instructor screaming over my shoulder!

Even in my old kuks I can barely resist the urge to clean up the blades! But in that case I do leave them alone. Also, like Killa said, I like to use my kukris for everything, including food prep so I want to be sure nothing nasty is on the blade. Nothing tastes quite like "gun oil watermelon!!!" :barf:

Bill
Virginia
 
An advice for Gun blue : between the degreesing process and the gun blue, rince your blade with hot water then dry it. Gun blue works better on hot steel. Then rince your blade again, dry it and apply some oil.

Gun blue will protect the steel where you do not use it and will be removed where your blade works.

 
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