Would Grinding Off A Sword Of Shiva Significantly Change A Chit's Balance?

Drdan

Drdan

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First of all, can a knifemaker or someone skilled with a grinder accurately remove the engraving? I am considering having the Sword of Shiva redone, with inlays, etc. Is there a possibility of precisely "scooping out" the area occupied by the Sword of Shiva, thus creating a kind of third fuller? If all this is possibile, would any change of weight dynamics be perceptible?

Thanks for your answers!

Dan :)
 
It can certainly be done, but may have unwarranted effects.....such as, waking up to realize you are now a frog....things like that. :D


Seriously, it won't change the weight or balance noticeably and can be done with a dremel tool and a sharp diamond rasp bit. (as in, anyone could do it, probably)
 
I heard that The Original Kami will rise from his grave and eat your entrails for all of time if you grind off the sword of Shiva, then after 10,000 years of unendurable pain you get reincarnated as a leafsping for a station wagon owned by a big ( and extended ) family of Mexicans...

Of course I have heard about the frog thing too...
 
Dan Koster,

the other Dan just raised an issue I've wondered about. I'd like to experiment on a Kobra by grinding lightening cuts on the forward blade section.

Closer to the spine than edge so I shouldn't hurt the temper any, should I?

munk
 
munk said:
Dan Koster,

the other Dan just raised an issue I've wondered about. I'd like to experiment on a Kobra by grinding lightening cuts on the forward blade section.

Closer to the spine than edge so I shouldn't hurt the temper any, should I?

munk
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As long as you keep the blade cool while you grind you should be fine.
 
Keep dipping it in a bucket of water?

How much control will I have?

I'm the guy who make pistol grips with a grinding bit on a drill. When that skips out of the area, it leaves impression on hand and wood.


munk
 
munk said:
When that skips out of the area, it leaves impression on hand and wood.
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Definitely been there, done that....yikes! :eek:


munk - don't worry about the temper. Only the last 1/2" or so of the blade (nearer the edge) needs to be tempered. Even then, there is a huge debate as to how deep that temper really goes.

Because the khukuri is differentially tempered, you can grind all day on anything outside that 1/2" (or so) line with no detrimental effect to the blade.

Remember - if it's just too hot to hold, it's really only at about 150 degrees. You have to get it up to 350 degrees before you start screwing up the temper. It'll turn straw-yellow long before you get it that hot.


If it was me, I'd just clamp the blade down and grind away. Keep a few ice cubes nearby and run one over the blade every once in a while (only on/around where you are carving it).
 
Hell, if I was gonna lighten one I would just drill a series of different sized holes along the spine.:p ;) :)
 
I thought of that Yvsa, and done properly in a pattern with small and larger holes it could be attractive. I think my version would look like the block of wood students use in shop to get accustomed to the drill press.

Course, a grinder just might give me that, 'run over and dragged down street by car" look.



munk
 
drilling straight holes in a fullered khukuri is not my idea of a fun weekend go-get-'em project.....yikes! :eek:



:p




:footinmou
 
no fullers in the Kobra.

still don't want to try to make holes look good.


if just one hole is buggered the whole blade looks bad



munk
 
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