YCS

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Bill or anyone. Please explain the difference between the "Plain YCS" and what i will here term :the other YCS". I'm assuming the plain has the regular chakma and Karda and the other has the tools as YVSA designed them with two kardas and an awl. Enlighten me, please.

Been trying to call you all day Bill, Assuming your line is busy due to internet connection.

Shalom all

Kremeking
 
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Kremeking I think you have it correct with the plain YCS having a standard chakma and karda and is brass mounted.

I ordered another "special" YCS that I am calling the YCS-2.
The specs call for the regular YCS tools and steel mounting on the khukuri and scabbard and with No inlay in the handles.
Hopefully the kamis will get it correct and since I designated it the YCS-2 they will know what that means in case anyone else wants one exactly like it. IMO the YCS tools are are a large part of the YCS itself. And even with me being biased towards them I still think they're some really nice little knives that stand alone.

The problem with getting too many variations on any particular khukuri is that the kamis have a hard time getting things straight and take Uncle Bill very literally as the 1st "plain" YCS came without the fullers in the blade.
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Thanks Yvsa, was hoping,expecting you would reply since the question concerned your baby. Finally gave in to the madness of UBDOTD for the first time and scored one of the YCS's. Hope to meet you someday. Thanks for the info brother.


Shalom

King.
 
Yvsa,

How should we treat the handles on the YCS. On my regular wood handle ones I just rub it down with mineral oil occassionally. I don't know how to deal with the bone inlays.
 
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I think the mineral oil should work just fine for the inlays as well as the rest of the handle.
I don't think the inlay would be in much danger of cracking or checking left alone since there's no pressure on them like there would be on a complete bone handle.
But I would rather be safe then sorry.
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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Hi All,
Uncle Bill, The unit that Yvsa is describing is actually what I would like to get for my second YCS. I like the three tools and the idea of plain solid steel fittings for my backwoods beater. Thanks to all.

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I eventually want a YCS-2 myself. I want the special tools and I want steel mountings and no inlays. I want some kind of utilitarian finish. I'm willing to wait of course until Yvsa thinks the kamis have it right. I haven't bought a new khukuri for at least six months and that knife would pull me into a purchase.

Gregg
 
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Gregg you might want to rethink a utilitarian finish.
There is a definite advantage to the highly polished blades we're getting now and that's a much reduced tendency to rust.
With a more utilitarian finish like on a villager there is more blade surface and some places (high humidity) would possibly be more prone to rust.
I know I don't have any problems even with the blades I use a Scotch-Brite on, but before that they were all polished above what was then coming out on the H.I. blades.
I can't improve on the kami's polished finish now!!!


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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
I have to agree that the mirror finish that these knives have is absolutely tops. I've tried to put this finish on my various other big, sharp, shiny things and I can't get close. I can get pretty close on the reflective quality but never without annoying extremely fine sanding scratches
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If anyone knows of a compound that would remove these please share the wisdom
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Mc I use a white compound and a fairly loose buff to get a nice shiny finish with my buffer.
I use tripoli and then a dark grey compound to get the heavy scratches out. As to the grits they are I don't have a clue.
I just recently got a hard felt wheel that I use with the green chrome to put a really nice edge on all my knive's.
It was an expensive little thing, 6"x3/4" went for a tad over $25.00, but it was in the hand and no shipping costs or waiting for one to come in so it may have been just as cheap as buying one online, but I don't know.
It does take a hard buff to get the super edges on a knife, but like all buffed edges you can do it too much and then have to start over if you're not careful.

Hopefully the kamis will do the YCS-2 exactly as I asked and then any further orders won't be confused with what we've been calling a "plain" YCS.
I would have liked the hammer dingy as forged finish on my YCS-2, but I knew better than to confuse the kamis anymore than they already are by us crazy Americans.
They will eventualy get it right, I hope.
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Indin word for lousy hunter.

[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 03-11-2001).]
 
I think the only way to ge that 'mirror finish is with a buffing wheel and jeweler's rouge. That is as close as I have gotten to the mirror finish.

One of these days I really have to get a dedicated buffer.
 
Thanks for the Info guys! Looks like I have a few projects ahead of me
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Is it wrong to consider polishing and sharpening fun?
 
Anybody tried a Dremel or another high-speed tool to polish up their khuks? My sirupati has a few scrubs on the blade and, having no power grinder, I figured I might try that. At least it doesn't have enough power to sling the knife through me.
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Competition for the coveted annual award for Stupidest Use of a Dremel Tool for something that could have been done better, quicker, and easier with hand tools is so fierce these days that attempting to polish a khukuri with a Dremel won't even get you an Honorable Mention any more....
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You can get a buff to chuck into an electric drill for a couple bucks and that'll work much better than a Dremel.

Jeweler's rouge is finer than tripoli, but when I really want to go overboard I use Raybrite A, which is a submicron alumina that's used to polish gemstones. You won't find that in a hardware store, but any place that carries lapidary supplies should have it.

I hope I haven't offended anybody ... there's something hypnotic about a Dremel tool that gives otherwise rational men an almost irresistable urge to take on ridiculous jobs with it -- polish a khukuri, strip the paint off a battleship, carve a lifesize Brontosaurus in granite -- the eerie buzzing sound that little dinky thing makes interferes with your brain waves somehow and makes you think you can do anything with it....


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