Thread: replacement

I have four Kukhri knives. Three are military patterns with two of those the hefty WWI No.2 pattern with a 15" blade and weighs about 1.5 KG. The sort used for a back up weapon when the rifle ran out of bullets and you needed to suddenly decapitate someone.[/QUOTE] ...........Indeed sir !! Sorry off topic,but it was such a good statement ,I could not resist.

Well Steph, you just never know when the urge might strike, you know. Geez I think I feel one comin' on now...No, no. It was just the after affects of watching 'Blade II' just before. I'm O.K.


Mick

Haha. I'm of Indian decent, and was once introduced to a Gorkha.

have you guys read this?
40 to 1 odds [ + Kukri ] - BladeForums.com

kukri awesomeness right there.

also, i'm thinking about this strop: Amazon.com: Body Toolz Horsehide Leather & Canvas Barber Strop: Health & Personal Care

reviews are mixed and hard to interpret, but it's horsehide for $30.

You don't really need a handle at the bottom of the strop. In fact i prefer not to have one at all. As far as rivets you can get these screws at any hardware store for next to nothing(the ones on the cotton strop) Or you can use leather cordage such as the 3" strop ive got.

on a side note the 3" and 2" strop are from the same leather. amazing how leather colors with age. Some of the darkness is from lather but for the most part just the palm of my hand.

My first strop was a Fromm and I didn't like it at all.

It came heavily waxed and cupped and took hours of conditioning to get it flattened. Others have been very happy with their Fromm (Illonoise) strops, so I may have just gotten a lemon. I'm not going to get another one though.

My next strop was a ruprazor el toro, which I'm very happy with.

I'd also like to mention something about the nicks. If you are nicking your strop, you are doing something wrong, and your razor's keen edge is probably taking some hits too.

Try this with your strop stroke:

* Pull the strop tight, set the razor on the strop spine down, edge at a 90 degree angle off the strop, like an upside down "T"
* Begin the stroke, and THEN set the edge down on the strop only after the stroke has started.
* Before you end the stroke, begin to lift the edge off the strop.
* The stroke should end like it began, with the razor at a 90 degree angle off the strop.
* Then begin the return stroke, and lay the edge down only after the razor is in motion.
* Again, before the end of the stroke, begin to lift the edge off the strop.
* The stroke ends with the razor perpendicular to the strop.

With this technique, you should not nick your strop at all. If you are stropping quickly and stop suddenly, often there is a moment where the razor travels backward. Try this with only the spine touching the strop. Do a quick stroke and stop and look for the backward movement. If the edge wasl touching the strop, you would get a nick and hurt the edge of your razor. With the above technique, however, by habit the edge is lifted before a stop. I can strop very fast and stop suddenly, but the edge is alway up off the strop simply by force of habit.

the two nicks were when i was beginning. Also, i was spazzing out trying to get a good edge at 1am, and my motor skills weren't what they are during waking hours.

So i cut some leather, and discovered a potential problem. i took some pictures.

There are veins or creases in the leather which makes it... not smooth. is it possible to even it out? i cut a strip for my bench strop, then soaked it to get it flat. that's when i noticed it's not as flat as i had hoped, and it occurs throughout the entire flank. is this flank just not good for a razor strop?

they look prominent. wonder if they would sand out?

Originally Posted by simpleman

they look prominent. wonder if they would sand out?

i can definitely feel them with my fingers. so are razor strops just chosen out of better leather?

or are they flattened out somehow???

Maybe not better quality as much as a different part of the animal. My first strop was a cheap one and had marks like that. There werent that bad but still there, They did sand out.

they're pretty deep creases...

would that damage the edge? or just not perform as well as a smooth strop?