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s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	Photoshopped Ideal Kukri May 28 2011, 7:22 PM EDT ha i can make that i problebly should to Post reply 2 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
White76Knight	1. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 8:26 AM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 8:26 AM EDT What alloy would you make it out of? Do you have knife making experience, including proper heat treating? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Sharpie41	2. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 1:19 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 1:19 PM EDT Probably not, my Gramps probably could, don't know if he would, but he could Post reply Do you find this valuable?
White76Knight	3. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 1:39 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 1:39 PM EDT I've been keeping my eye out for somewhere to get this knife made. It's about as close to the ultimate survival knife as I could design, but unfortunately my current financial situation does not include enough wiggle room to afford what most custom blade-smiths would have to charge for it. It's like they say, I suppose, "You can have it fast, good and cheap... but you only get to pick two." LOL Post reply Do you find this valuable?
brandon_a_boyer	4. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 4:12 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 4:12 PM EDT Depending on how thick you wanted the blade, the fabrication wouldn't be too difficult, the biggest Issue I have is finding a heat treat oven big enough for the projects I want to do. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
White76Knight	5. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 5:02 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 5:04 PM EDT "Depending on how thick you wanted the blade, the fabrication wouldn't be too difficult, the biggest Issue I have is finding a heat treat oven big enough for the projects I want to do." Well the BLADE is only 3/16 inch thick, but the blank may have to be 3/4 inch thick at the beginning, because I want the handle to be solid steel and milled with the blade all in a single piece. The idea is to make the handle about an inch longer than I want it then saw that inch off, bore out a hollow cavity in the handle, then have the mouth of the cavity threaded with the sawed off part milled and threaded to serve as a butt cap. The finished product would be kinda like these, but in a kukri with a sawback and gut hook: http://www.chrisreeve.com/onepiece.htm http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=SCHF2 I've been thinking that maybe just shaping the blade and handle out of 3/16 inch plate, and then building up the thickness of the handle with welding might be easier, but then I'd wondered whether it would be possible to get a nice clean handle that way, clean enough to hollow out like I described above. Of course, I could always use welding to OVERbuild the handle, then grind it away until I'd reached the finished shape that I wanted. I'm not too worried about heat treating, if I can get the fabrication done at a reasonable price, there's a place where I can get it heat treated locally... or I could even take it back to the school where I did my welders training and heat treat it myself if I really, really had to. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
brandon_a_boyer	6. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 6:07 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 6:07 PM EDT 98% of the cost would be your handle. You'd be better off having a full tang and making some scales to throw on the sides. Welding to build up the handle would also be difficult. The more hardenable a material is the lower it's weldability (I **** you not, that is a legitimate term) So you'd risk the welds cracking from stress, or the metal warping from an uneven heat input. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
demsmine	7. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 7:28 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 7:28 PM EDT What are the specs? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	8. 1. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 9:34 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 10:38 PM EDT "ha i can make that i problebly should to" ya i have a lot of expireintce legally of cource my dad started me off as a kid he got me started whith this biginer kit i dont wno what it was calld thou Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	9. 1. RE: Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 9:35 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 10:39 PM EDT "What alloy would you make it out of? Do you have knife making experience, including proper heat treating?" and i would ether make it out of stanelece steel or titanium sorry for spelling \ Post reply 0 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
brandon_a_boyer	10. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 9:51 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 9:51 PM EDT "and i would etherv \make it out of tanelece steel or titanium sorry for spelling \" I'm sorry, that last statement alone means you are don't know what you are talking about. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
PaganArcher	11. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 9:55 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 9:55 PM EDT "I'm sorry, that last statement alone means you are don't know what you are talking about." Wait, you could decipher that? I assumed it was some kind of code to awaken sleeper cells Post reply Do you find this valuable?
brandon_a_boyer	12. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 10:26 PM EDT "Wait, you could decipher that? I assumed it was some kind of code to awaken sleeper cells" I'm guessing tanelece steel = Stainless Steel and titanium is actually spelled correctly. Stainless steel isn't a horrible choice by itself, it's Titanium that exposes him, There aren't any alloys of titanium that are really suitable for knives, it's used as a gimmick to make un-informed people buy the product. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	13. I've been keeping my eye out for somewhere to get this knife made. It' Jun 1 2011, 10:33 PM EDT "I've been keeping my eye out for somewhere to get this knife made. It's about as close to the ultimate survival knife as I could design, but unfortunately my current financial situation does not include enough wiggle room to afford what most custom blade-smiths would have to charge for it. It's like they say, I suppose, "You can have it fast, good and cheap... but you only get to pick two." LOL" you can make it youre sel aktuley in a totall of 2hourse whorth studeying and once you have the book smarts trust me its like youve done it 100 time befor Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
demsmine	14. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 10:33 PM EDT Yes, make the blade as long as possible out of 440 stainless and be sure whack it a few times as hard as possible to test durability. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzV6J3SQ8Qs But if you decide to take the titanium route, you could find someone with a Water Jet cutter to cutout the blank, be sure to stand as close to the billet as possible, and with the titanium not submerged at all. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	15. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 10:38 PM EDT "Yes, make the blade as long as possible out of 440 stainless and be sure whack it a few times as hard as possible to test durability. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzV6J3SQ8Qs But if you decide to take the titanium route, you could find someone with a Water Jet cutter to cutout the blank, be sure to stand as close to the billet as possible, and with the titanium not submerged at all." aktuly i found whith my expireintce the classek way is the harrdest but the best once u have experientced it and masterd it u will never go back and no one can make a stronger blade Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	16. I'm sorry, that last statement alone means you are don't know what you Jun 1 2011, 10:43 PM EDT "I'm sorry, that last statement alone means you are don't know what you are talking about." um sorry but you dont wno me we have never met so how would you wno what i do or dont no sorrey if it sounds like im trying to starf a fight but im a littul ufended eney ways i was saying my faveret and the best mettul for the job because ther bouth easy to cut bent and there strong and light mettuls Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
brandon_a_boyer	17. RE: 1. Photoshopped Ideal Kukri Jun 1 2011, 10:44 PM EDT "aktuly i found whith my expireintce the classek way is the harrdest but the best once u have experientced it and masterd it u will never go back and no one can make a stronger blade" See I love how you are totally ignoring my comments. I can only assume you are trying to say that you'd be forging. Which does not result in a stronger blade and would only serve to destroy a perfectly good piece of titanium. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	18. See I love how you are totally ignoring my comments. Jun 1 2011, 11:01 PM EDT \| Post edited: Jun 1 2011, 11:02 PM EDT "See I love how you are totally ignoring my comments. I can only assume you are trying to say that you'd be forging. Which does not result in a stronger blade and would only serve to destroy a perfectly good piece of titanium." dood i just seid i dont want to git in a fight whith you and you oveyisly dont have much epereintce then because you would no we do it slowly to stop weakinig pluss you problebly wat my friends would call a troll wich youre trolling right now cause if you wernt you would of pountid that out as well Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
s'a'z=skots_agenst_z	19. RE: See I love how you are totally ignoring my comments. Jun 1 2011, 11:03 PM EDT "dood i just seid i dont want to git in a fight whith you and you oveyisly dont have much epereintce then because you would no we do it slowly to stop weakinig pluss you problebly wat my friends would call a troll wich youre trolling right now cause if you wernt you would of pountid that out as well " there other techniques as well Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?

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