[Closed] i'm building a sword now!!

Agreed, definitely more of a ceremonial thing for looking at than actually putting to work.

its even worse if its a cheap one...

Agreed on the Damascus blade and rust,

I have a Japanese Damascus hunting knife, a beautiful blade that holds an edge really well at nearly 60 Rockwell but it does show 4 little rust specs right on the cutting edge half way up the blade .I polish it out but it always comes back even though I oil it before I put it in its sheath.

skiboy try using renaissance wax

I've got a WW2 Japanese knife - presumably a fighting one - taken off a dead soldier by an uncle in a bullets beat blades type incident. It's still bloody sharp.

I'd like to see some pics of that epicyclo...

About time for an update please 😀

Indeed.

I don't know the circumstances behind this kukhri, but my dad was stationed out in Singapore during WW2, and I know he served with Gurkhas out there, from the odd little story he told me, like the ears that magically appeared every morning, decorating the barbed wire around the base, but this has been around as long as I can remember, so I would guess my dad was given it by a Gurkha, which makes it seventy-odd years old, at least, possibly eighty.
Sadly, my brother got his hands on it and left it in his garage, so it's got a bit shabby, the leather around the wooden sheath has all but gone, and the blade is showing some corrosion, and there's a small piece of wood missing from the hilt, but it's still bloody sharp, and I treasure it, as something that was my dad's.
He died when I was thirteen, so I'm sure he would have told me more had he lived, and I got older.

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Not just a weapon, it's an everyday tool, as well.

Sorry been really busy with other things hopefully get some stuff done this week...

Right, a bit of an update, i have managed to get the primary bevels done then ran into a bit of a glitch with the flats not lining up. so i have decided that it will be an elliptical or convex grind. this will cause issues for the polishing but the can be overcome easily enough. I'm wondering how long before minivader gets bored with polishing, mrsvader gives it 5 minutes i'm not sure!!!
so here are some pics, not the best as light was rubbish.
primary bevel...
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[img][url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5675/23273186215_1c11c22458_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5675/23273186215_1c11c22458_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/Bszari ]DSC_0710[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/75575925@N08/ ]daftvader77[/url], on Flickr[/img]
convex bevel
[img][url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/730/22676506074_bb2b73e37a_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/730/22676506074_bb2b73e37a_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/AxR2dE ]DSC_0720[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/75575925@N08/ ]daftvader77[/url], on Flickr[/img]
[img][url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/733/23278785996_e771d2fba7_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/733/23278785996_e771d2fba7_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/Bt4S4f ]DSC_0724[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/75575925@N08/ ]daftvader77[/url], on Flickr[/img]

cheers

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CountZero - Member

I don't know the circumstances behind this kukhri, ...

Nice Kukhri ... You can still use it to defend yourself against any zombie attack with that.