Parkerizing a khukuri knife.

[captjeff78]

why did you decide to sandblast the blade prior to treating it?

[gilgsn]

@captjeff78 Metal needs to be sandblasted for parkerizing. The surface must be very clean, free of any oils. Sandblasting is standard practice before any parkerizing job. Otherwise the finish won't be consistent.

[captjeff78]

@gilgsn thank you for your response. how did the finish hold up to wear? is it easily removed?

[gilgsn]

@captjeff78 The finish is pretty resistant to hitting wood.. It does get scratched when hitting metal though, even aluminium. I did make the mistake of hitting tent poles with the side of the blade, and it left permanent scratches. That had never happened before cutting branches, even dried wood.

[gilgsn]

@captjeff78 The finish is pretty resistant to hitting wood.. It does get scratched when hitting metal though, even aluminium. I did make the mistake of hitting tent poles with the side of the blade, and it left permanent scratches. That had never happened before cutting branches.

[dertnberny]

That was their "Farmer's Kukri" It was unpolished or "Raw". It already had a very nice patina on it.

[xSnipo]

@dertnberny Actualy it is the Rawpanawal kukri.

[fraudioc]

nice maded

[KholdAxe]

Nice job, although in my opinion the knife looked better as plain steel :P

[gilgsn]

Ah, I should have done that.. Good advise, thanks.

[TaserTaserTaser]

Also I'm curious as to why you parkerized the blade yourself considering kukri house allows you to order their blades unpolished.

[gilgsn]

It was just an experiment.. I really didn't need to parkerize it, but I wanted to try the process to see how well it works.

[Whitehorze]

Good job. Looks nice.

If you want, next time just grind off the heads of the rivets so you can remove the handle. This will allow you to completely submerge the metal parts. The rivets are just cheap nickel that you buy at any hardware store.

[TaserTaserTaser]

Do you actually own one of these knifes, and have you done what you just described?

[Whitehorze]

I'm not certain if your question was addressed to me. Anyway, yes, I do own an actual Khukri and yes, I have done this kind of work before.

Typically, these are work knives that are carbon steel. That means you can acid blue, rust brown, or parkerize the metal. Alloys will all have different results. As for the handle. There are 2 different kinds of rivets. High and low ductile strength. Low ductile strength are fine for a knife since they can be hammerd down with a normal hammer.