Khukri sharpening?

[baggins]

Hi Folks,
hope you all have a great Xmas and looking forward to newyear. A question. I was lucky enough to get a windlass steelcraft khukri last week, however, i'm not quite sure of the best way to sharpen it. I know one of the small 'patch' knives is supposed to do the job, but is there a way to do it with a standard rectangular jap stone. Also, anybody know the correct edge type. At the mo it has a small secondary bevel but i don't know if the main bevel is supposed to be flat, covex or concave.
Cheers
Baggins

 

[spamel]

From what I have gathered over on British Blades, a piece of emery wrapped around a piece of flexible plastic tubing works very well. The pipe deforms and creates a convex edge. It may be worth jumping across and asking over there. Be warned though, the natives are playing up over there tonight, i think it must be a full moon and half price at Threshers!

 

[Dave Budd]

here is the place to look for all info kukri related, they have several threads on sharpening http://www.toraforums.com/

I normally use a half-round dowel with wet n dry wrapped around it to shapren kuks: round edge for the tight internal curve and the flat for the rest of the blade. The plastic tube is a sound idea, but I would suggest putting a rod through it for a bit of rigidity The edges are all convex, but the angle often varies according to the job each part of the blade is intended for. That said of course, they rarely come with a useful angle when new and in reality it is pretty much a big whacking bar rather than a fine use tool (don't jump on me for saying that, I have and do use the things for both whacking and carving, but they aren't the best tool for close to work!)

A flat stone can be used for the main part of the blade, but it will deform quickly and not work very well on the radical internal curve near the handle. When I use a kukri (or more normally the British equivilent, the billhook) I have a bit of wet n dry in my ppocket and when I need to touch the edge up I find a suitable stick to wrap the paper around

 

[Sickboy]

Been using a small ceramic steel on mine and it's been coming up sharp but Tora forums the place if you want to learn how to do it properly

 

[baggins]

Thats great, thanks alot guys.
Baggins

 

[akabu]

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/
lots of info.

 

[Graham_S]

I put a mousepad on my leg and use wet 'n dry.
works for me.