Testing my new Mora frosts 120 and 162 on a kuksa

[RonW]

Recently I bought myself some Mora Frosts knives and through the gift-it-on thread I obtained a kuksa.
Now I didn't like the smooth, laqcuered and factorynew-look of the kuksa, so I thought it might be fun testing the knives and give the kuksa a more rough look. I like to personalise things, too....

The knives;

These have been baptised in blood by now.....

And the kuksa, befor I "took care" off it;

The double fingeropening gave a very uncomfortable grip, so I opened the bottom one up.

When I was done cutting of the lacquer (sanding didn't work and that should have rung a bell), I added some hot coffee afterwards and the following pictures show what happenend. The coffee came dripping and bubbling through the sides!

Damn, now I had to reseal the inside after all. That's why the inside is darker than the outside.
Fot good measure and because I like to adorn my gear with them, I added a moose to the front, too.

Next I added a metal ring and made a braided strap to it, so I can hang the mug from my breadbag. This way I always have easy access to it.

Now it's coffeetime!!

 

[Bluemerle]

I like it!!

 

[outdoorpaddy]

great job there, what did you use to seal it?

 

[Sean Hellman]

The more you use your Kuksa the less it will leak. It just takes time. If you use milk in your coffee then this will happen reasonably quickly. Did you sharpen you hook knife before using it. Most other mora knives come sharp enough to use, but not the hook knives, which annoys me as it is these knives that cause some bad injuries as people force a blunt knife through the wood. I think, after speaking to a mora representative that they may be looking into a redesign of these knives sometime.
By the way it is a 106 not a 120. The 120 is the shorter one. Nice woodburning by the way, I like the moose

 

[RonW]

I used an acrylic spraycan clear semigloss paint.
Coffee and milk seal the kuksa? How? By sealing the gaps between the fibres?
I tried the hook knife, but it isn't that sharp. That's true. I'll be getting some advise shortly on how to sharpen it, though.
And the knife 's 106? It is listed as the 120, not that it realy matters. I will get the shorter one too anyway.