Bark River Mini Canadian orange G-10 and Spyderco Khukuri

[@knivesandstuff]

1500grit or higher sandpaper if no strop.. with a leather strop and black or green polishing compound you may not actually need to sharpen for a very long time, just honing.. green compound on leather for touching up a good edge

[@knivesandstuff]

Its not so much that stropping will dull your blade if you do it that way.. the issue is that you will slice your strop into pieces with the edge when it bites in :)

[@turbo311]

Yes I learned the difference between a sharpening motion and a stropping motion from Murray Carter's video. But I just recently learned the sharpening motion doesn't apply to convex edges, only stropping.

[@turbo311]

Excellent, well I guess I'll order the BRKT stropping kit and see how it goes. Thanks for letting me know the stones are a bad idea for convex.

[@MBvacca]

I hate that! if you don't mind, what happened? Do you totally agree with your friend? I am just curious. Thanks for your time. Did you get rid of these in the video since then? I guess I meant to finish my statement & lost track on the last post. I was going to say, if your favorite was for sale, let me know. But it came out nothing like that. OOPS. Thanks buddy, Brad

[@knivesandstuff]

stropping is on leather which is soft and conforms to the edge. by the time you are stropping you are dealing with only the last 1/100" of steel. if you push too hard on a strop you rol and blunt the edge

[@knivesandstuff]

Convexing on a waterstone? You are keen :) I think I'll stick with Sandpaper for the convex.. Get one of my fixed blades next :D its cheap.. haha.. Good video~!

[@turbo311]

I thought that too when I first saw the design, and it's true, but Ed wanted a Kukri for Spyderco and that's what he designed. I've seen big folding kukris from Citadel that are totally different, same with the one from Cold Steel.

[@ChrisNordyke]

@turbo311 If you're looking for a great, small fixed blade, you should look into the Spyderco Street Beat

[@slice22359]

I agree do not deny the call of the Khukuri! It is utterly fantastic.

[@turbo311]

OK I got it. So if I'm just looking to touch up the edge, not sharpen a dull edge, what kind of sandpaper/strop should I be using?

[@soul111smasher]

How bad is the scratch? I wonder (this is purely a theory type thought/ wondering, lol) if you could strop it out with a leather strop and compound or something.

[@turbo311]

@chrisnordyke That IS a great little fixed blade and I've handled them and had a chance to buy one but never did.

[@turbo311]

@with33 Oh yeah Bark River does so many different types of knives in all handle materials and colors.

[@turbo311]

@MBvacca Because of the way the owner of the company treated a friend of mine. Yes it's orange G10.

[@synRdave]

the way i got scratches out of my knife was 400 grit sandpaper them 600 800 1000 2000 and i stopped but you can keep going untill its a mirror i mean if the scratchs bother you

[@turbo311]

Ha yeah wanted the Bumblebee first actually but then these were available again. Bumble will be next, don't know what handle material though. Khukuri is calling to you? Well I wouldn't ignore that!

[@turbo311]

The Spyderco is called a Khukuri. Look on their website. Spyderco's are usually functional and not pretty.

[@nephildevil]

what is the point of having such a tiny fixed blade? i'd just use a folder instead

[@turbo311]

I've seen it and I've seen others talk about sandpaper but I thought it was just an option not a requirement.

[@MBvacca]

Why does your post say do not buy Bark River? If this CS in orange G10?

[@hulkbuster1026]

how much do mini canadians go for and what handle materials do they come in

[@knivesandstuff]

rather... Sandpaper is soft when placed on a soft backing like foam or leather :D not hardwood

[@turbo311]

I'm familiar with it but my tastes have changed since I made these videos. I have no interest in Busse or other combat beastly knives. Right now I'm only getting customs and very few of them.

[@turbo311]

I see... what about those strops I see a lot of

[@with33]

do they come in different colord handles i hate knives in orange handles

[@knivesandstuff]

Well, you can use waterstones, but you need to learn how to roll the steel perfectly with your swiping motion, or you are taking a curve, and filing it into a flatgrind.. the sandpaper, and leather is soft, and contours to the curve of the steel maintaining the original angles and curve of the convex without deforming it

[@turbo311]

Who makes it?

[@desertcamelbak]

I'll let ya know when I get it in the mail. I been checken out some fitzen customs. I don't so much like the big ones, but he has some kewl smaller fixed blades.

[@Ferrant621]

That kukri defeats the purpose of the kukri. It's mainly a chopping tool/weapon, which folders are never good for, plus they didn't include the sharpened straight part just before the belly, which will severly hinder the chopping ability. That's just a knife on an angle.

[@turbo311]

Knives Ship free is your best place to look

[@desertcamelbak]

have u seen the busse game warden??

[@turbo311]

@gitrdone8383 yeah great knives for little money I used to have one

[@nephildevil]

my pocket bushman got sand in it

[@turbo311]

See I don't know enough about convex to know to use sandpaper and not use a stone...

[@desertcamelbak]

true that broham, I just bought a custom NESSMUK~still waiting on it in the mail. KEWL KEWL.

[@turbo311]

Some people prefer fixed blades all the time. Sometimes they're more useful. My Carter neck knives are a better example.

[@FutureNcSWAT]

great video!

[@knivesandstuff]

You better watch my convex tutorial LoL :0

[@nephildevil]

seems like another useless desing kukri is for chopping, and thatb spydie will not chop i'm certain

[@MrZotZot]

take the mini to a belt sander with a 5 micron belt :D thaty'll take those scratches right on out :D

[@ProjectGuitarmanbear]

LOL 2:03 THATS WHAT SHE SAID

[@slice22359]

Superhawk whoo!!!

[@turbo311]

Any Khukuri looks weird!

[@turbo311]

haha you're the first to say so, thanks!

[@JohnBarrow1961]

Do you actually use these expensive knives for their intended purpose or just rub your johnson on them all day long? That Canadian Special looks like you just pulled it out of the box. It's a freakin' bushcraft knife not a paper slicer.

[@seanb6986]

I would probably be horrified if I saw the condition your knives are in. You’re probably the type of person that opens coconuts with their knife

[@raptor2224]

Spyderco Khukuri looks weird

[@turbo311]

@triumphmanful Who cares about what? Troll?

[@triumphmanful]

who cares?