The only mod I'd ever want to do on my Junglas is thinning out and tapering down the tang. Too much unnecessary weight on the back end. Move that balance point out in front of the handle.
@steveysimmons13579 That could work. I think if I had the tools and skills, I'd rather just taper down the tang or have a friend or local Smith do it for me. Obviously, issue with that is you'll need to also make new handle scales to match the new tang. Skeletonizing the tang would be a quicker and easier project for sure....but you're potentially losing some strength. Skeletonized, full-tang handles can have weakness issues under chopping and batoning impacts. They can also transfer more vibrations to the hand. Like, a strong, solid, stick tang (with properly radiused corners) would actually be stronger as weird as that sounds. It's a gamble.... I just got in a Kailash Blades, 13" Panawal (full-tang) Khukuri. 8mm spine. Absolute beast, so I've retired the Junglas lol. 5160 spring steel. Differentially tempered. They forge it already with a tapered tang. Ordered the micarta handle. Love it! 👍 Went with the "standard grind" option so it's a much more robust edge for chopping and splitting compared to something like a Junglas. I'll always have love for the Junglas, but I'm sold on the khukuri. For all day machete work, I have my cheap Tramontinas which are great.
@pennsyltuckyreb9800 Wow, appreciate the advice, Penn. After thinking about your thoughts, I'm just just going to go for it, drill the holes, and see what happens. I'm certainly no knife expert, just looking to balance this thing out and make it a little more comfortable. Afterwards, I'll do some chopping and circle back with an update. Thanks, man.
Nice job 👏
Bad ass mod
Very nice!
Looks good
I would like to see your mod on the tahoma field knife.
The only mod I'd ever want to do on my Junglas is thinning out and tapering down the tang. Too much unnecessary weight on the back end. Move that balance point out in front of the handle.
Was just thinking this...handle just too heavy....maybe using a step bit to drill some skeletons. Thoughts?
@steveysimmons13579 That could work. I think if I had the tools and skills, I'd rather just taper down the tang or have a friend or local Smith do it for me. Obviously, issue with that is you'll need to also make new handle scales to match the new tang.
Skeletonizing the tang would be a quicker and easier project for sure....but you're potentially losing some strength.
Skeletonized, full-tang handles can have weakness issues under chopping and batoning impacts. They can also transfer more vibrations to the hand.
Like, a strong, solid, stick tang (with properly radiused corners) would actually be stronger as weird as that sounds. It's a gamble....
I just got in a Kailash Blades, 13" Panawal (full-tang) Khukuri. 8mm spine. Absolute beast, so I've retired the Junglas lol.
5160 spring steel. Differentially tempered. They forge it already with a tapered tang. Ordered the micarta handle. Love it! 👍
Went with the "standard grind" option so it's a much more robust edge for chopping and splitting compared to something like a Junglas.
I'll always have love for the Junglas, but I'm sold on the khukuri. For all day machete work, I have my cheap Tramontinas which are great.
@pennsyltuckyreb9800 Wow, appreciate the advice, Penn. After thinking about your thoughts, I'm just just going to go for it, drill the holes, and see what happens. I'm certainly no knife expert, just looking to balance this thing out and make it a little more comfortable. Afterwards, I'll do some chopping and circle back with an update. Thanks, man.
Pretty sure you're just voiding your warranty
Nope… he could literally plasma cut it in half on video. Send esee the video and they would replace it