A Fix to Blade Rattle
Oct 31, 2022 16:13:44 GMT
Post by pgandy on Oct 31, 2022 16:13:44 GMT
I got the idea from Cottontail Customs of using an old Japanese trick to eliminate blade rattle. Simply using hair. Rattle is something that I normally do not worry about, but in the case of Windlass’ Mk3 kukri the scabbard was grossly oversize resulting in the worse fit I’ve experienced.
The first step with the Mk3 was to shim the scabbard’s mouth. After I was satisfied with that the blade continued to slap against the scabbard at the distal end. Then came to hardest part, finding hair. Hazel was most uncooperative in this respect, but I had better luck with Amazon. I tied a knot in the middle of a small handful and tied length of sewing thread to that as a method to retrieve the hair if necessary and shoved it into the scabbard with the aid of the kukri’s blade. This eliminated the rattle but in a short time the individual hairs started coming out. Thank goodness I had the foresight to tie the string to the bundle that I used to pull the remaining hair out. I then repeated the process using two knots and that has been in place for about a year now and working fine.
I still have the memory of putting compressible foam in the saya of one of my sword sticks. That worked for a couple of years before working its way to the bottom of the saya preventing the blade entering all the way. That took effort to remove.
The first step with the Mk3 was to shim the scabbard’s mouth. After I was satisfied with that the blade continued to slap against the scabbard at the distal end. Then came to hardest part, finding hair. Hazel was most uncooperative in this respect, but I had better luck with Amazon. I tied a knot in the middle of a small handful and tied length of sewing thread to that as a method to retrieve the hair if necessary and shoved it into the scabbard with the aid of the kukri’s blade. This eliminated the rattle but in a short time the individual hairs started coming out. Thank goodness I had the foresight to tie the string to the bundle that I used to pull the remaining hair out. I then repeated the process using two knots and that has been in place for about a year now and working fine.
I still have the memory of putting compressible foam in the saya of one of my sword sticks. That worked for a couple of years before working its way to the bottom of the saya preventing the blade entering all the way. That took effort to remove.
Things have changed!