[kronckew]

i hope the blade clamp was not installed on top of the wood core then forever covered and held by the soldered cover or you may never get the grip off in one piece. the experts may have a comment on how this was likely made.

i know nepalis use 'laha' a tree resin based cutlers cement, along with stuff like animal hair & dung to hold their tangs. thais similarly used tree resin based glues, so i think that the resin based glue you have may be similar.

anyhow, when a khukuri grip needs replacement, you need to heat the grip up enough to soften the resin till it can be pulled off. holding it over a flame or putting it in the oven is not an option, you don't want to damage anything. also laha stinks to high heaven when hot. your 'significant other' will not be amused. anyhow, a trick is to use a large pot of water deep enough to immerse the whole grip, get it boiling. an put the grip in a large plastic heat resistant ('cook in in the bag' type) bag and secure the bag around the blade well above the grip with tape, rubber band, making sure you get as much air out as possible before securing. then immerse the bagged end in the water and simmer (ie. turn down the heat till it just stays bubbling) and let the heat soak into the grip for an hour or so. then take it out (use gloves, it's HOT) and try pulling off the grip. if it moves but won't come off, cook it in the bag some more. if it still won't come off, you are screwed. abort.

best done while the wife is away for a few days (or in a man-cave far from the female parts of the house), so you can clean up the mess and get the stench out of the house. you should clean off as much goop as you can while it is hot. use something hard like a wood chopstick to clean the hole in the handle - do not use a cloth poked in the hole as it will be a biotch to get out when it sticks. if it does, use the bag trick again. do NOT use her favourite pot. she will not be amused. she would likely take a large chef's knife and damage you. anyhow after replacing all the tools and cloths now covered in stinky laha, and remembering why the heck you started this disaster, you can make any changes you want, use google to find a recipe for a new batch of (if possible, non-stinky) tree resin glue and put everything back together. remember if you use a nice smelling fragrant pine resin, she-who-must-be-obeyed may still not like it covering 'her' kitchen and cooking stuff. if your significant other is perchance male, you may be able to ignore the misogynistic anti-feminine, politically incorrect remarks above, if she is female, do not let her read this. i do not want to be looking over my shoulder or get 1gb of insults and threats on my facebook page. one of my ex wives could easily have done that on her own, & i don't want to know how many stranger women it would take.

p.s. - one of my ex-wives did in fact try to cut me with a largish kitchen knife. not laha related or she would have used my two hole shootsgun and buckshot. anyway, it did not turn out well. she missed & hit the wall. she found out why a guard is normally fitted to a stabbing knife, after getting her to hold the towel over the cut in her palm, i figgered with both hands occupied i was safe for a while so i drove her to the emergency room where they gave her about 10 stitches. she suffered from PMS & migrains a lot.