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Suddenly a Tarwar comes to mind
not a prybar to use full length, not a knife (add 12" khuk on the side?) but .........
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280331
posted by not2sharp for Wayne Lau (The Big Kahuna)
"Fourth: BirGorkha Tawar 28.5, around 36 oz. POB 5.5 (held close to guard). Actually a Bura made sword. But used as an oversized machete to clear thick brush/jungle in hunting. Will be taken along in that future boar hunting trip with dogs and knives for when I chicken out of using a knife. Carried on side baldric but can be put on the back Conan the Barbarian style for Hollywood effect (only problem is avoiding cutting ear off when pulling or sheathing blade J ). Not usually thought of as a chopper but wanted to see what it could do anyway. Sharp."
"2. The khuk is a superior chopper when cut length is less that the size of its sweet spot. But when it is gets large, it seems a flat blade like the Tarwar may do better. But given the large sweets spots on khuks, we would be talking about trunks 6+ inches in diameter. Cutting down trees comes to mind. No wonder lumberjacks stick to full size, flat blade axes.
3. I am becoming convinced that the Kamis have acquired something special from their centuries of collective experience. Using a machete style stroke, their blade edges proved amazingly hard and yet resilient through hundreds of chops. Since the power of the machete stroke depends mostly on the weight and design of a blade, perhaps the blade is made specifically to be used with the easy machete stroke. Also the flared butt caps, Hanuman heads, and Trishul curved handle are much more than cosmetics. They provided just the right support to prevent the handles from slipping out of a relaxed grip when the blades snaps into the target during a machete stroke. No need to grip the handle tightly, it naturally rests right against your relaxed hand when your wrist snaps. Even the Buras Tawar handle has just enough bulge in the middle to support single handed use in a machete stroke with the hand held forward against the guard."
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not a prybar to use full length, not a knife (add 12" khuk on the side?) but .........
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280331
posted by not2sharp for Wayne Lau (The Big Kahuna)
"Fourth: BirGorkha Tawar 28.5, around 36 oz. POB 5.5 (held close to guard). Actually a Bura made sword. But used as an oversized machete to clear thick brush/jungle in hunting. Will be taken along in that future boar hunting trip with dogs and knives for when I chicken out of using a knife. Carried on side baldric but can be put on the back Conan the Barbarian style for Hollywood effect (only problem is avoiding cutting ear off when pulling or sheathing blade J ). Not usually thought of as a chopper but wanted to see what it could do anyway. Sharp."
"2. The khuk is a superior chopper when cut length is less that the size of its sweet spot. But when it is gets large, it seems a flat blade like the Tarwar may do better. But given the large sweets spots on khuks, we would be talking about trunks 6+ inches in diameter. Cutting down trees comes to mind. No wonder lumberjacks stick to full size, flat blade axes.
3. I am becoming convinced that the Kamis have acquired something special from their centuries of collective experience. Using a machete style stroke, their blade edges proved amazingly hard and yet resilient through hundreds of chops. Since the power of the machete stroke depends mostly on the weight and design of a blade, perhaps the blade is made specifically to be used with the easy machete stroke. Also the flared butt caps, Hanuman heads, and Trishul curved handle are much more than cosmetics. They provided just the right support to prevent the handles from slipping out of a relaxed grip when the blades snaps into the target during a machete stroke. No need to grip the handle tightly, it naturally rests right against your relaxed hand when your wrist snaps. Even the Buras Tawar handle has just enough bulge in the middle to support single handed use in a machete stroke with the hand held forward against the guard."
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<>call me 'Dean'
-FYI-FWIW-IIRC-JMO-M2C-YMMV-TIA-YW-GL-HH-HBD-IBSCUTWS-tWotBGUaDUaDUaD<> Tips <> Baha'i Prayers Links --A--T--H--D
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