It's not always easy being an Euro Piglet. Can't very well get to all the shows Busse attends to participate in the carnage, and moving anything over the Atlantic is always a bit annoying. The secondary market is a bit tricky, too, since a lot of folks don't want to ship overseas, which is of course quite reasonable. Not to mention being in the wrong time zone for a lot of things, such as most of the ganza rampages. 
It's no secret that I just plain love the FFBM. It's an enormously fun blade - not too practical, but then, there are many other blades for all the small precision work type tasks. Can't seem to get enough of that thing.
But I digress. The point of this thread was to publicly thank one very generous and helpful Hog for going out of his way and through a whole lot of trouble just so I could get another FFBM. I'm looking at you, Old Pigsics! You are definitely the Hog of the Year in my books. :thumbup:
You all shall have to excuse the awful picture quality - I'm no cameraman, and my "camera" is a distinctly inferior mobile phone one. But here's an OD Green / Green Linen beauty courtesy of Old Pigsics...
And here she is with a couple of smaller friends...
She looks a little on the fat side, to be perfectly frank.
I see some INFI dimples! :thumbup:
Testing her out on some bothersome saplings... Very light left-handed wrist chops took down that tree-hopeful quickly.
Some people say you can't stab with an FFBM. Those people are wrong. Again, a simple and light left-handed thrust sunk the tip a couple of cm in the tree.
The more I use the FFBM the more I like it. Sure, it's thick, long, and heavy, but it chops, batons and generally beats things around like a demon. And after a couple of hours of carnage, it'll still be shaving sharp. Not something I'd want to wear on my belt, but easy to carry strapped to a backpack or in a more swordlike sheath solution. This is coming from a guy who is most certainly not hugely large or muscled, or all that young and vigorous either. I will say one thing - this won't be the last Battle Mistress I shall try to acquire.
But once again, I thank Old Pigsics, that is to say Jamie, for all the work he did for my benefit. You're a great guy. :thumbup:
It's no secret that I just plain love the FFBM. It's an enormously fun blade - not too practical, but then, there are many other blades for all the small precision work type tasks. Can't seem to get enough of that thing.
But I digress. The point of this thread was to publicly thank one very generous and helpful Hog for going out of his way and through a whole lot of trouble just so I could get another FFBM. I'm looking at you, Old Pigsics! You are definitely the Hog of the Year in my books. :thumbup:
You all shall have to excuse the awful picture quality - I'm no cameraman, and my "camera" is a distinctly inferior mobile phone one. But here's an OD Green / Green Linen beauty courtesy of Old Pigsics...
And here she is with a couple of smaller friends...
She looks a little on the fat side, to be perfectly frank.
I see some INFI dimples! :thumbup:
Testing her out on some bothersome saplings... Very light left-handed wrist chops took down that tree-hopeful quickly.
Some people say you can't stab with an FFBM. Those people are wrong. Again, a simple and light left-handed thrust sunk the tip a couple of cm in the tree.
The more I use the FFBM the more I like it. Sure, it's thick, long, and heavy, but it chops, batons and generally beats things around like a demon. And after a couple of hours of carnage, it'll still be shaving sharp. Not something I'd want to wear on my belt, but easy to carry strapped to a backpack or in a more swordlike sheath solution. This is coming from a guy who is most certainly not hugely large or muscled, or all that young and vigorous either. I will say one thing - this won't be the last Battle Mistress I shall try to acquire.
But once again, I thank Old Pigsics, that is to say Jamie, for all the work he did for my benefit. You're a great guy. :thumbup:
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