Baby GRS Field Test

servtech

servtech

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My pasture has dried out somewhat so I decided to test the Baby GRS with 3 other knives on some Russian Olive trees. I included an H I 18 1/2" Sirupati, an H I 18" Sanu Special, and a G H 19" Afghan Khukuri.
All Knives were tested as I received them. No sharpening was done.
<img src=http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/911/89/29118984.jpg>

All Kuks cut thru branches up to 1" easily if the cuts were angled.

The only vibration felt was with the Sirupati, it being the lightest.

All handle points dug into the heel of my hand, but I haven't used them that much and my technique needs work. The number of strikes would be less after more practice.

Results--
Baby GRS--1 1/2" dead limb--4 strikes
2" green limb-- 7 "
3 1/4 green limb 25 "
3 3/4 green limb 47 "
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Sirupati--1 1/4 green limb 2 strikes
2" green limb 10 strikes

Afghan Khukuri--2 1/4" limb 8 strikes
2 3/4" limb 17 strikes The branch broke before the cut was completed.
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Sanu Special--2" green limb--8 strikes
2 1/2" 10 strikes The branch broke before the cut was completed.
<img src=http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/911/89/29118989.jpg>

This last pic shows the curved marks on the sweet spots after the chopping was over.
<img src=http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/911/95/29119521.jpg>

This is the first time I've tried to post pics on the forum. I used Honesty.com which shows the pic urls once the pics are uploaded. I then added <img src= in front of http and put a > at the end.

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Ida-Al

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Thanks Tech!!!
How did the edges hold up and is the trees hard or soft wood?

I can hardly wait until my Baby GRS gets here!!!
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I've waited for quite a while to get one and I'm as excited as it was my very 1st!!!!


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Yvsa,
Calm down, you will get it, "UNLESS"
Uncle sent it to me by mistake! He does that!If HE DID! I'll just have to take care of it for you!
jim
 
Yvsa--The wood is hard but the edges held up fine. I'll sharpen them and try to improve my chopping technique. The broken picture icon showed up when I tried to add how I sent the pics.
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Ida-Al
 
What kind of khukuri is the Sanu Special?

Bob

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Which khukuri bit the most wood off. Which one did you like the best for chopping?

Will
 
Will--The GRS was best because of the weight, but the Afghan Khukuri weighs about the same with a longer sweet spot and was a very close second. The biggest problem I had with all of them was the "handle horns".

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Ida-Al
 
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That big branch that split looks like it would make some very pretty khukuri handles, in fact any knife handle would look nice in it.

What do you do with the wood?
Any chance of getting some of the heartwood?
And do you know if it cracks easily?
Many thanks.
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Big Bob--What I called a Sanu special, is the Sanu bonus khukuri that was auctioned off last Oct. It looks a lot like the Gelbu Special and was refurbished by Terry Sisco for the auction.

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Ida-Al
 
Yvsa--I've been cutting the limbs off and piling them up for pheasant habitat. I'd be happy to send a chunk you can experiment with. Tell me where.


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Ida-Al
 
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Many thanks Al!!!!
E-mail has been sent.
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Now to get it and see if I can cure it without the wood cracking.
I will use my old ndn trick and rub it down good with oil until it won't soak up anymore and then set it with the other wood I have
cureing.
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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
I agree that is good looking stuff. I wouldn't mind having a bit of that myself.

I recently found a beautiful slab of maple with gorgeus gray streaks through it. I am trying to keep it from cracking right now, and losing...
 
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Matt use that old ndn trick and rub your maple down with any vegey oil until it won't soak up any more.
We used to use animal fats to do the same, but Bear or Panther oil is hard to come by anymore.
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And if your mate uses any lard to make you the best tasteing biscuits in the world you can use it as well.
The trick is to substitute the oil for the water left in the wood.
It makes it harder to sand down with sandpaper, but the fact that it saves cracking is worth it.
And the loading up of sandpaper wasn't a problem when native sands were used with a piece of rawhide to smooth things up nicely.
Ooops!!!
I just let out another old ndn trick. Shame on me
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hehehehe.

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&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;---Yvsa-G@WebTV.net----&gt;®

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Yvsa--Box heading your way tomorrow--I think I'll try your method. Do you dry with the bark on or off?
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Ida-Al
 
That old ndn trick got all the way to Nepal, Bro! In the villages they still use it to this day.

A few years back a pal of mine had a very good looking chunk of wood in his woodpile that had been laying there for years and I used it to handle a few khukuris and the handles turned out to be great looking and I never heard of any of them cracking. Nothing like well cured FREE wood for handles.

Keep up posted on this project.

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Al I take the bark off and in the case of some hardwoods I take the sapwood off as well. The sapwood is the wetest and is more prone to cracking than the dryer heart wood.
Good luck.
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And Bro that's really interesting. It just goes to show that many things done in the old way worked really well and consequently spread all over the world.
No telling where it spread from and the ideas could have cropped up in several different places at once.


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"VEGETARIAN".............
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