Bhojpure goes camping

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Marcus

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I finally got the chance to do some primitive camping and wring out some knives. A friend and I hiked several miles into the sticks and found a nice spot on the S. side of a ridge. We each constructed a shelter,mine a leanto and his a debris hut. I gave him my Bhojpure to use for cutting timbers,fire wood etc. He`d never seen a khukuri before let alone used one and was doubtful that it would do the job very well. Ha,was he wrong! By the end of the trip I couldn`t pry it out of his hand. He even had me take a bunch of pics of him with it. He`ll probably be ordering his own any day now! Now for the bad news,he`s not very well versed in cutlery use and etiquette. He wasn`t wearing a belt to strap the sheath to so he`d just use it and then jam it into the rocky ground <cringe!>. He also had a nasty habit of chopping too close to the rocky ground <double cringe!>. If I hadn`t been so busy building my own shelter etc.I would have stopped him but <sigh> I didn`t catch it until it was too late. I would`ve been really pi$$ed but he honestly didn`t know he`d done anything wrong. About 3" of the edge at the tip was baddly impacted and chipped and it was covered with scratches. Doh! 1/2 hour with an EzLap took 90% of the chips and all of the rolled edge out and brought it back to shaving sharp. Another 15mins. had the blade nice and shiny with the exception of about a dozen scratches that are too deep to polish out. All and all it looks pretty good,it`s just not the showpiece it once was. Oh well now I don`t have any excuse not to use it.
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Marcus
 
Marcus, you'll get over it.
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I had a fire at my camp which luckily only burned down my outhouse. Had to build a new one. Digging down deep and kept hitting roots and boulders. Well, I used the Panawal to chop the roots and, of course, it got dinked, scratched and chipped from hitting rocks. But I didn't care. I sharpened it back up and left it at camp. This is a user and it will get more "character" as time goes on... Hopefully, not because I have to build another Sh*thouse!

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Guys: both very good stories. In time, the chips will work themselves out with use and re-sharpening. As for the scratches, if you ever want the khukuri "reconditioned" you can use a buffing wheel, or send it to me and I'll rebuff it for you.

Of course, at least the bhojpure wasn't used as a screwdriver (like one of the movers used one of my fine sushi knives for). Boy, I was about to show him another "use" for the knife.



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You`re both right of course. I`ll get over it and now I can use it without reservation. The main thing is that it worked great and held a shaving sharp edge on all but the tip even with all the abuse it endured. What a workhorse!
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Marcus
 
That's one of the reasons I am doing a special on it right now (free AG Russel protectant with order). I can't decide which is my favorite, the WWII or the Bhojpure. Well, when the 20 inch ang kholas come in, I might have another contender for "favorite."

I had a guy send me a letter and a check for a Bhojpure - he plans on "testing" it out on a couple of goats. I should put him in contact with our Australian Roo-slaughtering friend!

 
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