CAK Wins 2" Grapevine Smackdown

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Took my Chiruwa Ang Khola out this weekend and performed a severing ceremony on about ten grapevines that were strangling some trees on my dad's property. Some were near two inches thick.

I swung hard and severed each cleanly with two hits. The only reason it took two was the gangly things have a lot of play in them.

I then cleared out a nasty patch of prickly ash (this stuff will rip gashes in you and tear up your jeans in short order.)
Each trunk was about an inch and I was lopping them down in one blow.

The grapevine sap started rusting the blade so I quickly oiled it. Then that night I spent some time with some Simichrome to get the shine back. After inspecting the edge there was no noticeable loss of sharpness. Ten minutes with a strop and its back to scary sharp. Sher Tiger makes a real beauty.
 
Good news! It's always good to have a viable weapon in the battle against botanical invaders.

Me, I'm itching to try out a khuk on the Texas's much-loathed Wax-Leaf Ligustrum, an invasive shrub that's a real problem around here! When that stuff gets entrenched, it grows roots as thick as phone cable, to say nothing of the trunks! But I'm bettin' on being able to dismantle these suckers VERY effectively!
 
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That play in the branch can test a blade. It puts pressures on the edge from different directions. If an edge were brittle, a tough vine would find it. I wince sometimes cutting thick Juneberry or chokecherry, wondering what it's doing to the khuk.


munk
 
I've found of all my khukuris, it's my Sirupatis which are best for slaying multiflora rose.

The Chitlangis do well also, but excel at slaying thick vines.

But for serious chopping, I go for my 20" Ang Khola every time.
 
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