car tyre 1 - WWII 0

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Japhy Ryder

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I was doing some escrima stick training the other day on an old suspended car tyre when I thought that I'd try out my 16" WWII to see how it felt actually making contact with something fairly solid. After a good 15 minutes the tyre had taken a a good beating but looking at my fave Khuk, I noticed that it too wasn't looking so good. There was some pronounced rolling of the edge several millimetres long and 4 or 5 chips in the blade about a millimetre deep.
Is this normal?
By the way the khuk handled beautifully.
 
Welcome to the cantina, Japhy. Regarding your experience, is it possible that the blade hit pebbles or other objects embedded in the treads &/or made contact with steel belts in the tire itself? I'm just speculating but it would seem that either occurrence could have caused the damage you describe.

In any case, it should be a fairly simple matter to restore the edge. Steeling with the chakma or another steel should take care of the edge rolling and the small chips should be worked out with sharpening.

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Cheers,
Brian

He who finishes with the most toys wins.

[This message has been edited by bcaffrey (edited 10-20-2000).]
 
Tires are tough, think about what they do, holding up several tons moving at high speeds, impacts on holes, curbs, etc, the shearing force when under hard braking. I have used old tires for escrima practice for years. I even made a hanging "tire man" by stacking truck tires (approx 6.5 feet of them) on their sides, drilling through the side walls, running chains all the way down, and hanging the contraption from a tree, Run up and side kick tire man if you want to test your power! I never tried cutting tests on them, since I saw a guy break his wrist when he whacked a large truck tire with an ax "just for fun". How did the Khuk do in transmitting the shock to your hand? When you say suspended, was the tire free swinging or tied down on the bottom?
 
Cheers guys, I never realised that tyres had steel embedded in them otherwise I'd never had tried hitting it with my fave khuk. I couldn't manage to push the edge back with the chakma (due to my inexperience no doubt) so I've just re-sharpened it, it doesn't appear too beautiful but it works which is what matters.
As for the shock impact on my hand, I had no problems. I've wrapped the handle in one of the rubber strips you use on squash rackets handles which gives a very secure and comfortable surface to work with.


 
like I always tell my friends.... the way u do business is shocking!
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