Chiruwa AK is indestructable!!!

dewingrm

dewingrm

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I tried to break it Uncle ;) The thing wouldn't budge an inch. I tried to break the tang by rapping it on some good seasoned oak, it just laughed! I split oak, cut down pople and took care of an old stump. This khukuri is unbelievable. I couldn't believe how well it chopped, in my opinion better than a hatchet. The blade is still as sharp as when I first started chopping on Friday. I didn't get a chance to use the Chitlangi, that will be for next weekend. I will post some pictures as soon as I get the film developed. What a knife, Thanks uncle!

Ryan
 
it is a fairly soft woood that is prevalent in northern Wisconsin. Did you think I meant to say people :eek: I'm not that insane ;)

Ryan
 
Break it and I'll send you two.

Many thanks for report from the field.

I did a double take on pople, too, just to make sure.
 
I am not sure if it is like poplar :confused: I have grown up calling it pople. It is a soft wood that is used a lot in OSB and chip board. Uncle I don't think I will be able to break this one even with a sledge-hammer ;)

Ryan
 
Originally posted by dewingrm
I am not sure if it is like poplar :confused: I have grown up calling it pople. It is a soft wood that is used a lot in OSB and chip board.

Ryan
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Ryan does the tree have a sorta white bark with almost black where limbs have broken off or the bark has been damaged and then healed itself by growing new bark over the area?
I remember a tree like that in Minnesota and when I first moved there I would've sworn it was aspen, but never did find out for sure what kind of tree it was. The wood on it was a lot softer than the birch which looked similar, but was larger and the bark was whiter, especially in the winter it seemed.
Too dayumed Cold up there for me anymore!!!!!!! But I loved to ski on the gentle hills, never did learn and couldn't ice skate because of weak ankles.
Every time I put on a pair of skates and got on the ice the ankles would bend in all kinds of directions.:rolleyes: :)
 
Yvsa, the tree that I call pople has grey bark. I know of the tree that you are thinking of, I always thought it was a form of birch tree since it looks very similar. The pople tree is very abundant in Wisconsin and I'm sure it is all over Minnesota too. I will have to do some checking and find out what kind of tree it is, now it's bothering me ;) I'll post again when I find out :D

Ryan
 
That caught me when we first moved to Minn., too. "Pople" is a colloquial term, appied to soft poplar varieties (according to the guy I asked, a native who probably didn't know anything more than I did :)) The one I never got over was "I'm goin' to the store - comin' with?". The "with" hanging out on the end always left me waiting for the finish. This one is supposed to be a holdover from German - "Kommenseh mitt?"
After eleven years up thar, I left with the distinct impression that them nawtun'rs sho do tawk funny :rolleyes:
 
You guys know your trees. Aspen is also in the poplar family.

We Northerners don't talk funny, its just the rest of you that have those funny accents :p Oh yeah, and we don't have an accent like they do in the movie Fargo ;) I was waiting for one of you to say that :D

Ryan
 
..Vis-CONsin don't have an accent like the ones in the movie "Fargo", but the people around Fargo do....and a big part of western Minnysoota, too :rolleyes: :D After eleven years, people "back home" kept telling me I had a northern accent, but according to friends in the Twin Cities, I still "tawked lak a Rebel" :confused:
 
Heh heh heh... My wife is from Minnesota, and I'm from South Dakota. She gets so pissed when you even mutter "Fargo", she thinks they made everyone from Minnesota look dumb.

Of course, she didn't help her cause very much when they showed the big Paul Bunyan and Babe statues and she immediately blurts out the name of the town -- got some good chuckles from other members of the audience, eh? Ya, you betcha.
 
Anybody ever visited Cajun country? It's not just an accent or dialect, it's a language all its own. And if you live there you have to learn it if you want to survive.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
Anybody ever visited Cajun country? It's not just an accent or dialect, it's a language all its own. And if you live there you have to learn it if you want to survive.
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:D Eh la ba, Chien :D
 
You been there, Wal? They may not know how to talk but they sure know how to cook!!! And drink and dance, too!!!

Let the good times roll!!!
 
I learned in an Anthropology class that in New Orleans there are about four different accents. Each one depends on where you live and your financial standing. It was very interesting to hear all of the different accents in just one city.

Ryan
 
Wash tubs full of spiced shrimp, and beer that is almost frozen. The dancin' is something I could never understand - or maybe just couldn't stand up long enough to participate :D
 
Originally posted by dewingrm
I learned in an Anthropology class that in New Orleans there are about four different accents. Each one depends on where you live and your financial standing. It was very interesting to hear all of the different accents in just one city.

Ryan
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Didn't New Orleans import women to get the city going? I remember reading that the first batch were of questionable character, and the second batch were considered more "reputable", and a lot of people from New Orleans trace their roots back to the first batch.

Did you know that the term "Dixie" came from New Orleans?
 
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