Durn near cut my finger off sharpening an Everest Katana

I has ASTK sharpened with the Sharpmaker before i went for a weekend bush chopping.
As i wiped the tree goo off the blade i felt the edge was still good after an hour of chopping.

Later in the night after the shower, the tip of my finger felt as if the skin is peeling off.
Little that i know the edge actually shaved a tiny piece of skin off! Gotta be careful.

On Captlid's:

On 12th March 1982, following the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands, the 1st/7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7 GR) and the Queen's Gurkha Signals set out to join the other British Forces amassing near the Falklands. They were later joined by the Queen's Gurkha Engineers. 1/7 GR had spent time in Brecon preparing specifically for the battles to come. However, for the Gurkhas, the war itself was an anticlimax. They provided support for the Scots Guards, who fought a tough battle during the assault on Tumbledown. But when D Company, 1/7 GR, began their final attack, they found that the Argentinians had all fled. Apparently they had been convinced - by British propaganda - that Gurkhas were sword-wielding monsters who cut off their enemies' heads and then 'held the severed head by the hair and cut off the ears'. Although there was danger in the form of Argentinian artillery bombardments, which resulted in numerous casualties, the Gurkhas felt cheated of the battle they had prepared for. The only Gurkha fatality occurred after the war was over, when Lance-Corporal Budhaparsad Limbu struck an unexploded grenade with his spade. As the commandant wrote later: 'If we can win wars by our reputation, who wants to kill people?'
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http://www.ayo-gorkhali.org/index.php/en/timeline/last-days-of-the-raj/1982-the-falklands-war
 
garand1911 said:
what did the doctor say when you told him you were sharpening your sword ?
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Turns out she visited Nepal & got involved in donating medical stuff in some fashion (I wasn't listening too closely). She talked about seeing folks carrying blades & knows what a khuk is. Wasn't too freaked that I have some.
 
JayGoliath said:
I has ASTK sharpened with the Sharpmaker before i went for a weekend bush chopping.
As i wiped the tree goo off the blade i felt the edge was still good after an hour of chopping.

Later in the night after the shower, the tip of my finger felt as if the skin is peeling off.
Little that i know the edge actually shaved a tiny piece of skin off! Gotta be careful.

On Captlid's:



http://www.ayo-gorkhali.org/index.php/en/timeline/last-days-of-the-raj/1982-the-falklands-war
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Sounds like the old adage from the Byzantine Empire. Make your military so powerful that no one in their right mind would think to go to battle against you, because they know they will lose.
 
I have a dead spot on one thumb from a miter saw accident. I use it to rescue kittens from burning buildings.
 
Years ago I bought a pair of 100% Kevlar gloves from Draggin Jeans, with the medications I take I just cant trust myself when I do maintenance... Check them out or another company who offers 100% Kevlar gloves. Hope you heal fast with no problems!
 
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