stabman
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For Christmas, my wife got me the USA made Ka-Bar Pestilence Chopper (and a Zombie Hunter patch 
), while my dad got me the Ka-Bar Cutlass Machete.
The first use involved the Cutlass Machete, which I used for my annual maintenance of a trail through an urban wooded area. I like to maintain it during February, because then the ground is solid and I don't get chewed on by bugs:
You can see by the police tape that something bad may have gone down in the area in days past. There was a large junky camp in the wooded area before, and I have seen seen sketchy things at times. Nothing sketchy this time though, and I did have a rather huge knife with me anyway.
It cuts well, but is rather blade-heavy. As I got tired-out I didn't do the tentative chops on certain branches first as I did at the outset, leading to a couple of full-power swings at branches that gave way too easily. This led to some pulled back muscles that did NOT feel good.
It sure does work though.
Next up, it was off to the woods.
This time, the jerks that ruin out site had not been through the area.
That meant we could get started on fire prep far quicker, and the cooking later on could proceed easily.
In fact, we could tell that someone else had been by to enjoy the site. They had moved the bench closer to the fire pit, and leaned some of the extra poles against the tripod we set up last time.
My brother used his original Taiwan-made Pestilence Chopper to split wood...it sucks at chopping due to the grind, but excels at splitting wood:
Sighting of strange woods gnome? Or could it possibly be the friend who came with us...you decide...
Condor Golok in its natural habitat:
), while my dad got me the Ka-Bar Cutlass Machete.
The first use involved the Cutlass Machete, which I used for my annual maintenance of a trail through an urban wooded area. I like to maintain it during February, because then the ground is solid and I don't get chewed on by bugs:
You can see by the police tape that something bad may have gone down in the area in days past. There was a large junky camp in the wooded area before, and I have seen seen sketchy things at times. Nothing sketchy this time though, and I did have a rather huge knife with me anyway.
It cuts well, but is rather blade-heavy. As I got tired-out I didn't do the tentative chops on certain branches first as I did at the outset, leading to a couple of full-power swings at branches that gave way too easily. This led to some pulled back muscles that did NOT feel good.
It sure does work though.Next up, it was off to the woods.
This time, the jerks that ruin out site had not been through the area.
That meant we could get started on fire prep far quicker, and the cooking later on could proceed easily.
In fact, we could tell that someone else had been by to enjoy the site. They had moved the bench closer to the fire pit, and leaned some of the extra poles against the tripod we set up last time.
My brother used his original Taiwan-made Pestilence Chopper to split wood...it sucks at chopping due to the grind, but excels at splitting wood:
Sighting of strange woods gnome? Or could it possibly be the friend who came with us...you decide...
Condor Golok in its natural habitat:
