Had purchased a WWII over a year ago and used it only a little. Had a friend the was ill and gave it to him to perk him up as he likes large knives and had never seen such. Well the original reason for the purchase was to cut vines from my Pecan trees.. Have 13 acres of these in Louisiana and the vines love them. If left alone these vines will reach over and inch in diameter in about one year. Many are poison ivy, but several other varieties are present as well. Some of these things are real tough to cut and need a real chopper to do the work.
Have been useing a Becker Brute and it works OK. But I've been wanting to replace the Kukuri for a while now. I contacted Yangdu and after discussing my needs she recommended a Villager model as I was going to be useing it in rough conditions and there was no need to pay for a nice polish since I'd be scratching the thing up all the time.
She had a nice Baby Ganga Ram Special available by Bura and a deal was made on it. I was very impressed when it arrived just two days later. It was just as described by Yangdu. A nice villager specimine with full tang construction and bone handle.
I gave the blade a short touching up with my India stone as it had a couple of spots on the blade that werent quite as sharp as the rest of the blade. Then went right out cutting the pesky vines. Man, this thing will cut. I cut several of my worst offenders and did so with ease. No vine required more than 10 good licks and it was cut through and through.Most sucumed after only half dozen or so. When I had enough of the Louisiana heat that morning I had worked over quite a few of the nasty vines. The blade showed a bit of marking and some staining mostly from trimming pecan limbs. The pecan sap must be a little acidic as it seemed to leave dark markings on the steel.
I would say that Yangdu's recommendations were spot on. The Villager suited my purpose fine and I would have not liked the marking of a nice polished blade, but with the villager I just oiled it up and it's ready for the next time at the vines (probably after this 100 degree heat lets up). Also worth noteing is that the blade edge held up just great. I didn't even need to resharped after cutting many vines with it.
Thank you Yangdu, and please pass our appreciations on the your Kamis they are doing excellent work.
Richard Purcell
Have been useing a Becker Brute and it works OK. But I've been wanting to replace the Kukuri for a while now. I contacted Yangdu and after discussing my needs she recommended a Villager model as I was going to be useing it in rough conditions and there was no need to pay for a nice polish since I'd be scratching the thing up all the time.
She had a nice Baby Ganga Ram Special available by Bura and a deal was made on it. I was very impressed when it arrived just two days later. It was just as described by Yangdu. A nice villager specimine with full tang construction and bone handle.
I gave the blade a short touching up with my India stone as it had a couple of spots on the blade that werent quite as sharp as the rest of the blade. Then went right out cutting the pesky vines. Man, this thing will cut. I cut several of my worst offenders and did so with ease. No vine required more than 10 good licks and it was cut through and through.Most sucumed after only half dozen or so. When I had enough of the Louisiana heat that morning I had worked over quite a few of the nasty vines. The blade showed a bit of marking and some staining mostly from trimming pecan limbs. The pecan sap must be a little acidic as it seemed to leave dark markings on the steel.
I would say that Yangdu's recommendations were spot on. The Villager suited my purpose fine and I would have not liked the marking of a nice polished blade, but with the villager I just oiled it up and it's ready for the next time at the vines (probably after this 100 degree heat lets up). Also worth noteing is that the blade edge held up just great. I didn't even need to resharped after cutting many vines with it.
Thank you Yangdu, and please pass our appreciations on the your Kamis they are doing excellent work.
Richard Purcell
