Mistress bit wood, bit me, then got bitten herself!

I know, you were just being gracious. I could tell that you were pretty vexed yesterday, which is why I drew down on ya. ;)
 
Gentle Ben said:
I know, you were just being gracious. I could tell that you were pretty vexed yesterday, which is why I drew down on ya. ;)
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I was vexed momentarily, but then I got a headache, probably from waiting too long to eat. Not a big deal, brother.
 
also brother,

for the record....


DON'T BURN THE PRESSURE TREATED WOOD AND STAND AROUND THE FIRE!


IT"S TOXIC!


not good for ya:):)
 
Sorry to hear of the misadventure, boys.

Also doubting it's actually a 'chip.' Chips have specific morphologies and a careful look with appropriate magnification will tell the real story.

Man, us science types do get anal, don't we??! ;)

Chip or not, it's tough to lose so much of the edge. :(

BUT ... now you've got a great War Story! :D
 
knife hunter said:
also brother,

for the record....


DON'T BURN THE PRESSURE TREATED WOOD AND STAND AROUND THE FIRE!


IT"S TOXIC!


not good for ya:):)
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No worries....I'll just get a reaallly long stick for roasting weenies, so I can stand way back and not inhale the fumes. :D
 
Gentle Ben said:
No worries....I'll just get a reaallly long stick for roasting weenies, so I can stand way back and not inhale the fumes. :D
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LMAO!:D

with luv

brutha either you've stood around the fire to many times or eaten off it one:eek::D


either way its bad :foot::thumbdn:
 
I'mGatMan! said:
Thanks for the suggestion, BFT. I'll try it next time. Btw...do you find that your mistress tries to slide right outta your hands when you're chopping?
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Well, mine has a smoothed handle, and I have never held one with all the traction ribs. So I don't know how the two would compare. The first chopping session I had I was wearing gloves at first (riot style Black Hawk gloves) the knife did tend to want to pull out of the hand the longer I chopped. I always use the forward lanyard for chopping. My D guard is way too big, and would not likely save me any grief it I had to rely on it (I really need to shorten it). I do find that the longer I chop, the more the lanyard comes into play. The fusion handle seems to want to walk forward some in the hand. It really works well for keeping the blade from twisting in the hand at all, and also for stabbing things it seems very comfortable (you know phone books, stumps, etc). When I do the same action with a straight handled bowie with a guard (even though it has a much pointier tip) it seems much less effective than the FMBLE.
 
Bigfattyt said:
Well, mine has a smoothed handle, and I have never held one with all the traction ribs. So I don't know how the two would compare. The first chopping session I had I was wearing gloves at first (riot style Black Hawk gloves) the knife did tend to want to pull out of the hand the longer I chopped. I always use the forward lanyard for chopping. My D guard is way too big, and would not likely save me any grief it I had to rely on it (I really need to shorten it). I do find that the longer I chop, the more the lanyard comes into play. The fusion handle seems to want to walk forward some in the hand. It really works well for keeping the blade from twisting in the hand at all, and also for stabbing things it seems very comfortable (you know phone books, stumps, etc). When I do the same action with a straight handled bowie with a guard (even though it has a much pointier tip) it seems much less effective than the FMBLE.
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I was doing some chopping today with my FBMLE and did notice a tendency for it to twist in my grasp some, would have felt much better with a lanyard. I'm familiar with a lanyard on the back of the handle, you wouldn't happen to have any closeup pics of your setup, would you? That looks like it in your avatar. Or maybe a little more detail on how you use it? Thanks!
 
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I might hafta try the forward lanyard myself. Biggest thing for me was how that huge hump in the middle really fatigued my hand. I also had problems once or twice with the flat of the blade hitting the wood because the knife twisted in my grip.
 
I don't know about avoiding twist but I felt that the forward lanyard helped me hold my Battle Mistress. I have chopped without before but I don't think I'll chop without again.

You can see several pictures here.
 
Sorry to hear about the battle scar on those two beauties! That looks like a nice sized chunk. I would say just continue to use it and sharpen it until the that nick is gone. Really no point in trying to remove that much metal just to get rid of one little ding that has very little effect on the chopping performance of a big blade like the FBM.
 
The more I think about that nick on that SFNO, the more it hurts. I shall ask Ben for his firstborn. Btw...anyone got a line on a used EdgePro?
 
I'mGatMan! said:
The more I think about that nick on that SFNO, the more it hurts. I shall ask Ben for his firstborn. Btw...anyone got a line on a used EdgePro?
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The nick on the SFNO can easily fixed in a few minutes. The ding on that FBM is also easily fix in a little bit more time. Asking for firstborn is a bit much :D
 
here is a link with some one showing how to use a forward lanyard.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...highlight=Browning+Crowell/Barker+Competition

that link should have a video with a cutter showing how to use one. really you just put a short length through the front tube/fastener hole of the knife. Tie it off. I put a knot closer to the handle to keep the lanyard from moving around when i give it a twist or two.

it took me a few minutes to find this link to another post here.
 
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I tried tying a knot right up closer to the handle, seems to make it even more handy (without it it seemed the knot in the end moved about and I was straightening it all the time).

I think these pictures show it.
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