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Monday Evening with Murali's Camping Bonecutter
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That's one way to look at it. Who knows, maybe you saved someone's marriage or prevented an eviction by removing the temptation?
Nice snag either way.
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I see it has 'SOLD' on it ...so did you get it or will you have to await another opportunity?
I have to tell you...I got one of these. I figured it would be nice, nothing to rave about. There are small choppers out there already, HI has several good ones. I don't happen to like small choppers, but they do fill the bill of light weight and easy availability. (There is one ready when you need it as opposed to the honkin choppin blade left at home because you didn't feel robust enough that afternoon to haul it hither. )
I measured mine. I examined the balance point. (perhaps an inch and a half forward of cho) I got out comparable khuks. All of them were a couple ounces heavier except for a rejected Pen I'd cleaned up and used to good affect. I thought the little BC would do OK and would make a nice hiker camper. I was wrong.
It would make a great hiker camper.
Why? Because it simply chops wood very well, and I don't know why. Yes, it has the rounded edge, more so than many 'sabre' style edges on khuks I've seen. But it cut as well as bigger khuks. This didn't make sense- too much weight was tied up in the handle- wasn't it? There was not the same amount of weight forward, or the same balance. I have a full sized BC made by the man who specializes in them. Very fine. I have blades that chop as well and blades that dont. But this small khuk actually liked chopping into wood. Maybe it's my hand geometry- but I don't think so.
It held its own against two 16.5" blades that weighed two ounces more and had more leverage. I started taking pictures, started chopping another hole in the lean pine trunk we pulled up the slope onto the lawn. I couldn't see or feel much difference in the speed of removing wood with either tool. I don't believe in magic. It felt like an extension of my hand- and the sweet spot on the blade seemed to strike dead on frequently. I don't believe in magic, but I did have to pry it out of the 6 year old's hands. He got it back, again and again, continueing to make his own mark against the tree.
I'm taking this khuk on the trail. My back hurts and this light weight will help. The kid is angling for the blade for the soonest appropriate birthday. We'll see; by then he'll be bigger and stronger, and I might be able to interest him in one of those big honkin killer blades....the heavy kind.
munk
I measured mine. I examined the balance point. (perhaps an inch and a half forward of cho) I got out comparable khuks. All of them were a couple ounces heavier except for a rejected Pen I'd cleaned up and used to good affect. I thought the little BC would do OK and would make a nice hiker camper. I was wrong.
It would make a great hiker camper.
Why? Because it simply chops wood very well, and I don't know why. Yes, it has the rounded edge, more so than many 'sabre' style edges on khuks I've seen. But it cut as well as bigger khuks. This didn't make sense- too much weight was tied up in the handle- wasn't it? There was not the same amount of weight forward, or the same balance. I have a full sized BC made by the man who specializes in them. Very fine. I have blades that chop as well and blades that dont. But this small khuk actually liked chopping into wood. Maybe it's my hand geometry- but I don't think so.
It held its own against two 16.5" blades that weighed two ounces more and had more leverage. I started taking pictures, started chopping another hole in the lean pine trunk we pulled up the slope onto the lawn. I couldn't see or feel much difference in the speed of removing wood with either tool. I don't believe in magic. It felt like an extension of my hand- and the sweet spot on the blade seemed to strike dead on frequently. I don't believe in magic, but I did have to pry it out of the 6 year old's hands. He got it back, again and again, continueing to make his own mark against the tree.
I'm taking this khuk on the trail. My back hurts and this light weight will help. The kid is angling for the blade for the soonest appropriate birthday. We'll see; by then he'll be bigger and stronger, and I might be able to interest him in one of those big honkin killer blades....the heavy kind.
munk
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as in so tempted to give A. Yangdu a call for one.... or wait for the next opportunity. Got too many knives as is.
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Thanks Munk, I too appreciate your review and am glad I didn't procrastinate and got in on the first group to be offered. :thumbup:
After making this post I went back and re-read Munks first posting about the soon to be released Murali Bonecutter, specifically this (my editing and emphasis):
After making this post I went back and re-read Munks first posting about the soon to be released Murali Bonecutter, specifically this (my editing and emphasis):
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