Now that I've bought the Kukri

[MattinLA]

Two questions:

1) How do I sharpen it? I have a Sharpmaker

2) How would it do against a Ballistic Dummy?

Just curious

 

[Non.Nisi.Te]

Two questions:

1) How do I sharpen it? I have a Sharpmaker

1) diamond or ceramic rods, or a "slip stone", I think these were originally designed for honing a scythe, spyderco makes one:

2) How would it do against a Ballistic Dummy?

Just curious

 

[yoko]

1 You can free hand sharpen with your sharpmaker stones , get some venev diamond plates or what Non.Nisi.Te posted above!

2 Depends on how many times it
hits to the steel pole holding it up lol

 

[MattinLA]

1) diamond or ceramic rods, or a "slip stone", I think these were originally designed for honing a scythe, spyderco makes one:

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Thanks
I have a cheap Kukri I can practice on

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Probably would work pretty good....

 

[bluemax_1]

2) How would it do against a Ballistic Dummy?

I think Mythbusters was the first time I recall seeing edged weapons tested on those ‘realistic’ ballistics gel dummies (the ones made with synthetic skeletons and pseudo organs).

While I haven’t had the chance to slice/dice/hack one up with a sword/blade, one of my observations is that the friction is completely different from cutting a mammal (living or dead).

Ballistics gelatin was basically developed specifically as a flesh analogue against bullets at firearm speeds (and even then, it’s not really a precise/accurate depiction, but it IS consistent).

I’m not sure why anyone would think that should automatically translates to blades/edged weapons.

Even in Forged in Fire, you can see the difference due to the different friction coefficients. Through cuts happen more often on the animal cuts, than the ballistics gel dummy cuts.

*** in contrast, the Japanese practice of tameshigiri, using soaked tatami or bundles of water soaked rice stalks, was developed as a convenient analogue at a time when test cutting on live targets (condemned criminals) was still done, so those swordsmen were looking for an analogue that best resembled what they experienced when cutting through actual people.

 

[MattinLA]

I think Mythbusters was the first time I recall seeing edged weapons tested on those ‘realistic’ ballistics gel dummies (the ones made with synthetic skeletons and pseudo organs).

While I haven’t had the chance to slice/dice/hack one up with a sword/blade, one of my observations is that the friction is completely different from cutting a mammal (living or dead).

Ballistics gelatin was basically developed specifically as a flesh analogue against bullets at firearm speeds (and even then, it’s not really a precise/accurate depiction, but it IS consistent).

I’m not sure why anyone would think that should automatically translates to blades/edged weapons.

Even in Forged in Fire, you can see the difference due to the different friction coefficients. Through cuts happen more often on the animal cuts, than the ballistics gel dummy cuts.

*** in contrast, the Japanese practice of tameshigiri, using soaked tatami or bundles of water soaked rice stalks, was developed as a convenient analogue at a time when test cutting on live targets (condemned criminals) was still done, so those swordsmen were looking for an analogue that best resembled what they experienced when cutting through actual people.

Thanks

I'll try and get a carcass

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

cut watermelons with it

 

[MattinLA]

cut watermelons with it

There was poster from China that asked if Delta 3V could cut through Coconuts and pig thighs.
I'm gonna put those on my list