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OK, after playing a bit with my JKM-1 in my other post, I had to dig out the R-10 again.
After fondling ti a few minutes, I remember why I like it so much. She doesn't have the glamour of my more expensive knives, but like that not-so-pretty girl, she doesn't mind playing rough and getting dirty.
I got almost Noss-ish with her. I took her out back and beat her a bit -- had some big pine rounds, about 12" diameter. I hammered her in point-first (it was a plastic dead-blow hammer, not a metal sledge) near the edge and when the blade was all the way in, I hit the spine of the tang to pry her out the side. I did this all the way across, then put her square int he middle and pounded it in until the round split. Then I checked for damage. I think there's some nicks and dings that won't ever come out -- OF THE HAMMER FACE. Looking over the R-10 for damage, she just asked when we were going to start the test.
OK, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Over to the very hard, seasoned birch rounds for some batoning action. Got a nice 4 incher and a 2 inch baton. Now the cutting edge is 4.5" on my R-10, so I'm going to be whacking the very tip. It took some doing (I had a hard time splitting this stuff with a 20" CAK), but I got her through it. Checking for damage, I figured out if I managed to hit the baton in the same place more often, I could notch it with the spine while splitting the wood. Kind of like making your tent stakes and firewood at the same time. Efficiency -- Nepal style. Being like the aforementioned rough playing woman, she told me I wasn't done until she said so.
So. . .back in the kitchen where she belongs.
Mind you, no sharpening was done. I had already made my sandwich with the JKM-1, so no tomatoes. So I took out some boneless chicken breast and sliced it up to marinade for fajitas tomorrow. Sliced it with no problems, no tearing or crushing, just clean slices. Sliced up some green and red peppers. Had one split while slicing it, but no other problems, no problems with the onions, either.
After all that, she decided she wanted me to bless her, so while she lay on the cutting board, I carelessly swept the veggies into a bag to go in the fridge and just glanced the blade with my little finger (the same one my Leuku bit) and bled like crazy. So, with the fun over, I cleaned her up, put her pants back on (back in the sheath you perverts), and she's contentedly snoozing next to my keyboard now.
Moral of the story: the R-10 is a best buy knife, that more than holds its own, especially for the price. Just don't piss it off.
After fondling ti a few minutes, I remember why I like it so much. She doesn't have the glamour of my more expensive knives, but like that not-so-pretty girl, she doesn't mind playing rough and getting dirty.
I got almost Noss-ish with her. I took her out back and beat her a bit -- had some big pine rounds, about 12" diameter. I hammered her in point-first (it was a plastic dead-blow hammer, not a metal sledge) near the edge and when the blade was all the way in, I hit the spine of the tang to pry her out the side. I did this all the way across, then put her square int he middle and pounded it in until the round split. Then I checked for damage. I think there's some nicks and dings that won't ever come out -- OF THE HAMMER FACE. Looking over the R-10 for damage, she just asked when we were going to start the test.
OK, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Over to the very hard, seasoned birch rounds for some batoning action. Got a nice 4 incher and a 2 inch baton. Now the cutting edge is 4.5" on my R-10, so I'm going to be whacking the very tip. It took some doing (I had a hard time splitting this stuff with a 20" CAK), but I got her through it. Checking for damage, I figured out if I managed to hit the baton in the same place more often, I could notch it with the spine while splitting the wood. Kind of like making your tent stakes and firewood at the same time. Efficiency -- Nepal style. Being like the aforementioned rough playing woman, she told me I wasn't done until she said so.
So. . .back in the kitchen where she belongs.
Mind you, no sharpening was done. I had already made my sandwich with the JKM-1, so no tomatoes. So I took out some boneless chicken breast and sliced it up to marinade for fajitas tomorrow. Sliced it with no problems, no tearing or crushing, just clean slices. Sliced up some green and red peppers. Had one split while slicing it, but no other problems, no problems with the onions, either.
After all that, she decided she wanted me to bless her, so while she lay on the cutting board, I carelessly swept the veggies into a bag to go in the fridge and just glanced the blade with my little finger (the same one my Leuku bit) and bled like crazy. So, with the fun over, I cleaned her up, put her pants back on (back in the sheath you perverts), and she's contentedly snoozing next to my keyboard now.
Moral of the story: the R-10 is a best buy knife, that more than holds its own, especially for the price. Just don't piss it off.
