I, too, have an ugly duckling villager. Its a 15"er, none too pretty, but its a veritable tank. For those of you who saw the thread, its the one my wife used to attack the overgrown fence in our backyard. She destroyed a pair of cheap hedge-clippers on that same job, grew frustrated, and ran and got my khukuri. She dinged up the blade by hitting concrete and/or bricks a couple of times, but it was nothing that the chakma couldn't put to rights. The damn thing will still cut paper (though not in the dinged spots...I'll have to get a strop, I suppose).
And hey, talk about synchronicity...as I type this the city trash truck is FINALLY hauling away the last dumpsterfull of the debris she created (and graciously left for me to dispose).
Hey, what IS the best way to polish these blades? hints for both hard-core polishing (like on the villager) and touch-up (a few very small mars on the blade of my Sirupati) would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
