Slash test requests - I grew my own bamboo forest for this.

[Houlahound]

It must have got lost in the dazzling display of supersteel knives you are planning to use in your experiment.

I already posted the list of blades I am testing (initially, until I get more).

Try and keep up.

 

[shane45-1911]

Try and keep up.

I'm trying, but I believe I honestly don't care anymore.

 

[Houlahound]

I'm trying, but I believe I honestly don't care anymore.

That's ok, the most frequent and persistent commenters in this thread feel the same way. Will that stop them spending their precious time here commenting about how much dissatisfied and disappointed they are..... no.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I saw short clip that said this is a typical patch. Didn't know it was yours and gives no big picture of what we are working with.

Victorinox does some bad ass paring knives if you could test one of those aswell.

 

[shane45-1911]

Victorinox does some bad ass paring knives if you could test one of those aswell.

Why do you guys keep suggesting "cheap" knives that are not supersteel?

Houla has definitely implied he will be testing higher end knives, because the rest of us "chicken shit geeks" are too scared to.

 

[USMCPOP]

Be prepared in a couple years to dig out all the bamboo and burn it. Bamboo will take over everything very quickly.

My large bamboo took maybe 15 years or more to get going well, as it started in the woods under some large trees. But now... !!! Big shoots will pop up 25-30 feet away from the rest of the grove. And it's heading downhill in the woods toward the creek. Some of the culms are 2 1/2" in diameter. The only reason it's even partly under control is that we harvest bamboo shoots every spring. Maybe a bushel or so.

There's a place nearby that has a patch that covers about 1.5 - 2 acres. Some culms are 3" or more. One year I filled the back of my short-bed Toyota pickup to the rim with shoots in one picking.

 

[The Grendels]

Some species of bamboo can grow 4cm per hour. I'm just curious how much taller this stuff is since this thread started.

 

[Houlahound]

Why do you guys keep suggesting "cheap" knives that are not supersteel?

Houla has definitely implied he will be testing higher end knives, because the rest of us "chicken shit geeks" are too scared to.

Go read the list I posted, if you have any trouble with big words just ask.

 

[shane45-1911]

Go read the list I posted, if you have any trouble with big words just ask.

I did read it. And I still don't see anything in the pricepoint you are condemning us for owning and not using/abusing.

Please read this until YOU understand it - using machetes and khukuris to slash at bamboo is not exploring any new territory. We are all waiting to see how your expensive supersteel knives perform.

 

[Houlahound]

I did read it. And I still don't see anything in the pricepoint you are condemning us for owning and not using/abusing.

Please read this until YOU understand it - using machetes and khukuris to slash at bamboo is not exploring any new territory. We are all waiting to see how your expensive supersteel knives perform.

Well gee whiz, your going to be disappointed. I suggest you call the manager and demand a refund for the thread not meeting your fantasy.

 

[shane45-1911]

Well gee whiz, your going to be disappointed. I suggest you call the manager and demand a refund for the thread not meeting your fantasy.

I was disappointed ten pages ago.

So....you are officially back-peddling and saying you AREN'T going to be using any "expensive" and "supersteel" knives because the rest of us "geeks" are too "chicken shit" to do so (all your words, by the way)?

When are you simply going to admit you were talking out of your ass, because both your feet were in your mouth?????

 

[Houlahound]

I was disappointed ten pages ago.

So.....you AREN'T going to be using any "expensive" and "supersteel" knives because the rest of us "geeks" are too "chicken shit" to do so (all your words, by the way)?

When are you simply going to admit you were talking out of your ass, because both your feet were in your mouth?????

Read the next 10 pages to find out.

 

[shane45-1911]

Read the next 10 pages to find out.

Sure, I love a good train wreck.

 

[jbmonkey]

Why do you guys keep suggesting "cheap" knives that are not supersteel?

Houla has definitely implied he will be testing higher end knives, because the rest of us "chicken shit geeks" are too scared to.

so some survive and bark river 3vs and magnacut ......let's see how those super steels hold up...and their warranties if they dont..........

 

[USMCPOP]

Here is some advice that may help. See the tools that are being used for some tips.

I need to groom my bamboo grove. I was definitely going to drag out an extension cord and my Porter Cable recip saw.

 

[USMCPOP]

With that music that he has going I was expecting him to Kung Fu the bamboo. LOL!

Reminds me of an old Kung Fu movie. Good guy and bad guy virtually flew way up on top in a bamboo grove and were leaping around fighting where it was very thin. Funny.

 

[USMCPOP]

You need something flat ground, relatively thin, and should try to cut at an angle to prevent the bamboo from splintering.

Some species doesn't get too thick, some do.

Green bamboo is easier to cut then dry.

If you try to cut at a node you may damage your edge.

The Thai farmer choppers I have are all forged sort of "flat ground" and have a surprisingly thin, convex edge. No visible bevels anywhere. I would not want to hack at frozen pine knots or even the nodes of dried bamboo.

 

[EngrSorenson]

 

[Houlahound]

The Thai farmer choppers I have are all forged sort of "flat ground" and have a surprisingly thin, convex edge. No visible bevels anywhere. I would not want to hack at frozen pine knots or even the nodes of dried bamboo.

Do you have a link to what these look like eg are they parang style??

 

[USMCPOP]

That's why you surround the bamboo with a ring of kudzu. Gotta think strategically!!

No, that's tactical. Strategic would be carpet-bombing both of them.