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

[USMCPOP]

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

Various styles, not exactly parang.

I have other kinds like billhooks but the ones pictured are common.

 

[Houlahound]

Various styles, not exactly parang.

I have other kinds like billhooks but the ones pictured are common.

Nice.

I have a Fiskars two handed bill hook thing, far from traditional but extremely fit for purpose.

 

[USMCPOP]

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

Can't see up that far ...

 

[Houlahound]

Can't see up that far ...

Holy sheet, that looks like the same species I have that was posted in the clip. That is massive tho, had no idea it got that big.

 

[USMCPOP]

Nice.

I have a Fiskars two handed bill hook thing, far from traditional but extremely fit for purpose.

I bought a couple of those at Walmart on fall closeout - about $7 each. Got a couple on a visit to Thailand and Vietnam in Sept/Oct (see link). The old, rusty billhook was free. Swiped it from my sis-in-law who is a recycler/junk dealer. Her sons were pounding it through junk with a hammer! Needs some TLC but has a lot of life left in it.

SE Asia knives

 

[USMCPOP]

Holy sheet, that looks like the same species I have that was posted in the clip. That is massive tho, had no idea it got that big.

Some of the shoots are incredibly tall and grow like wild fire. I saw some huge, tall ones in Thailand back in 1978., up in the mountains.

 

[USMCPOP]

Holy sheet, that looks like the same species I have that was posted in the clip. That is massive tho, had no idea it got that big.

Yeah, now just imagine cutting that down with any sort of "knife". You'd need at least an axe and preferably an electric "Sawzall" to get at it. No room to swing in clump bamboo unless you get up high. Check out these shoots that are only a few days old. The short ones are the best for eating.

Our house in Thailand has a patch or two of clump bamboo. Very hard to cut a piece close to the ground.

 

[000Robert]

Yeah, now just imagine cutting that down with any sort of "knife". You'd need at least an axe and preferably an electric "Sawzall" to get at it. No room to swing in clump bamboo unless you get up high. Check out these shoots that are only a few days old. The short ones are the best for eating.

Our house in Thailand has a patch or two of clump bamboo. Very hard to cut a piece close to the ground.

People really eat them?

 

[GmpaJim]

Yeah, now just imagine cutting that down with any sort of "knife". You'd need at least an axe and preferably an electric "Sawzall" to get at it. No room to swing in clump bamboo unless you get up high. Check out these shoots that are only a few days old. The short ones are the best for eating.

Our house in Thailand has a patch or two of clump bamboo. Very hard to cut a piece close to the ground.

This pic makes me worried the next epidemic, could be bamboo!

 

[Sharpoholic]

People really eat them?

Yah they’re great. I use shoots when I make curry. They add texture and nutrients while having a neutral flavor.

 

[ADBrown]

I guess he spotted the rolling donut…

 

[TC]

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

Valid point, but I believe it depends on the location of the primary residence relative to both patches to make that discriminatory judgment.

 

[Joseph Bandeko]

I guess he spotted the rolling donut…

Fun fact, it’s a her/she
Though she, oh sorry “them” might want to be something else tomorrow, like sunglasses or toast!

 

[G. Scott H.]

Don't hack that stuff up. Start your own bicycle company. You're sitting on a gold mine! Bamboo: nature's carbon fiber.

 

[Houlahound]

Don't hack that stuff up. Start your own bicycle company. You're sitting on a gold mine! Bamboo: nature's carbon fiber.

One stalk will do a bunch of knives so I am not too worried about it.

Let this sink on tho;

bamboo plants + coconut trees + hemp = all basic human survival needs met - food, hydration, shelter, medicine, clothing, entertainment.

 

[PRNDLtech]

One stalk will do a bunch of knives so I am not too worried about it.

This thread was a decade in the making, right? If one stalk will do a bunch of knives I can only imagine the decades this great bamboo chopping will take.

We’re still waiting to see a single stalk, cut once, with A knife…

 

[EngrSorenson]

bamboo plants + coconut trees + hemp = all basic human survival needs met - food, hydration, shelter, medicine, clothing, entertainment.

I think a Coconut does all this by itself.
Food- eat the flesh of the coconut
Hydration- drink the coconut water
Shelter- put half a coconut shell on your head
Medicine- whack yourself in the head with a coconut for anesthesia.
Clothing- … well we’ve all see the ladies in coconuts.
Entertainment- whacking someone else in the head with a coconut,

 

[PRNDLtech]

I think a Coconut does all this by itself.
Food- eat the flesh of the coconut
Hydration- drink the coconut water
Shelter- put half a coconut shell on your head
Medicine- whack yourself in the head with a coconut for anesthesia.
Clothing- … well we’ve all see the ladies in coconuts.
Entertainment- whacking someone else in the head with a coconut,

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

 

[anthonycastorena2014]

I watched that entire video. Somewhat hilarious. I loved it when he said it gave him nice thin slices of apple.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

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.

Because I'm not going to live long enough to see any of it at the rate this is progressing and the thought of him trying to cut through large bamboo with a paring knife makes me happy.