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"Inclusive" and "knife geeks are stupid.". Hmmm...interesting dichotomy there.
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Slash test requests - I grew my own bamboo forest for this.
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"Inclusive" and "knife geeks are stupid.". Hmmm...interesting dichotomy there.
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Well the idea is to include everyone so you can berate them.
Kind of like how the bamboo is invited to Houlahound's knife party.
I swear, it's like you're not even trying to play along, Forrest.
I'd like to see a sheet metal knife test- just cut a piece of sheet metal, leave the burr on it, wrap a paracord handle and see what that can do.
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We need to know what the bamboo is like before recommending any blades. It could be spindly little sticks, it could be 2" diameter 40 footers.
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I mean, if he doesn't use a titanium knife at least once I feel like this whole project is a waste.
Probably two, just to get a bigger sample size.
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Some great inspiration rolling on in.
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Did you hack your way through a crime scene?Ka-Bar Cutlass Machete won't break.
I have one; stupid tough.
Wife got me Pestilence Chopper for Christmas:
Pretty cheap to buy (the Cutlass Machete, that is).
But no photo excitement of chipped/gouged/exploded blades if you use one.
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No, no, NO. You're giving him an "out". Based on his comments, I fully expect to see some Loveless, Shiro, Rockstead, and the like. Certainly nothing below CRK pricepoint.
Anyone can wail away at vegetation with a piece of angle iron - but what does that prove???
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Just the tape
I cut lots of bamboo when I lived in Latin America. Green smaller stuff is pretty easy to cut with any machete or chopper style knife. Loppers work great for green stuff. Dry big stuff is incredibly tough and will cut you quickly if given a chance. For that I used a saw.
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This patch is what has survived a 10 year drought interspersed with rapid sporadic flood events in a temperate non- tropical climate so I am guessing by the rules of evolution this patch will be environmentally hardened above tropical growth patches.
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So what diameter stalks are we talking about?
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Will do some measurements when I get home, check in tomorrow.
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Make sure you test at least one Becker, and be sure to wear your gas mask while you're testing stuff.........
Why gas mask apart from looking cool. I have wanted to own a real WWI gas mask forever, can't source one.
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You need to keep up on current events....LOL.....
How likely are Becker knives to break in a survival situation?
Hi everyone. I just saw a YouTube video where the guy took a big rock and hammered it into wood to break the Becker Bk-7. I guess his thing is to see how much abuse a knife will take before it breaks. Which is fine. He said at the end of the video something about the knife being likely to break...
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Reference to JoeX and his destructive knife "tests".
EDIT - damn, you guys type fast.
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