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

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EngrSorenson said:
Trolling for trolls... that's deep man...
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Houlahound said:
No I don't, I laugh at people that buy high performance metallurgy just so they can say they bought it. Not unlike people that spend big money to go to significant sites to get a selfie just to get a selfie at a significant sight.

The word geek was too generous because geeks actually study and appreciate technical achievement.

Anyhoo, last I feed the trolls, they will have to seek attention elsewhere. The block function is a beautiful thing.
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I don't understand why a grown man would say, "anyhoo", but I don't rag them about it. You've been a member here for too long to believe that we don't use our knives with newer steels. I collect some of them, but I also use some of them. There's no sense in using them all because I only have two hands anyway.
 
Houlahound said:
That is a very atypical shape for a cane knife.

Typically a cane knife is lopped off at the tip end effectively square and without a cutting edge and with a hook on the non blade side to gather the cane sticks
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I'm familiar with the typical cane knife. The shape I posted, although not the common standard, is not "very atypical".

Not in the mood to argue that point but if you want a serious answer to your OP, a fair sized, thin profile machete with the weight at the tip like this one will do the job. If you want an off the shelf solution, search for cane knives

I used to have some bamboo and also quite a bit of "wild bamboo" (Arundo donax) growing in my yard. The Arundo is quite woody and only slightly less tough as bamboo at the base. I had to take both down every year.
I tried quite a few machetes for the job. Only this weight at the tip, thin profile blade shape would slice right through a few stalks at a time cleanly. The difference is significant.
 
Houlahound said:
That sword annihilated the bamboo. Good job.
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It worked pretty well, but was far from ideal. The straight blade was so narrow it was almost like cutting with half of a rapier.
 
Mecha said:
It worked pretty well, but was far from ideal. The straight blade was so narrow it was almost like cutting with half of a rapier.
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I don't quite understand the physics of narrow blades in terms of cutting if you mean the distance from the spine to the edge.

I get a thick blade has to be wider to get less thickness behind the edge. For example a lot of historical swords like the Chinese war swords are extremely wide. To me this is a reflection on poor steels back then having less strength. You can have a thinner and narrower blade using modern high performance steel that should on my mind cut just as good as a low performance steel that is made into a very wide blade.

Why should a wide blade cut better other than thickness behind the edge due to geometry.
 
Houlahound said:
I don't quite understand the physics of narrow blades in terms of cutting if you mean the distance from the spine to the edge.

I get a thick blade has to be wider to get less thickness behind the edge. For example a lot of historical swords like the Chinese war swords are extremely wide. To me this is a reflection on poor steels back then having less strength. You can have a thinner and narrower blade using modern high performance steel that should on my mind cut just as good as a low performance steel that is made into a very wide blade.

Why should a wide blade cut better other than thickness behind the edge due to geometry.
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Still no cutting, huh? I guess your Rocksteads haven't arrived yet?
 
Houlahound said:
I don't quite understand the physics of narrow blades in terms of cutting if you mean the distance from the spine to the edge.

I get a thick blade has to be wider to get less thickness behind the edge. For example a lot of historical swords like the Chinese war swords are extremely wide. To me this is a reflection on poor steels back then having less strength. You can have a thinner and narrower blade using modern high performance steel that should on my mind cut just as good as a low performance steel that is made into a very wide blade.

Why should a wide blade cut better other than thickness behind the edge due to geometry.
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Yes narrow, from spine to edge. Wider, thinner blades generally cut better and easier as long as they have some spine and ass, and so do blades with some curvature.

That sword in the video was perhaps only 1 1/8" wide, and it was almost straight, and not especially big either. Nice weapon though. I wouldn't want it pointing at me.


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