Well not really but the first thing I said after I used my (Sharp at last) new khuk. Now I have quite a bit of experience with machete as well as some very nice and very sharp knives, but this thing suprised me. I finally got a friend to use his professional sharpening setup to get the angle and grind I wanted (man that sweet spot is hard stuff). then I touched it up a little. Next I went out to the yard to find somethig to cut. After unsuccessfully searching I spied a piece of well dried bamboo abotu 1.5 inches thick. I picked it up and lightly stuck it in the ground barely enough to make it stand up. Now anyone who has cut bamboo knows that even the green stuff is only marginally agreeable to cut with a thin sharp machete and if its mature stuff forget it. So I lined up, unsheathed my 18" salyan UB Special, and took a swing adding plenty of carry through fully expecting to see the bamboo splinter as usual. As I untwisted from my swing I saw the bamboo in two pieces and the piece I had stuck in the ground was unmoved. The cut was totally clean at about a 50 degree angle and no splitting or splintering at all. Now Im certain that HIKV has taken full hold of me. God help me, god help us all.
