Given a couple of recent threads I just wanted to express my complete satisfaction with the purchase of a Bahadur knife a few weeks. (its' my 3rd HI knife. I have a kerambit and Sirupati too)
This bahadur is absolutely my favorite knife so far.
Last weekend I took it out and was shocked at what a good chopper it was. (I did some light clearing of wood stuff, but didn't expect it to go through an 1" limb so cleanly and easily)
The next day I took my daughter hunting. She is 7 years old, and she killed her first whitetail deer that morning. (I was with her, but she did the whole thing herself)
I got out my old Buck knife to field dress the deer, and then thought I'd do a little with the Bahadur.
Long story short, I field dressed the deer, removed the hide, quartered it up, deboned some of it, and took the rest to the butcher. Every time I do this I usually stop and re-sharpen my knife two times at least, or I'll go to another knife. Not this time.
I chopped a bunch of light wood on a Saturday and did not sharpen it. The next day I completely processed a deer with what had to be a partially dulled knife and I never stopped to sharpen it. It held its edge and stayed sharp and I only noticed some dulness during the last 10 minutes of work.
The knife size is perfect, its beautifully weighted, the edge hardness seems to be exactly where it needs to be, and when I do sharpen it up it will shave hair off your arm easily.
I don't have a picture or anything . . sorry about that
I'm just sitting at work and felt compelled to state my own very happy experience with HI.
The only problem I have now is that my Dad wants my Bahadur, and he isn't going to get it. 8^) (I will try to shark one if I get the chance though)
This bahadur is absolutely my favorite knife so far.
Last weekend I took it out and was shocked at what a good chopper it was. (I did some light clearing of wood stuff, but didn't expect it to go through an 1" limb so cleanly and easily)
The next day I took my daughter hunting. She is 7 years old, and she killed her first whitetail deer that morning. (I was with her, but she did the whole thing herself)
I got out my old Buck knife to field dress the deer, and then thought I'd do a little with the Bahadur.
Long story short, I field dressed the deer, removed the hide, quartered it up, deboned some of it, and took the rest to the butcher. Every time I do this I usually stop and re-sharpen my knife two times at least, or I'll go to another knife. Not this time.
I chopped a bunch of light wood on a Saturday and did not sharpen it. The next day I completely processed a deer with what had to be a partially dulled knife and I never stopped to sharpen it. It held its edge and stayed sharp and I only noticed some dulness during the last 10 minutes of work.
The knife size is perfect, its beautifully weighted, the edge hardness seems to be exactly where it needs to be, and when I do sharpen it up it will shave hair off your arm easily.
I don't have a picture or anything . . sorry about that
I'm just sitting at work and felt compelled to state my own very happy experience with HI.
The only problem I have now is that my Dad wants my Bahadur, and he isn't going to get it. 8^) (I will try to shark one if I get the chance though)