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   On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:54:40 -0500, "deowll"  wrote:   
      
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   >"the wharf rat"  wrote in message   
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   >> In article ,   
   >> deowll  wrote:   
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   >>>Chopping down trees with one of the short blades, no thank you. But I've   
   >>   
   >> You oughta try one of these Woodsman Pal things.  They're   
   >> pretty cool once you get the hang of it.   
   >>   
   >> I've heard that the Gurkhas use kukris as axes, so I wonder   
   >> if there's some kind of technique that makes a sword like blade work   
   >> well in these situations.   
   >>   
   >   
   >The cold steel machete kukri cuts fairly well considering how light it is. I   
   >like it. I've got one of the reproduction kukris but I've never actually   
   >done anything with it. It's always seemed thick heavy and awkward. Maybe I   
   >need to give it a shot.   
   >   
      
   John Masters who wrote a number of books about India and the days of   
   the Raj originally "came out to India" as a lieutenant of one of the   
   Ghurka regiments. In one of his books about his service with the   
   Ghurkas he tells of an annual ceremony in which several bullocks are   
   sacrificed by chopping off their heads, with a kukri. He mentions the   
   lack of applause when one Ghurka fails to take the head off with one   
   blow and the applause when the Sgt. Major does....   
      
   cheers,   
      
   Schweik   
   (goodsoldierschweikatgmaildotcom)   
      
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