From: deowll@gmail.com   
      
   "Good Soldier Schweik"  wrote in message   
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   > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:54:40 -0500, "deowll"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>"the wharf rat"  wrote in message   
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   >>> In article ,   
   >>> deowll  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>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)   
      
   The blade used for that is the size of a sword.   
      
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