maskedman504
Member
Hi guys,
Well, I have posted recently about acquiring a sword from Cold Steel; I ended up purchasing a Cold Steel Naval Dirk. I was pretty impressed with the amount of blade I received compared to the price. If you read my review in here it is definitely sharp and useable. Regretably, after drinking some beers (Darwin), I took it out this evening to hack at some foliage. The Naval Dirk was machete like in clearing foliage; I began to try it in overhead swings against varying thicknesses of branches. It was consistently cutting through 1/2 in. thick branches! I obviously went for thicker examples. After picking out a roughly 2/3 thick branch I made a vicious swing. My technique (+ beers) was pretty shabby and the blade bounced off the branch; regretably, the follow through carried the tip of the blade into my thigh above the knee. I was streaming blood and immediately realized the folloey of my actions. Chalk this one up to alcohol induced enthusiasm for a new toy- Lesson: edged weapons are NOT toys.
I don't have a wound photo right now because the bleeding was pretty bad; I will add one tomorrow after it has stopped. Any amount of alcohol really makes you bleed alot more: I had 6 beers; not drunk, not coherent, and very pliable to my own mind.
Well, I have posted recently about acquiring a sword from Cold Steel; I ended up purchasing a Cold Steel Naval Dirk. I was pretty impressed with the amount of blade I received compared to the price. If you read my review in here it is definitely sharp and useable. Regretably, after drinking some beers (Darwin), I took it out this evening to hack at some foliage. The Naval Dirk was machete like in clearing foliage; I began to try it in overhead swings against varying thicknesses of branches. It was consistently cutting through 1/2 in. thick branches! I obviously went for thicker examples. After picking out a roughly 2/3 thick branch I made a vicious swing. My technique (+ beers) was pretty shabby and the blade bounced off the branch; regretably, the follow through carried the tip of the blade into my thigh above the knee. I was streaming blood and immediately realized the folloey of my actions. Chalk this one up to alcohol induced enthusiasm for a new toy- Lesson: edged weapons are NOT toys.
I don't have a wound photo right now because the bleeding was pretty bad; I will add one tomorrow after it has stopped. Any amount of alcohol really makes you bleed alot more: I had 6 beers; not drunk, not coherent, and very pliable to my own mind.