So, my wife decided that some of the grain guzzling birds down in the chicken coop needed to roost in the freezer. We pulled half a dozen out and put them in the kennel to calm themselves and she "prepared".
I hear the inevitable yell of my name and go to see what's wrong.
The problem is someone told her to use a linoleum knife and that's what she had. Shes hung the chickens up to my pistol target frame (it's big enough for 6 targets at once) by their feet and has tried to cut the head off of the first bird with the hooked blade. Angry chicken glowering at my wife. No blood dripping (much less pouring) from the chicken. My wife looking at the knife and complaining "This **** thing's not sharp enough! WOULD YOU SHARPEN IT?!?".
I look at the chicken, my wife, the knife and head for the house. I come back with a Frost's mora laminate with the oval red wooden grip that I'd given a couple of licks on the stone on the way out and one of my BlackJack 5s. The mora just doesn't have enough grip and to make me happy while holding a chicken's head between the fork of my index and second finger. The Blackjack has a very nice grip like the Randall Border Guard and doesn't feel like it will turn or twist in my hand.
Pull to separate the spine from the skull. Pop the head off with the 5 in one shearing motion. Get splattered with blood. :banghead: Oh well, in for a hennypenny in for a pound. Repeat 4 times.
On the fifth I decide to wait a few seconds after breaking the neck and try the mora. It sailed through like the 5, but the smaller oval grip and the absence of any guard at all made me a tad uncomfortable. It didn't shift or turn, but, hmmmmm, I just didn't like the feel.
Anyway, after bloodbaths from 6 chickens I learned a few things. The mora will do the job, but I'd like a better grip on it. The 5 did a fine job regardless of blood and sweat. Wear glasses when decapitating chickens.
I hear the inevitable yell of my name and go to see what's wrong.
The problem is someone told her to use a linoleum knife and that's what she had. Shes hung the chickens up to my pistol target frame (it's big enough for 6 targets at once) by their feet and has tried to cut the head off of the first bird with the hooked blade. Angry chicken glowering at my wife. No blood dripping (much less pouring) from the chicken. My wife looking at the knife and complaining "This **** thing's not sharp enough! WOULD YOU SHARPEN IT?!?".
I look at the chicken, my wife, the knife and head for the house. I come back with a Frost's mora laminate with the oval red wooden grip that I'd given a couple of licks on the stone on the way out and one of my BlackJack 5s. The mora just doesn't have enough grip and to make me happy while holding a chicken's head between the fork of my index and second finger. The Blackjack has a very nice grip like the Randall Border Guard and doesn't feel like it will turn or twist in my hand.
Pull to separate the spine from the skull. Pop the head off with the 5 in one shearing motion. Get splattered with blood. :banghead: Oh well, in for a hennypenny in for a pound. Repeat 4 times.
On the fifth I decide to wait a few seconds after breaking the neck and try the mora. It sailed through like the 5, but the smaller oval grip and the absence of any guard at all made me a tad uncomfortable. It didn't shift or turn, but, hmmmmm, I just didn't like the feel.
Anyway, after bloodbaths from 6 chickens I learned a few things. The mora will do the job, but I'd like a better grip on it. The 5 did a fine job regardless of blood and sweat. Wear glasses when decapitating chickens.
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