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Larry Bohnham
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 Posted: Fri 22 Oct, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Even though it's not on the list of choices in the poll, my preferred type of traumatic amputation devices is the Dane Axe. It's very versatile and when it arrives on target it arrives big time. As the hot-rodders always used to say, "there's no replacement for displacement." Of course good luck concealing one, if that's what you want for your character.
"No athlete can fight tenaciously who has never received any blows; he must see his blood flow and hear his teeth crack under the fist of his adversary..."
Roger of Hoveden, d.1201
a furore Normannorum libera nos Domine
"Henry, get down off that horse with that sword, you'll put someone's eye out!" Mrs. Bolingbroke's advice to her son, Henry, on the eve of the battle of Agincourt
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R Ashby
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| Posted: Fri 22 Oct, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Larry Bohnham wrote: | | Even though it's not on the list of choices in the poll, my preferred type of traumatic amputation devices is the Dane Axe. It's very versatile and when it arrives on target it arrives big time. As the hot-rodders always used to say, "there's no replacement for displacement." Of course good luck concealing one, if that's what you want for your character. |
He he he he...."Is that a dane axe in your pocket...or are you happy to see me?"
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Julian Reynolds
Location: United Kingdom Joined: 30 Mar 2008
Posts: 271
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Here's a pic of my favourite chopper! I used to use my great-uncle's kukri he carried at Kohima, but this beast is much more effective. Carbon steel blade 13.5 inches long, 3 inches wide, 5/16 at the tang (340x75x8mm).
Beef, Pork, Lamb, Fish or Fowl, it deals with them all. But you need a big kitchen to wield it!
Never tried it out on 'Long Pig', though!
Julian
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R Ashby
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Julian- that's a huge cleaver! Wow!
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Julian Reynolds
Location: United Kingdom Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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It's big, true, but it's not as big as the Victorian butcher's meat axes you occasionally see up for auction - I missed out on the all steel monster underneath this pile of old cleavers (see pic below), but it's not the biggest one of it's type I've seen. They can be giant and must have taken a lot of skill (not to mention strength) to use safely.
You often see Foster cleavers (see below) come up for sale in the States. They only have a 12" long cutting edge, though!!
Julian
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