I know what you mean Bob! LOL!! Before I got into this knife "thing" over these past 7 months or so...I probably would have gone in with my Benelli and some cheap cartridges and just blasted the bushes at their root/soil level...it could have been all done and dusted in a few minutes...ready to be raked onto the fire...either that or maybe fired up the chainsaw....now with these knives to check out...my garden is becoming an alternative to the Gym!!