I know I am gonna catch heck for this, as I don't have any pictures of the knife, but suffice it to say it was there. A mission trip to the Huaodani people. Awesome trip, and a few pictures for good measure.



3 Huaodani warriors. The one on the left is Gabriel...the village chief/leader. And yes, he can hit a bird at 20 yds with that blow gun!! The one on the right is hold the 8-9' spear. They use that for war or hunting large game. The fat bald guy in the middle who they decided to put war paint on is me.



This next one is Pedye. He took a liking to me for some reason. His uncle is one of the ones who killed the missionaries back in '56 (movie "End Of The Spear" was taken from this event).



One more just cause I thought it was interesting. Gabriel wanted to go hunting for us, so he took his single shot 16ga (yep, surprised me too) and went for a meal. What can I say, I have eaten monkey!!

The knives I took with me were the Scrapper 5 CG with black/black, and a BlindHorse knives Boat tail scandi. The Scrapper 5 was the absolute brute of the trip. I carried it in a Rainwalker kydex sheath with the "X" loop. Several other members brought knives, but most were the Wally World S&W blades. I was going to give a knife as a present, but there were 7 of us and everyone else had the same idea. Well, I used the SY 5 for everything. The ladies kept asking for it in the "kitchen", and everyone on the trail had me chop them a walking stick after seeing how much help it was in the extremely muddy trails. The blade had a bit of rust develope in the polished cutting edge, but it never slowed down. We hiked 6 hrs in torrential rain on the way in and on the way out. It was harder than the 2 marathons I have been in, but I am also not in the shape I should have been.

Just a word on the BHK Boat tail scandi. I love blindhorse knives also. Realy quality stuff. But let me just say that 4 days of rain and heat/humidity in a leather sheath was aweful for that little 1095 blade. The coating on the S5 really payed off.

Well, for what it is worth, maybe someone will find it interesting!!

Doc

Very interesting and cool stuff!!! Jungle proven Scrapper 5.... SOLD! I'm getting one!! As an added bonus I learned a new way to pack multiple monkeys to dinner!!!! Thank you VERY much for the pics Doc!
How long was your stay?

Shame on you for not taking any S5 pics!

Thanks for the post. I also really like the monkey sling.

Great post, I am sure there were some very interesting stories told after you you left.

You lucky dog,that must have been a heck of a trip.How did the monkey taste,like chicken,or like monkey? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I've had a lot of different jerky's. Gator, buffalo, moose, deer, snake all sorts anyhow I WANT monkey jerky. Where can I get that? I would be MORE than willing to give that a try!!

What an experience. Thank you for sharing.

Doc: Thanks very much for sharing the pictures with us. Really liked them. Question, are you a fulltime missionary or was this just a "side trip". Just wanted to know, you guys do a WHALE of a job, and many folks don't even know what kind of an environment you go into.

Best of Luck and may God continue to bless you for you work.

I'm OFFICIALLY jealous! Great experience mate, thanks for sharing with us.

PS I like more and more my Scrapper 5, besides the others SY I had.

Alfredo, many of US are jealous of you! You always have great pictures, many thanks!

Thanks SH...Italy it's for sure a beautiful country. But man, I dreamed all my life to spent time and maybe live on your great country...for me USA are really a dream...deserts, mountains, oceans...I read and see so much books and movies about USA, I may say that I know better your country (generally speaking) that any parts of Europe! Hope to visit USA a day...

I hope you are able to fulfill your wish. ONE thing I have found out, is no matter where you are there are still trees, grasses, fields and meadows hills and valleys and ....well you get the picture. The difference is that it's somewhere you have never seen before and THAT is what makes it special. EVERYWHERE has something special about it, even our lowly MINGO.