It rained during the night and was cool this morning. Plus, our Austerlorps are delivering peewees so, I processed 2 of the old layers using Buck's screwed together frame 110. The handle gives a solid grip no matter what you've been handling. The blade went right on cutting and with these chickens being old I had to actually skin them using the knife. Not merely pull the hide off. So, age matters. After finishing it had about 2" of burr on the edge. I went ahead and stropped this off which took no more than 3-4 minutes. Now, if I was not doing this the steel would process maybe 4-5 old birds and likely 6 young birds. There's your numbers.
Still, how many people raise and process 6 fed out young birds a year? By the time I have culled out these old layers I will have put 11 in the freezer. If you plan on using a 110 with this steel for a big cutting job (i.e. a buck) it would be a good idea to have on hand a small leather strop w/ slurry applied to strop on or a 4"X 4" stone that you could back hone on to get you through the job. Thanks, DM