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VANDOO · 31st December 2009, 12:12 AM

BACK IN CUSTERS DAY MANY INDIAN TRIBES WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED GREYHOUNDS FAST FOOD

A VERY CUTE PUPPY BUT I AM A TERRIER KIND OF GUY

I SUSPECT MOST AMERICAN CALVARY MEN WERE NOT FOND OF THE SABRE BUT WERE REQUIRED TO CARRY THEM AND USE THEM IN SOME DRILLS. WITH LITTLE TRAINING AND THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO USE THEM PERHAPS THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO SHARPEN THEM AND ONLY KEPT THEM CLEAN TO PASS INSPECTION AND MOSTLY CONSIDERED THEM AN ALMOST USLESS PART OF THEIR UNIFORM. I DOUBT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ORDERED NOT TO SHARPEN THEM BUT A POOR JOB OF SHARPENING COULD LEAD TO FAILING AN INSPECTION AND POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT.
ITS ALL CONJECTURE AS I WASN'T THERE BUT A LIKELY SECENARIO.

31st December 2009, 12:12 AM	#18
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	BACK IN CUSTERS DAY MANY INDIAN TRIBES WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED GREYHOUNDS FAST FOOD A VERY CUTE PUPPY BUT I AM A TERRIER KIND OF GUY I SUSPECT MOST AMERICAN CALVARY MEN WERE NOT FOND OF THE SABRE BUT WERE REQUIRED TO CARRY THEM AND USE THEM IN SOME DRILLS. WITH LITTLE TRAINING AND THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO USE THEM PERHAPS THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO SHARPEN THEM AND ONLY KEPT THEM CLEAN TO PASS INSPECTION AND MOSTLY CONSIDERED THEM AN ALMOST USLESS PART OF THEIR UNIFORM. I DOUBT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ORDERED NOT TO SHARPEN THEM BUT A POOR JOB OF SHARPENING COULD LEAD TO FAILING AN INSPECTION AND POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT. ITS ALL CONJECTURE AS I WASN'T THERE BUT A LIKELY SECENARIO.