06-02-2020, 06:18 PM
After dinner tonight I went to the shop and spent 15 minutes re-doing the edge on this machete. Got a big burr with 120 grit and tried to reduce. Switched to A30 (600 grit) to reduce some more and do a tiny bit of polishing. Then VF Scotchbrite for *ever*. I must have done 20 or more passes with a few really light ones at about 45 degrees trying to fracture the burr off. Some combination of this worked and I ended up with almost no burr. Switched to smooth leather with a little bit of left over compound. Half a dozen strokes later it was ready to be tested.
BESS tester says it's 200 to 245 in the curve at the front. I'm much more satisfied with that.
Hedges outside were cleanly cleaved off, including leaves cut in half as I severed some small hedge limbs. Shaves pretty cleanly too.
This is a pretty scary machete now. Imagine a high end kitchen knife that's 18 inches long and weighs a pound and half being swung at high speed.
Brian.
BESS tester says it's 200 to 245 in the curve at the front. I'm much more satisfied with that.
Hedges outside were cleanly cleaved off, including leaves cut in half as I severed some small hedge limbs. Shaves pretty cleanly too.
This is a pretty scary machete now. Imagine a high end kitchen knife that's 18 inches long and weighs a pound and half being swung at high speed.
Brian.