Morning all. As the snow falls outside iv just taken receipt of my first machete. £10 got me a low quality but full tanged high carbon blade (from Brazil)
Well, it was delivered with practically no edge. Just a poor factory attempt leaving a good 1mm as an edge
Well.. its far too big and unmanageable for my waterstones and bench grinder so im left with a metal hand files !!
A few websites have said just to put the blade in a vice and go hammer and tongs with a coarse file and work my way down with coarseness.
A good method ?? Advice appreciated here.
Thanks, ed
Well, it was delivered with practically no edge. Just a poor factory attempt leaving a good 1mm as an edge
Well.. its far too big and unmanageable for my waterstones and bench grinder so im left with a metal hand files !!
A few websites have said just to put the blade in a vice and go hammer and tongs with a coarse file and work my way down with coarseness.
A good method ?? Advice appreciated here.
Thanks, ed