11-02-2005, 19:19
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Great tip about the magic marker, thanks Boss. A Fed LEO asked me yesterday what kind of knife I was carrying, so I handed it to him. I haven't touched to a stone since I got yet. He opened it and his first comment was , "Geezus that's a sharp knife." LOL
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11-02-2005, 19:23
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Are you referring to animal limbs, or tree limbs?
How does it work on flesh?
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Tree limbs mostly, so far.
There was no detecable dulling of the edge where it hit my leg just above the knee.
The cool thing is how fast I can re-sharpen the machete after some hard work including "touching" the dirt holding some rocks . I'm going to get pictures of this because it will be field expedient with any edged tool, anywhere we need to sharpen.
From what experience I have working on game animals, this edge willl be good because it is fairly aggressive.
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11-02-2005, 19:48
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We need a general description of the machete and the discussion is worthless without pics. 
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11-02-2005, 19:57
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
We need a general description of the machete and the discussion is worthless without pics.
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Working on the pics, here's the machete http://machete.com/prod01.htm It's made by Barteaux in Portland Oregon.
I'd met old man Barteaux himself back in about 1980.
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12-10-2005, 14:22
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Bill,
I'm looking to get a DMT Diafold for a guy who will use it in the field. There are single-sided ones - Extra Fine/Fine/Coarse and double-sided Extra Fine/ Fine, Fine/Coarse. This will be used for a variety of knives and tools.
Is the Fine grit good enough or do you think one of the double grits would be better?
Thanks.
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12-10-2005, 15:04
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Originally Posted by mugwump
Bill,
I'm looking to get a DMT Diafold for a guy who will use it in the field. There are single-sided ones - Extra Fine/Fine/Coarse and double-sided Extra Fine/ Fine, Fine/Coarse. This will be used for a variety of knives and tools.
Is the Fine grit good enough or do you think one of the double grits would be better?
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Fine/coarse would be my choice.
Fine won't get enough work done fast enough on worn or damaged edges.
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12-11-2005, 14:57
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Thanks.
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