On the way down the trail, I used all three knives in the machete mode, things you cut through in one slash or maybe two. Dropped my new Rainwalker sheath and had to go back and find it. Score one for the Busse. It out machetes either the S6 or M6. The thinner, broader blade slashes through palmettos with a flick of the wrist. I'd rate the S6 as next best as a machete, but the M6 does fair. Now to small trees down near the marsh.

The ASH-1 does very well on live saplings and tough woody brush. The kind of stuff that takes one to ten whacks.

The M6 does well but the Busse beats it here.


The Scrapper 6 totally rules here. For heavier brush clearing, the S6 just works better.


On to phase 3. Baton work and wood splitting.