Today's project was to make a new Ont camp machete cut like a BRKT machete. All he did was reprofile and cut down an 18" Ontario to 14" and add some pretty handles and a nice sheath. But the main thing was his convex edge. I am not messing with the handles or the sheath, but I bet I can make my camp machete cut as well has his custom. Same steel. Normally I am reluctant to go too thin, but having used the thinned out BRKT, I was confident this steel could take it.
And this machete was only $19.95! I found a stash of 100 grit belts in the laundry room. Let the sparks fly!



Done, and close enough for a fat old man on the back porch.


It chops.


It slices. It dices.

It crawls on it belly like a reptile!

Now how much would you pay? Don't answer. You also get this. Only $19.95!

I just cleaned the sap off the blade and and inspected the edge. It is still very sharp and undamaged. I even took a few whacks at some hard maple. It is amazing how much more efficiently a convex edge cuts and chops. It doesn't quite have the feel and balance of the BR, but it cuts just as well.
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