A Cool Find While Camping

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Dogzovwar81

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Went camping with the fam-bam and while setting up our camp, my son's friend (5yo), said "Ryan, I found a big knife". Well, I was a bit skeptical, but of course I investigated. And this is what he found...

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A machete and an Estwing drywall hammer.
 
looks like a old style eastwing roofing hatchet..not bad little "treasure"..
 
While at the campsite, we found that there wasn't a good place to hang our lantern. So I chopped off a tree limb with my Bk10, cut off any smaller branches and then stuck it the table. Worked perfectly.

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Later that night we made a nice campfire.

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My wife made some wonderful steaks. Here I am flipping one over with my Bk10. The wide blade works great as a spatula, lol.

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Ok, so I busted out the sandpaper and attacked the Estwing. Took FOREVER, but I finally got the rust off. Has a nice patina that i'll try to keep.

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Now I need to sharpen it up, because that thing is dull! Any suggestions? Should I use a file?
 
Hey Dogz.....

Cool finds!!!!!.... Looks like a real good time.... Thanks for sharing your time with us......

A file always worked on my Estwings ...... Might as well patina it while you have it bare.....

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jarodmichael said:
Might take a black light to it before you grind anything...
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If you're suspecting disposed murder weapons, a black light won't tell much. I read up on black lights for some story work, and blood gives off no luminescence on its own, but rather absorbs light and just gives off a dark patch. I forgot if it was the amount of iron in the blood, but if that's the case, any iron in the soil sticking to the blade would probably give similar results.
 
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Thank you, Ethan. I'll have to get a file and put an edge on it. Looks like it'd be a nice little hatchet/hammer.
 
Not sure about the machete. I'll need some pretty strong rust remover. Also, looks like whoever had it before tried to chop some nails. There are semi circular cutouts on the edge of the blade.
 
Nope, a little oil, steel wool, a hand operated metal brush (no electric brush wheels for me), elbow grease and a file and I'd have it good to go for chopping brush in a half hour or less. Just get it kinda good to go and plain old brush/grass chopping will start cleaning it up better. You just want it usable, not Kentucky mint. The nicks will come out with a little file work,
 
Update: So I did my best at renovating the machete, and I posted my work I'm the general knife area. Well, I had no idea what actual brand it was until Ben from Baryonyx told me it is an Express brand machete. Made by Incolma. So here it is now after using naval jelly, sandpaper and rust resistant paint...
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