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ok well i got my machete late last week but i am not off on weekends right now so the review had to wait until today. i took out some monsters today w/ the 12 incher. was out with the busse b-11, esee junglas, a cold steel kukri, and the fiddle back 12 inch machete.
My brother, our friend juice, me and my little one mad dog
set out into the woods. let me start out with the snow was at that horrible point where its almost solid but not enough to support you so you end up falling through all the time. anywho. led by my fearless little one we set off around noon. we haven't had a chance to make a sheath yet but its coming, but the machete was just in hand on the walk into the woods. let me say this thing slices through green stuff (even frozen) up to 1 inch in diameter like freaking laser. its amazing. if you have 4 wheeler trails that you clean up every spring this is a must have for sure, or a hunting lease and you need to clear trails same deal a must have.
so we got out to where we thought was a good spot and we started to set up camp. getting the fire pit ready, clearing the area, making the firewood, playing w/ the little one, all the good stuff. well the fiddleback 12 incher was chopping hard dead wood very well, (surprisingly so for such thing stock) it batoned well for a thin long blade. also make good fuzz sticks though that was a bit more work than w/ a smaller blade. we were about to get the fire started and as i looked over i see our friend juice smacking the knife with his hand cause his baton log broke. as i started to say don't do that i heard the ohhhh shit and saw the blood. the busse basic 11 had bit him and bit him bad. about a inch long and what appeared to be to the bone and possibly through the tendon. i washed it out and patched him up with the first aid kit. they gave him 3 stitches just to keep it closed and he has to see a specialist tomorrow for the final patch work.
so not a ton of pictures but enough and i beat the hell out of it so i feel i can give it a pretty decent review. also something i left out of the above that is very well known about andy. his handles are amazing. they feel so good in the hand even when chopping on harder woods for prolonged periods.
if you don't own one get out and buy one as its about a good of woods tool as you can get. mix it with a sak farmer and i think you would have a great woods bumming/camping set up. on to the pics
more to come in the next post
My brother, our friend juice, me and my little one mad dog
set out into the woods. let me start out with the snow was at that horrible point where its almost solid but not enough to support you so you end up falling through all the time. anywho. led by my fearless little one we set off around noon. we haven't had a chance to make a sheath yet but its coming, but the machete was just in hand on the walk into the woods. let me say this thing slices through green stuff (even frozen) up to 1 inch in diameter like freaking laser. its amazing. if you have 4 wheeler trails that you clean up every spring this is a must have for sure, or a hunting lease and you need to clear trails same deal a must have. so we got out to where we thought was a good spot and we started to set up camp. getting the fire pit ready, clearing the area, making the firewood, playing w/ the little one, all the good stuff. well the fiddleback 12 incher was chopping hard dead wood very well, (surprisingly so for such thing stock) it batoned well for a thin long blade. also make good fuzz sticks though that was a bit more work than w/ a smaller blade. we were about to get the fire started and as i looked over i see our friend juice smacking the knife with his hand cause his baton log broke. as i started to say don't do that i heard the ohhhh shit and saw the blood. the busse basic 11 had bit him and bit him bad. about a inch long and what appeared to be to the bone and possibly through the tendon. i washed it out and patched him up with the first aid kit. they gave him 3 stitches just to keep it closed and he has to see a specialist tomorrow for the final patch work.
so not a ton of pictures but enough and i beat the hell out of it so i feel i can give it a pretty decent review. also something i left out of the above that is very well known about andy. his handles are amazing. they feel so good in the hand even when chopping on harder woods for prolonged periods.
if you don't own one get out and buy one as its about a good of woods tool as you can get. mix it with a sak farmer and i think you would have a great woods bumming/camping set up. on to the pics
more to come in the next post
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