How to sharpen a machete

I just use my Norton Economy stone. I have also used a concrete keystone in a pinch. For all the machetes I have, diamond stones would be an expensive solution to a cheap problem.
 
JD Spydo said:
Hey guys and I don't mean to detract from the subject matter>> but what sharpening tools do any of you use for field use for sharpening machetes? Right now I have a couple of round puck type stones and one rather big round stone that I've been using for field use in sharpening machetes and other big blades. I kind of wonder what sharpening tools you all use for field use sharpening of big blades?

I've also wondered if any of the diamond sharpening tools makers like DMT have anything for field use for machetes and other big blades? I got both my round and puck type stones from a company in Texas called "Sticks & Stones">> they have a huge selection of sharpening stones.
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I like stick sharpeners as of late, especially since they sharpen recurves nicely, and the buck flip-stik is my travel sharpener of choice. I haven't tried a puck yet. The filpstick is pretty short but I usually only dull a small section, the sweat spot, unless I smash a rock or something but that doesn't happen too often. The course on the edgetek sticks do take off a lot of material pretty quick, especially the softer steels on axes and machetes.

Here's a link to buck's site for an idea of what it is, it's much cheaper from pretty much any website supporter of the forum.
https://www.buckknives.com/product/edgetek-ultra-flipstik/97044-B/
 
When I was in Peace Corps in Micronesia, back in the Dark Ages of the late 60s, before cell phones and remotes, the folks there sharpened their machetes with files. The coarse edges worked great on grasses and soft vegetation.
 
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