Just got finished with some chopping

this one?
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or did you mean the "before" pic?
 
Cool story, Jeff! Wish there were more people like that, helping animals in need.
 
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TheLastDaze said:
are you sure that's not Eucalyptus?? :confused:

that's got to be the biggest cedar I've ever seen..

I hope you're burning that outside, and not in a fireplace... :)
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That looks pretty small for cedar to me... from a relatively young tree. The shape and color don't look quite right either. The shard looks much more cedarish, though, so the color might just be aging from sitting outside for a long time.


(I had to buck some 14-18 inchish fallen trees this weekend. Using a machete didn't even cross my mind... chainsaw all the way. I'm lazy.)
 
mcjhrobinson said:
Disphyma australe or "ice plant"

makes a great groundcover.
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We get them growing naturally out here (Western Australia), you can actually suck, chew or squeeze a fair bit of moisture out of them. You can eat them too, they don't taste that bad, but they're a bit stringy. Apparently they're not bad pickled, but I've never tried myself.
 
Ew ew dibs!!!! I need a machete and junglas for work and a plethora of other tools of mass destruction
 
kyhunt said:
Just learned something here. I've always been told that machetes where only good for soft stuff and that thicker branches would destroy machetes. This is what I like. Learning from those who have done it instead of those who just talk about it.
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It's never been just "larger" stuff when I have run into issues chopping with machetes. I have chopped several 5 and 6 inch Poplar logs into multiple sections with my 12 inch machete and pretty quickly at that. Only issues I've ever run into were with really well seasoned hardwoods like Maple and Locust versus the softer RC of machetes.
 
mistwalker said:
It's never been just "larger" stuff when I have run into issues chopping with machetes. I have chopped several 5 and 6 inch Poplar logs into multiple sections with my 12 inch machete and pretty quickly at that. Only issues I've ever run into were with really well seasoned hardwoods like Maple and Locust versus the softer RC of machetes.
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Funny, as I've never had that problem. Probably because most of my machetes are Condor/Imacasa models and they seem to run their stuff a little harder. Tramontinas tend to be on the soft side for my preferences, though, and they seem to be the go-to machete for a lot of folks.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Funny, as I've never had that problem. Probably because most of my machetes are Condor/Imacasa models and they seem to run their stuff a little harder. Tramontinas tend to be on the soft side for my preferences, though, and they seem to be the go-to machete for a lot of folks.
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I've rippled and rolled the edges of some tramontinas, then again I have chipped the thinner edges on some of my Ontarios on frozen hard woods. So far my favorite machete hands down is the 12inch Fiddleback and the blank for it is made by Imacasa. The grind was really thin (defect) on the one I have when I first got it and it still handled dead Poplar very well. After I rippled the edge on a log my hawk would only bounce off of I took it down to a flat about 0.030" wide and then put a secondary bevel on it... then convexed that...and I have had no trouble at all since. One of the things I really like about it is that it is 0.121" thick, but damn does it bite.
 
I love my ESEE lite machete. I used it Saturday on a camping trip to the Croatan. I chopped a lot of dead wood and green wood. It did develop the second edge deformation or dent. The first happened not long after I got it. With both I used a ceramic rod to push most of it back into place then resharpen and good as new. Before anybody says it no I did not chop into the dirt or hit any rocks. This is my favorite machete and it handles very well and does everything I need it to do. Cool story too with a happy ending.
 
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