Mango-pineapple MACHAXAAAAAAAaaaaa! pics pics pics

[PapaTango52]

Ok Becker Forum I grew a sack and did the strip and dip! Going to try to load all the pics but not post pad best I can while trying to keep it straight

First off you know the drill, remove the handles, apply stripper, find something else to do. So... I threw knife for a bit. But then all of sudden one disappeared into the wood!?/??!!! WTF magic trick? Threw another and -zip- again into the Fifth Dimension - nothing sticking out of the wood! Ok I get it. Threw the third and just had to start LOL! Check it out:





haha mystery solved!

onwards.
Welcome to my little workbench


nice weather tonight

 

[PapaTango52]

the soak! I used the citrus stripper, smells kinda' nice. don't know if it or the florescent lights was attracting the dang termites but I worked as fast as I could to get back inside.



CS Tanto victim


masked off the machax handle for some reason. wished I hadn't a done that but oh well.


yay fruit dip!

 

[PapaTango52]

peaked at it every now and then, let it sit for couple hours. the effect wasn't as pronounced as I thought and we were going to make upside down cake so added a pineapple soak too



Mrs. Tango making the cake mix!


looks yum



is Yum!

 

[PapaTango52]

Ok where the heck was I. Oh yeah, time to get the Machax out!

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quick clean of the edge with a diamond rod and strop pass (my strop is basically ruined because I don't know what I'm doing and sliced it all up )

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a little heart in the pattern
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[BaldingEagle]

That CS tanto is a heck of a blade. I have acutally tried to break mine and have failed repeatedly. Love the smell of fresh cut mango and carbon steel.
Cheers
Balding

 

[PapaTango52]

more shots of the mango-pineapple MACHAXA!

uh oh,, can't load any more pics? I think I gotta' delete old ones? BRB!


test test cutting to the chase in case only get one more to add!

here's how I carry it in "Yard Man" mode
usually have a drink bottle, gloves and bug spray stuffed in my pockets.

 

[Moosez45]

Hows it taste?



Great lookin' Machax, brother. How tall is Mrs. Tango?

Kia Nui

 

[PapaTango52]

That CS tanto is a heck of a blade. I have acutally tried to break mine and have failed repeatedly. Love the smell of fresh cut mango and carbon steel.
Cheers
Balding

mango is so delicious and luckily in season now so they're everywhere! even green mango rocks - sliced into thick "potato chips" or chunks, dip in shoyu chili sauce MMM-MMMM ono! the piggies are all coming down to root also and snack on fallen fruits. like shooting fish in a bucket, not fair at all, so we pretty much abstain.

 

[PapaTango52]

Hows it taste?



Great lookin' Machax, brother. How tall is Mrs. Tango?

Kia Nui

the bug spray? jjkg! the cakes are pineapple buttery brown sugar heaven!

Mrs. Tango is not quite 5' but stands tall, served our country in the USN 2 tours in the Mediterranean Sea!

ok one more pic if it lets me - the big blade go bag cuz I ain't a leaving them behind. Eli I really need the machete scabbard!

 

[rkmoore]

Looks pretty dang sweet! The machaxe I mean. Well and the rest too!
I did my boomslang with a mango finish and it turned out almost as good. Guess I shoulda thrown some pineapple in the mix. Or maybe I shoulda just started out with a machaxe to begin with.

Ya that prolly woulda worked a lot better.

 

[PapaTango52]

yah it's crazy but I rike it





cake for days! the small ones are for the neighbors although we ate 2 already /shhhhh

 

[Kabarcamper]

looks good man. I hope you enjoy the 4. Keep that bad boy oiled up, i know how humid it can get there.

 

[PapaTango52]

looks good man. I hope you enjoy the 4. Keep that bad boy oiled up, i know how humid it can get there.

10-4. a silicone cloth should work too?

few more pics then pau:



I love this blade. Want another!



This stump is still wet but I tried shaving it anyway I leave stumps here and there so I got something to hang onto or tie rope.


snack for later once it chills

 

[namida]

thats one fruity machax PapaTango52! And its not helping me!

 

[Kabarcamper]

I think the machax would be MY go to too, if I lived on a island. I could go around choppin all day !! I'm not totally sure on the silicone rag, but i too live about 50 yards from the beach and have noticed a few surface rust areas on my stripped machax. I use gun oil and clich said to use a scotchbrite pad to remove any surface rust, which may slightly remove your patina but just gives you another chance to chop some more mangoes and pineapples. ALOHA Broda

 

[orangish ducktape]

Looks good! I really enjoy seeing what different fruits and chemicals do to carbon steel.

-orangish ducktape

 

[DOC-CANADA]

If I was going to use the Machax to cut food, I wouldn't use gun oil or a silicone rag. Rather use mineral oil.

Doc