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I haven't touched the old girl for about three years now, since its last sharpening were I thinned the edge out. I took the Brute out to a regional park and the warden and I did a fire and steaks. We have been doing this a lot this year. Initialy I just cleaved off a few chunks of wood for the shots. Then I realized that the fire was giving me a rough time because of the soaked wood. So I ended up hacking up about ten or more chunks that I split with my beater axe. Once a decent coal base was formed everything was cool...or warm.
I was kind of surprised that the old girl bit out some nice chunks of wood and was surprisingly close to a machete when I hit the sweet spot. I had really worked on the cutting edge years ago and it bit into limbs ( I found a chunky dead limb to test on) and hacked them off better than I remembered. But then I hadn't touched it since that last major sharpening session. I'm glad that I kept this one.
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I have gotten into the hatchet\axe habit as of late for wood processing and forgot how fun it can be to use a big knife. Next I think that I will take my ESEE 6 out for a whompin '.
I was kind of surprised that the old girl bit out some nice chunks of wood and was surprisingly close to a machete when I hit the sweet spot. I had really worked on the cutting edge years ago and it bit into limbs ( I found a chunky dead limb to test on) and hacked them off better than I remembered. But then I hadn't touched it since that last major sharpening session. I'm glad that I kept this one.
:thumbup:
I have gotten into the hatchet\axe habit as of late for wood processing and forgot how fun it can be to use a big knife. Next I think that I will take my ESEE 6 out for a whompin '.
