OT-Machete to knife conversion

That's pretty cool. I think the steel in an ontario machete might be a bit soft for decent edge holding though.
--Josh
 
Waste of a good machete, guy ought to take up whittling, there's plenty two-by-fours waiting to be turned into toothpicks.:grumpy:

You're right on the blade hardness Josh, right around 45 RC. Fine for a springy blade that's going to be wacking brush/vegetation, not so good for an all around knife (57-59 RC would be much preferred).

Sarge
 
Forgive my ignorance, but why did he put a hole in the middle of the blade? Doesn't that lessen it's strength?:confused:
 
Stay away from the power tools, and any temptation to try this kind of silliness will likely disappear.

Wonder if this is a case where the machete suffered a blow-out like Cliff has described?
 
Originally posted by mamav
Forgive my ignorance, but why did he put a hole in the middle of the blade? Doesn't that lessen it's strength?
Click to expand...

It's a cho. :D

I'm kind of worried that my khuk will look like that when I try to make it convex.
 
I have this "Chinese broad sword" I'm turning into a machete with the help of a Dremel. I've had it for years and it just sits collecting dust. No distal taper, no edge bevel, way too heavy. I don't know what its "spring steel" is but I just need a machete to go after the ivy so I'm not too worried about chipping it. Maybe I'll finally get some use out of it.

Frank
 
I think this is just what was left after he tried to sharpened his machete.
n2s
 
If the machete already had such a low rockwell rating, wonder how many more Rcs were taken off by the heat generated by the dremel. Anyhoo $20 for a butter knife is too rich for my blood.:D
 
Originally posted by mamav
Forgive my ignorance, but why did he put a hole in the middle of the blade? Doesn't that lessen it's strength?:confused:
Click to expand...

I suspect that "hole" you see is what the creator called a blood groove.If you'd like to read more about the deadly anti suctioning channel pressure relieving blood groove go here: Blood Grooves
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top