Playing baseball with a machete and a rock...and fixing it afterward!

[FortyTwoBlades]

[video=youtube;P-bCH-XMBN0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-bCH-XMBN0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Bludgeon]

Nice job with the repair, now don't hit that rock again...lol

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I was actually kind of surprised by how much damage it did to the rock!

 

[Faiaoga]

I was actually kind of surprised by how much damage it did to the rock!

I am not sure which is harder: Maine red granite or Samoan olivine basalt Perhaps we need input from a qualified geologist In any event, working machetes will naturally receive dings and dents as part of their daily life. Fortunately, good working machetes are made to be used and abused, then fixed up with a file or coarse stone. If the blade cannot take a few rocks in stride, then it should not be called a machete.

 

[Rappy]

My reaction to the sound, nice video I really liked it :thumbup:

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I am not sure which is harder: Maine red granite or Samoan olivine basalt Perhaps we need input from a qualified geologist In any event, working machetes will naturally receive dings and dents as part of their daily life. Fortunately, good working machetes are made to be used and abused, then fixed up with a file or coarse stone. If the blade cannot take a few rocks in stride, then it should not be called a machete.

Well, I guess you'd have to evaluate both for their mineral composition ratios! Generally it seems as though they rank about the same on the Mohs scale. And yes, a machete had darn better be able to bounce back from that kind of hit.

My reaction to the sound, nice video I really liked it :thumbup:

Hahaha--if it was hard for you to listen to it was even harder for me to bring myself to do it! It's hard-wired into me not to hit rocks with my blades.