Hi, I bought a Martindale No2 golok type machete (the british army issue one) about 6 months ago. A couple of days ago I decided to dig it out and do a bit of reworking on it as the factory shipped blades would have trouble cutting a block of butter.
I sanded down the handle to make the wood and tang flush, binned the old Martindale sheath in favour of The PLCE military version and began work on the blade.
I started by wet and dry papering the horrible grooves out left by the standard manufacturing process and set about work on the business edge.
I filed out the "bump" on the V shaped edge to resemble something more akin to an actual blade rather than a chisel but I think I got a bit carried away ! I am now left with a beautiful looking, but incredibly dull convex grind edge.
I am not too up on how to deal with a convex edge and was wondering if if they are useless on machetes or can I still get it nice and sharp to do the job it was intended for ?
I sanded down the handle to make the wood and tang flush, binned the old Martindale sheath in favour of The PLCE military version and began work on the blade.
I started by wet and dry papering the horrible grooves out left by the standard manufacturing process and set about work on the business edge.
I filed out the "bump" on the V shaped edge to resemble something more akin to an actual blade rather than a chisel but I think I got a bit carried away ! I am now left with a beautiful looking, but incredibly dull convex grind edge.
I am not too up on how to deal with a convex edge and was wondering if if they are useless on machetes or can I still get it nice and sharp to do the job it was intended for ?