one of the things I liked about this video was the fact that he was smiling the whole time. Maybe its just cause there's a camera but he seemed like he was genuinely doing something he liked.
Yep, me too. It's been a long time for me too, back in 1967 and again in 1969. It nice to see that things have changed for the better. The ladies are still beautiful. Ken...Marina California USA.
A beautiful tool. Looks 100 times better than a commercially made one. I bet it performs better as well. The artisan should sell these online (if feasible) I bet folks would pay over $100 for them. Thank you for this content it is great!
I really like videos like this because they chow what the average smith can achieve without thousands of dollars in tools. Also the tools are just that. Tools that are not Uber flashy and get the job done.
Multi ferrules,thick handle,built to last there..That is a handy tool,considering for my orchard now lol,..Your Demo had me sold...The power planer is great idea to make dowel without a lathe...You got it made Bush Channel guy..
One weird thing: we still make very round and polished handles for bush machetes, especially for coconut harvesting for some reason. Also there are regional "specialities" too: down south there's a right-angle blade for cutting specific types of grass down in paddy fields (it's used for making baskets and stuff but I forgot formal terminologies here)
Congratulations video and the channel are well didactic! it is always very good to see different types of nations and peoples, sharing their knowledge, especially in cutlery !!
They made some longer handle, but not to long (4 feet) for both clearing bushes and chopping down 12" diameter size trees. The blade should be 2.5 inches wide and about 3/8" thick. It depends on where you go in Vietnam you will see different type of machete. Go to Da` Lat and ask for "xa` ga.t" makes by the ethnic group tribe living in small village, you will find it. One of the best that I've seen.
My wife is from the PI. I have collected bolos/machetes/edged implements of all kinds. The lesson of Castaway. With a edged length of steel, you have a chance of survival. Without such your toast. I bought a Negrito woman's bolo while she was preparing dinner. We were on a tour of their relocation camp after Pinatubo displaced them. They were the last to leave and some stayed. Sacred Mountain blew its top after 300 year slumber. I kept laying 100 Peso bills down until she gave it to me plus the scabbard. About 500 Pesos/ $25.
I've never heard anyone say something about cutting up Everyone I know cuts down so they don't kill someone that might walk by LOL Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also
its called a brush axe in the eastern united states. a tool used daily by land surveyors to clear line of sight when a machete is just too short and vegetation is too thick... the common design is a double edged hook shape
When I make a Two handed Machete somewhat resembling this in the video I use a split receiver that is larger at the socket and the receiver that has Stainless Steel inserts that have grooves that run the length of the socket, three grooves around the OD of the socket. When the blade is inserted into the Steel Socket it fits like the splines of a drive shaft into the transmission. Then a Safety Wire clamp is installed in the groves x2 in each groove. I have tested this design by pushing on the Handel/Blade to 3,000psi and the handle fails before the socket. I use Osage Orange, Hickory, or Ash as the handle.
Detrás casi al final del vídeo, en el espacio aéreo entre las dos casas del fondo, aparece un objeto oscuro flotando estático.Parece que nadie lo vio,yo si.Al final del vídeo cuando posan para despedirse el objeto ya no esta.Indudablemente eran observados a una distancia prudencial.
That interpreter woman in black clothes goes at that bush with authority and she's the smallest person in the group! Also never ever heard of cutting up on brush, must be a cultural thing.
@Hoàng Kỳ I was guessing it's the RU-vid Creator from Australia or NZ (I forget) not the Vietnamese. American here, but I doubt you would see people cut like that here. Where are you from?
I have similar Thai machetes where the handle wasn't glued, as the purchaser usually did it. After sitting around for years, the tangs rusted tight into the handle and can hardly be removed with a hammer. Thais tend to use Lac (stick Lac, button Lac, a.k.a. shellac) to fasten the handles. It's a natural polymer that grows on trees thanks to Lac insects.
with the best will in the world, a taper tang in a taper hole will always want to work out. They never make them with cross pins or a clenched over tang... I have a brushing hook with a full taper sleeve and 2 cross pins riveted over which makes that like a toy....
This blade won't come out in a hurry. The smith cut up synthetic rope and stuffed it into the handle before inserting the hot tang. Traditionally, this was done with some sort of resin or resin/charcoal-mix. Has worked for centuries, still works with modern materials. Besides, with a cross pin you have a higher risk of splitting the handle. If the blade ever does come out, it is an easy fix: just stuff some of those ubiquitous plastic grocery bags into the tang hole, heat up the tip of the tang and re-insert the blade, let cool/set and you're ready to go again.
@@kaizoebara I have been an engineer/toolmaker for 45 years building anything from arctic trailers to small press tooling....no bin bag or plastic rope will replace a well designed tool fitted correctly. They even clench over the tapered nails when fitting shoes on horses....Axes sledge hammers etc all have wedges to expand the shaft....
@@theessexhunter1305 You will concede however, that they use glues even in car production - no bolts needed. As stated above, the plastic (or resin in the more traditional models) will be strong enough and has been for centuries. I have an Indonesian Golok that is glued into a horn handle which has held up to use without fail.
@@kaizoebara They do use glues to great effect. what is your job as I make/fix/ machine small to large items for all type of machines engineering fixtures....so making things to work each time every time with out holding it together with a bit of melted rope...........
Newer knife companies and custom makers had only one way to get into knife business and that''s the supersteel theory,that has IMHO done a lot of damage,on the knife industry.Our fathers and grandfathers survived with steels that don't hold an edge at all,yet they are much easier to keep them sharp than any super duper steel.Supersteels is a marketing trick and it is the last thing a user should care for. Heat treatment and geometry are far more important,than any steel. Generally, marketing through RU-vid,where everybody is an expert,no matter if he can't say a saber from a flat or a convex from a scandi edge,has done a lot of damage on cutting tools.Nowdays tools are far more expensive and far more difficult to keep them sharp than they used to be and that RU-vid nonsense,is one reason. PS I have never seen a better secondary heat treatment than the one on this video,so I don't care if it is a cheap carbon steel or a titanium meteorite uknown metal.
Made one of those from a old hand saw ,had to punch the holes with a masonry nail as the steel would not drill ,no kid's or dog when using one of these.
Kurt, to drill steel like you first put a blunt rod similar size to the hole you want in a drill press. Heat the steel with it, let it cool and then use the drill bit.
swinging a blade isn't like swinging a cricket bat. your stroke should be straight and shouldn't deviate from the path, that'll cause bad cuts. just fyi. :-)
