How to properly sharpen a new machete! Simple and easy! 

That acorn gunshot joke hits a little different these days

Your knowledge and comedy combined made this video the best in the internet for me today! You now have another subscriber! I’m going to the garage to sharpen my machetes!

I Appreciate You Sharing Your Skills !! Thank You.

Oh yeah that is sharp for a machete I love it great video

I was wondering how sharp should I get my neighbours' machete. Didn't know what edge to put on it. Contacted my friends in Australia who are professional machete users for clearing brush, vines and undergrowth. Their advice: depends on what you are clearing; for tall, grasses use a high flat bevel, razor sharp edge; for semi-woody (soft) vines and bushes use a medium convex bevel sharp edge; for woody (hard) bushes and small trees use a full convex bevel with a thin sharp edge. Using the wrong bevel and edge will not achieve the task at hand andwill be extremely frustrating. And, will wreck the blade. On any jobsite, my Aussie bros carries at least 5 differently sharpened machetes and backups to boot. My neighbour clears both tall grasses and semi-woody bushes on his property, so I sharpened accordingly. The results were amazing. Hope this helps your viewers. Your sharpening technique is amazing. Thanks! 🍁

A less steep angle provides a "working edge", which means you have to work harder for it to work. It also reduces rolling. My target angle is always 20 by the way.

Great video!

Subbed. Very informative, safe, and straight to the point video. Thank you!!! 😊

Instant sub !!! This is very helpful. Just received my unsharpened Martindale Golok #2 machete and I’m now ready to proceed to put a nice hair shaving edge on this beauty . Thank you for the video !!! And have an awesome week ahead . ( stop over some time - I’ll post a review soon ). PS - I’m pretty much a knife channel by the way . Been collecting for decades …. So many knives … So little time . Haha 🤠

You should be counting even strokes for both sides to get an even bevel for each side

I like this video ! There are books written long ago by the Pike sharpening stone company Named How to sharpen and what to use ! You can find them on the internet archive ! I like the way you mounted the knife to your bench as if the machete is just a big knife ! Which after all is what it is ! A proper file does work perfectly fine to use as a sharpening tool ! I even sometimes use a file to sharpen certain butcher knives ! It all about the type of edge you want or need ! A machete is not a straight razor ! There is no need for it to be sharpened as if it was a straight razor ! A machete needs a tough edge that can be touched up fast ! And for that you can not beat a file ! A file sharped will make you bleed if you were to rub on the blade What I am saying is ! OH YES IT SHARP ! I give you 5 stars ! And a ATTABOY :)

Really good sharpening video.

Bro, that’s impressive with a file…😂 Thanks for the video

Tramontana machetes are the best for everything cheap but reliable

With how hard I swing I gotta be careful not to go below 30 degrees while sharpening, I got chips 1/16th inch deep into my crkt halfachance blade and edge rolled on this martindale 28 inch blade I went 25-30 degrees too, So if you swing hard on some dryer bush thats been out in the sun you could chip or roll your edge going lower than 30 degrees in my opinion.

Happy lil edge @ 2:50

I like my machetes nice and sharp too. I use 20 year old files but they work. They do slip at times but still have a lot of bite. I took a brass wire wheel to them when I got them, then oiled them.

If your trying to get that hospital visit sharp get a piece of 800 grit sand paper or 1000 grit and wrap it around some flat and do the same movement with the file it’s gonna be hospital visit sharp

This is exactly how i sharpen my new blunt edges. Axes, machetes, swords and etc. 👍 i use a 2nd cut file. Files are underrated. They’re the very first step, before whetstones. Makes life much easier. Belt grinders change the edge way too much also, and a very ugly edge overall. and overheat the blade as well.

So just out of curiosity could you use sandpaper to sharpen a machete? My file is not a single cut file and i dont want to risk messing up the edge,other wise i can wait to buy a file lol

Helpful video.

Leaving it sharpened with the file, get some more of a toothier edge for it to catch and penetrate more deeply rather than having the sharpest edge you can get up to 600 to 1000 grit using a file like that is probably at 350 to 450 grit that will allowed to grab more things and penetrate more deeply. so in a way, it is sharper than rather 1000 grit

What if you have small chips on the edge. What’s the best way to address it?

Axe Puck work great on blunt dull edges of stainless steel knives ☝️ And Sharpening Files work great on dull blunt edges on high carbon steel machetes and swords ☝️ Afterwards, then you may start using diamond stones on stainless steel knives. And use whetstones or oilstones on high carbon steel machetes and swords ☝️

I tried sharpening with a kitchen knife sharpener still not sharp so I guess I will do your way

Could I still use a sharpening stone after the filling or not

I've gotten machetes and swords to a razor sharp edge with an accusharp

"Gonna do 6 inches at a time" Me: "that's what she said"

Hi. Thanks for the video. What grit is the file? Or what grit do you think is best for a macete?

Can you show me a link for that file? I just started using a sickle for weeds and graduated to a machete.. so I'm below a rookie lol. So much to learn. Ty

Please get some gloves and a golf ball, the gloves for your hands, and the golf ball....also for your hand (end of file).

Got.my.boy from st vincent to bring me a martindale as i couldnt figure out how else to get the no 14 from england to florida. Fucker is blunt as shit, no edge whatsoever. Suppose its still the same process with file, just a bunch more ofnit?

Will that work on 22” in Seymour Machete ?

the easiest way to sharpen a machete is just to use a grinder with the soft sandpaper disc. its faster,better and saver.

Just tape razor blades to your machete 🙄