DittoSchoonerBum wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:50 pmI have to admit that I would love a 12 inch salt-series machete, but maybe separate from the Whale Rescue Blade. I’d buy both.
Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
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I'm happy to see my Frankenwhale knife featured in this thread! Here's another picture:
The handle (peel-ply orange G1) was done by Knockwood Blades and the blade tip was reprofiled by bladechops (or so he goes on instagram).
The handle (peel-ply orange G1) was done by Knockwood Blades and the blade tip was reprofiled by bladechops (or so he goes on instagram).
Re: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
I’d love to get your input on how you think this knife would work as a machete vs a plain edge.
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Re: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
I've used this one a fair amount puttering around in the garden and woods, and it works really well as a sort of hand scythe. It cuts through softer plants and vegetation like butter. But it has a tendency to get snagged on harder stuff (unless it's used as a saw, in which case it works well), and doesn't really have the right geometry for chopping like a machete does. So to me it's more of a scythe saw combo. It would be cool to try one out in plain edge as well, but it would likely not have that great aggressiveness the serrations give it.
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Thanks. So the perfect “machete” would have the serrated “Scythe” on the concave side and plain edge on the convex side for the traditional chopping strokes. So we need a bi directional machete handle and some magic fairies to whisper in Sals ear as he sleeps.
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Re: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
Not the OP, but yes.
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https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/spy ... e.1409627/
Whale Rescue blade with a large handle.
Still have it. Did not take much to change the point to be… more slicy.
More interesting portion of video starts about 3:30 thinking.
Whale Rescue blade with a large handle.
Still have it. Did not take much to change the point to be… more slicy.
More interesting portion of video starts about 3:30 thinking.
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Interesting video. I wouldn’t trust that tubular nylon as a sheath, in a fall that blade could cut right through it and into the person who fell. A wooden or kydex scabbard seems safer.
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Thanks for that observation. I have a backpacking “cutting board” as a liner inside the tubular nylon, folded where the blade is.
I bought a sheet of kydex to make a sheath but it did not work out.
To this day, I carry the Aqua Salt on our nightly dog walks.
Neighbor about a quarter mile away:
I bought a sheet of kydex to make a sheath but it did not work out.
To this day, I carry the Aqua Salt on our nightly dog walks.
Neighbor about a quarter mile away:
Re: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
Cool video! I’ve never used those flexible cutting boards, but that seems like a good idea. I used to live where cougars roam, in the Colorado mountains.KITROBASKIN wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:46 pmThanks for that observation. I have a backpacking “cutting board” as a liner inside the tubular nylon, folded where the blade is.
I bought a sheet of kydex to make a sheath but it did not work out.
To this day, I carry the Aqua Salt on our nightly dog walks.
Neighbor about a quarter mile away:
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Serrated machete.. wow, this thread took off in a totally different direction than I anticipated :D
But then again, it's the Spyderco forums so I should have expected as much. I think maybe the creativity exceeded the market potential on this one :D
But then again, it's the Spyderco forums so I should have expected as much. I think maybe the creativity exceeded the market potential on this one :D