Great tip about the magic marker, thanks Boss. A Fed LEO asked me yesterday what kind of knife I was carrying, so I handed it to him. I haven't touched to a stone since I got yet. He opened it and his first comment was , "Geezus that's a sharp knife." LOL

Tree limbs mostly, so far.

There was no detecable dulling of the edge where it hit my leg just above the knee.

The cool thing is how fast I can re-sharpen the machete after some hard work including "touching" the dirt holding some rocks . I'm going to get pictures of this because it will be field expedient with any edged tool, anywhere we need to sharpen.

From what experience I have working on game animals, this edge willl be good because it is fairly aggressive.

We need a general description of the machete and the discussion is worthless without pics.:D

TR

Working on the pics, here's the machete http://machete.com/prod01.htm It's made by Barteaux in Portland Oregon.
I'd met old man Barteaux himself back in about 1980.

Bill,

I'm looking to get a DMT Diafold for a guy who will use it in the field. There are single-sided ones - Extra Fine/Fine/Coarse and double-sided Extra Fine/ Fine, Fine/Coarse. This will be used for a variety of knives and tools.

Is the Fine grit good enough or do you think one of the double grits would be better?

Thanks.

Fine/coarse would be my choice.
Fine won't get enough work done fast enough on worn or damaged edges.

Thanks.