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It's such a nice meditation to sharpen the machete! Leaves me feeling wickedly dangerous... in a good way.

And yes, good tools are amazing, but also expensive. So it needs careful thought when you invest. I love that the machete in particular is so versatile.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharpening bladed tools is one of my favorite things to do. The trance, the understanding, it's just good.

Once my boss came into my work area while I was sharpening my knife. I carry a fixed blade knife with about a 4 inch blade. I think that's just under 10cm. I use my knife nearly daily between the garden, the side gig, and all the dismembering. Y'know, it gets miles put on it. So my urbanite office worker boss walks in and his eyes bug out like this πŸ‘€!

"Nate, brother, do you think it's safe to be sharpening a dagger at work???"
"It's not a dagger man, it's my knife, and it's safer to sharpen it than to leave it dull!"

$15 is a heck of a deal for that machete and stone. Good on you getting out and getting work done!

ooooh - the profile pic tells a million stories. Nice to see you here Nate, under a non-steem name. 😊 Following you here. 😊 And yes, heck of a deal. I studied martial arts for a few years from a weapons master and one of the first things we learned was the meditation and discipline of sharpening blades and tools. It never fails to impress men in my life that that I KNOW what to do with a sharpening stone. 🀣 The dismembering tends to dull the blade rather quickly.... 🀣

Lol I do still use the account as a main financial and personal blog, but this one is for farm and agriculture things. Keeps me more organized, I just have to remember not to post excessively often from both accounts. Infrequent posts of higher quality are better than constant dumb updates, ramblings, and ideas like I was once prone to making.