Bark River Knife and Tool: KSF Machete
This Project was started on the Bark River forum over at BarkRiverForums
A High Performance Machete is something that all of us wanted and Mike Stewart of Bark River Knife and Tool suggested we start with the base blade of the Ontario heavy machete.
Bark River made the following improvements....
- Checked and found heat treat to be very good
- Shorten the Blade to just under 14 inches.
- Drop the point enough to have a point. The Drop Starts 5 inches back from the new point and is a very slow arc.
- Move the Plunge line of the grind back almost 2 inches--this does not show in the picture but the factory grind starts much further down the blade in front of the handle.
- Round off the top rear of the handle area.
- Eliminate the small round nub from the lower portion of the extension.
- Re-cut the Choile forward about 7/8th inch. The Factory handle is a little cramped for me and I have small hands.
- Remove the Black Factory Finish
- Re-Grind the entire Blade to blend in the Surface Finish.
- Convex the Blade and Edge to a sharp but heavy Edge Spine.
- Install the handle Slabs with Epoxy and three S S Loveless Bolt Sets and a Lanyard Tube.
- Furnish a Custom Sharpshooter Sheath Systems Sheath.
Knife Reviews:
- KSF Machete Review by Kevin Estela