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So a good friend of mine brought me a sharpening project. It’s a a cultivation tool called a Bank Blade. Also I’ve heard them called a brush Axe, Banking Blade, and a few other names I can’t remember. It’s a wide 16 inch hawkbill style blade on the end of basically an axe handle.
The handle was rotten, so he removed it cleaned off all the rust painted it black. He bought a new handle.
It’s about as sharp as a baseball bat. I’m going to have to regrind the bevel. It’s used to clear thick brush up to 2 inch or so saplings. However you can use them to chop through much thicker trees. With that said I’m going to use a belt sander as I’m gonna have to take off a lot of metal. I’m probably gonna convex it.
Any clue what kind of angle to grind it to? I’m thinking I’m gonna grind it like I do my machetes. Not even sure how high of a grit I’m going to take it as this is a tool he is planning on using. Just glad he did not install the handle yet. It’s like 35-40 inches long. Anyway how would you sharpen it?
The handle was rotten, so he removed it cleaned off all the rust painted it black. He bought a new handle.
It’s about as sharp as a baseball bat. I’m going to have to regrind the bevel. It’s used to clear thick brush up to 2 inch or so saplings. However you can use them to chop through much thicker trees. With that said I’m going to use a belt sander as I’m gonna have to take off a lot of metal. I’m probably gonna convex it.
Any clue what kind of angle to grind it to? I’m thinking I’m gonna grind it like I do my machetes. Not even sure how high of a grit I’m going to take it as this is a tool he is planning on using. Just glad he did not install the handle yet. It’s like 35-40 inches long. Anyway how would you sharpen it?