...era un albero morto, meglio tagliarlo prima che diventi pericoloso sul serio. Per quanto riguarda il resto: con 40 cm di lama ben temprata ognuno ci fa quel che vuole...Senza offesa.
Hi, I wanted to ask if you think this is a good machete this Rinaldi? since both of them are more comfortable with leather or plastic mitts? Thanks Michele
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but it's definitely a good machete. I prefer the leather handle, personally, but a lot of folks like the polymer handle.
FortyTwoBlades I would have buy the gerber gator but your video about this machete changed my mind! In YT I think it’s the only one about this machete. Does it still works well?
Yee-Haw!!!!👍👏👏👏😁 Fantastic job. I would imagine.... counting and doing a little math that took over 700 connections of steel to wood. Maybe as much as 850+. Very impressive display --both physically and the machete being able to handle a piece of that circumference. Your videos more often than not....ALWAYS put a smile on my face. Fine job!👊😁💪
+MrPocketfullOfSteel Glad you enjoy them! Your math sounds about right. The total elapsed time for cutting down that large birch was somewhere on the order of 30-40 minutes of continuous chopping. A good endurance event!
Man you shoulda back cut that tree a bit. Probably fractured the whole trunk of that tree. Hope you weren't harvesting that tree to turn bowls out of the rounds! A little EXORCIZE in futility is always fun. Keep up the good work Ben.
+macmurfy2jka Hahaha--nah. The whole top third was totally rotten and the bottom two thirds were heavily spalted and on their way out, although the base where I was chopping was still quite solid. Might be able to salvage the bottom third as firewood since it wasn't too far gone, but it had been attacked by some kind of bugs 'cause it was all covered with small woodpecker holes.
+FortyTwoBlades Ah, that makes sense. Must have been deceived by the in tact bark, my small screen, and the solidness of the base. Well, you know what they say about harvesting firewood: "It warms you twice."
+Clarke Whalen Most likely about 52-55RC. Rinaldi heat treats their C45 on the hard side. If I were to have guessed the steel grade based on the hardness alone I would have figured it to be 1075. C45 can achieve a tempered hardness as high as 58 RC, so that's well within its attainable hardness range.
+Clarke Whalen You're very welcome! I've grown quite fond of Rinaldi tools over the year or so we've been carrying them, and I find them fast becoming staples in my most often used edged tools. We're very proud to have been the first in North America to carry their wares--they weren't widely sold outside of Italy up until recently, but the company has been around for more than 200 years!
+Clarke Whalen Apparently we were mistaken about the steel being C45, as we had been told this through a secondary source. We directly asked Rinaldi what their steel and hardness was on their axes and billhooks/choppers and they responded that it's a proprietary silicon manganese steel with 0.55% carbon content and a fairly high hardness of 58RC. That would explain the excellent edge retention and shock resistance, as silicon manganese steels are commonly used in heavy duty industrial and automotive springs.
+FortyTwoBlades That's interesting. You're once again pushing me farther and farther towards a billhook. Eh. I have blackberry problem. Maybe I'll get one in a few weeks. Any suggestions about which billhook for that?
Non vedo l'ora di acquistare il coltello da caccia della Rinaldi...
It's very nice! I like it a lot! ^_^
a parte che la sua funzione non è abbattere gli alberi...ma che ne dovevi proprio abbattere uno?
It was a dead standing tree. The top quarter or so was pretty rotted.
...era un albero morto, meglio tagliarlo prima che diventi pericoloso sul serio. Per quanto riguarda il resto: con 40 cm di lama ben temprata ognuno ci fa quel che vuole...Senza offesa.
Hi, I wanted to ask if you think this is a good machete this Rinaldi? since both of them are more comfortable with leather or plastic mitts? Thanks Michele
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but it's definitely a good machete. I prefer the leather handle, personally, but a lot of folks like the polymer handle.
What is the thickness and weight of this machete?
You can find all of that info and more under their item descriptions here:
www.baryonyxknife.com/rinaldi.html
In Italy you pay it 20€, in USA 47$. I think I will buy this, so cheap here.
Unfortunately it's expensive to ship metal tools across the ocean! Still a great value, though! Rinaldi is a personal favorite brand.
FortyTwoBlades I would have buy the gerber gator but your video about this machete changed my mind! In YT I think it’s the only one about this machete. Does it still works well?
how much time to fell a giant tree like this one
What is the thickness of the blade?
~2.85mm, with a slight distal taper.
Yee-Haw!!!!👍👏👏👏😁 Fantastic job. I would imagine.... counting and doing a little math that took over 700 connections of steel to wood. Maybe as much as 850+. Very impressive display --both physically and the machete being able to handle a piece of that circumference.
Your videos more often than not....ALWAYS put a smile on my face. Fine job!👊😁💪
+MrPocketfullOfSteel Glad you enjoy them! Your math sounds about right. The total elapsed time for cutting down that large birch was somewhere on the order of 30-40 minutes of continuous chopping. A good endurance event!
Man you shoulda back cut that tree a bit. Probably fractured the whole trunk of that tree. Hope you weren't harvesting that tree to turn bowls out of the rounds! A little EXORCIZE in futility is always fun. Keep up the good work Ben.
+macmurfy2jka Hahaha--nah. The whole top third was totally rotten and the bottom two thirds were heavily spalted and on their way out, although the base where I was chopping was still quite solid. Might be able to salvage the bottom third as firewood since it wasn't too far gone, but it had been attacked by some kind of bugs 'cause it was all covered with small woodpecker holes.
+FortyTwoBlades Ah, that makes sense. Must have been deceived by the in tact bark, my small screen, and the solidness of the base. Well, you know what they say about harvesting firewood: "It warms you twice."
Speaking of warm, your beard looks good. Fills your face in nicely.
What do you think the HRC hardness is on that? C45 seems a little low on carbon for a machete.
+Clarke Whalen Most likely about 52-55RC. Rinaldi heat treats their C45 on the hard side. If I were to have guessed the steel grade based on the hardness alone I would have figured it to be 1075. C45 can achieve a tempered hardness as high as 58 RC, so that's well within its attainable hardness range.
+FortyTwoBlades Thanks! I may have a billhook in my future.
+Clarke Whalen You're very welcome! I've grown quite fond of Rinaldi tools over the year or so we've been carrying them, and I find them fast becoming staples in my most often used edged tools. We're very proud to have been the first in North America to carry their wares--they weren't widely sold outside of Italy up until recently, but the company has been around for more than 200 years!
+Clarke Whalen Apparently we were mistaken about the steel being C45, as we had been told this through a secondary source. We directly asked Rinaldi what their steel and hardness was on their axes and billhooks/choppers and they responded that it's a proprietary silicon manganese steel with 0.55% carbon content and a fairly high hardness of 58RC. That would explain the excellent edge retention and shock resistance, as silicon manganese steels are commonly used in heavy duty industrial and automotive springs.
+FortyTwoBlades That's interesting. You're once again pushing me farther and farther towards a billhook. Eh. I have blackberry problem. Maybe I'll get one in a few weeks. Any suggestions about which billhook for that?