Gerber 18" Machete

[Scythe13]

Hi Everyone

Just remembered something I think I should post.

The Gerber 18" machete that came on the survival weekend. Granted there was some really heavy duty chopping and sawing in pretty low temperatures, so it might be understandable.

After the weekend, the blade was still nicely sharp. Saw was in great condition, and everything seemed fine. During closer inspection of how sharp the blade was, I found something odd. The blade was bent. Not like a right angle or something like that. There was a small dipped section of the cutting edge itself. Only about 8cm long. But the blade is now crooked.

For normal use it will still be fine. I'll take it with me on some further expeditions and try it out some more. Should be okay for normal, not tree chopping, use though.

Test it to it's limits.