I used a machete to start breaking in my diamond stones. The edge was chipped and a mess from some sloppy free hand work. Set the angles at 25 DPS and got to work. Had to move the machete horizontally because it is so long. The metal is fairly soft and the reprofile was fairly easy. Lots of metal and loose diamonds came off. In other words lots of dust. Went from 100 to 1000 to break in the stones. The stones were not completely broken in as I saw some big scratches in my second knife. But it was a good start and the machete fas a nice clean edge.
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