Gardening: Machete use on Brambles!

[odie]

This is just a test for the Gardening prefix ....

When using a machete on the brambles down the end of your garden, please wear thick gloves and be very aware of your down swing!

You may 'miss' your intended target and then end up with the blade hitting you

[Treebeard]

I think it depends on what kind of brambles whether you should use a machete. I only take mine if I'm cutting through brush to get through it. If I'm pruning and trimming I use hand clippers and go slower because the hand clippers are more precise and effective but they are not for when you're hiking or hunting, etc.
Machete doesn't work too well around the thick thorns. Since it can double as a weapon, you feel more protected if something jumps out at ya.

[odie]

I think it depends on what kind of brambles whether you should use a machete. I only take mine if I'm cutting through brush to get through it. If I'm pruning and trimming I use hand clippers and go slower because the hand clippers are more precise and effective but they are not for when you're hiking or hunting, etc.
Machete doesn't work too well around the thick thorns. Since it can double as a weapon, you feel more protected if something jumps out at ya.

I can comprehend that but in the UK not much is going to jump out at me lol .... I use it only really once a year when I have to cut back the bottom of the garden (which is always over run by brambles).

Just began to do it today (as to why I considered it as a post)

Chopping it all back, you do need to be careful about exactly the 'path' of your swing!
Get it wrong and you will hit your self (having never been trained as a child to use a "short sword")

[eclipsedrob]

I think it depends on what kind of brambles whether you should use a machete. I only take mine if I'm cutting through brush to get through it. If I'm pruning and trimming I use hand clippers and go slower because the hand clippers are more precise and effective but they are not for when you're hiking or hunting, etc.
Machete doesn't work too well around the thick thorns. Since it can double as a weapon, you feel more protected if something jumps out at ya.

I can comprehend that but in the UK not much is going to jump out at me lol .... I use it only really once a year when I have to cut back the bottom of the garden (which is always over run by brambles).

Just began to do it today (as to why I considered it as a post)

Chopping it all back, you do need to be careful about exactly the 'path' of your swing!
Get it wrong and you will hit your self (having never been trained as a child to use a "short sword")

testing image uploading..

[eclipsedrob]

This is just a test for the Gardening prefix ....

When using a machete on the brambles down the end of your garden, please wear thick gloves and be very aware of your down swing!

You may 'miss' your intended target and then end up with the blade hitting you

i lost a diamond stone from a wedding ring ecause i didnt wear gloves or take off my jewelry.(it was in a raised setting)
it went somewhere into the compost that day because back then, i did not have a tool and had to turn it by hand.

[eclipsedrob]

just fwiw, when you say brambles, do you mean like raspberry or blackberries?
are brambles just weeds where you are?

[odie]

I think it depends on what kind of brambles whether you should use a machete. I only take mine if I'm cutting through brush to get through it. If I'm pruning and trimming I use hand clippers and go slower because the hand clippers are more precise and effective but they are not for when you're hiking or hunting, etc.
Machete doesn't work too well around the thick thorns. Since it can double as a weapon, you feel more protected if something jumps out at ya.

I can comprehend that but in the UK not much is going to jump out at me lol .... I use it only really once a year when I have to cut back the bottom of the garden (which is always over run by brambles).

Just began to do it today (as to why I considered it as a post)

Chopping it all back, you do need to be careful about exactly the 'path' of your swing!
Get it wrong and you will hit your self (having never been trained as a child to use a "short sword")

testing image uploading..

put up some images:

   






This below is a short video on how to upload an image into your posts .... hope it sorts it for you sound is crap but sorry

[eclipsedrob]

I can comprehend that but in the UK not much is going to jump out at me lol .... I use it only really once a year when I have to cut back the bottom of the garden (which is always over run by brambles).

Just began to do it today (as to why I considered it as a post)

Chopping it all back, you do need to be careful about exactly the 'path' of your swing!
Get it wrong and you will hit your self (having never been trained as a child to use a "short sword")

testing image uploading..

put up some images:








This below is a short video on how to upload an image into your posts .... hope it sorts it for you sound is crap but sorry

thank you so much!
i did figure it out today..finally!

[Hot Nickles]

This is just a test for the Gardening prefix ....

When using a machete on the brambles down the end of your garden, please wear thick gloves and be very aware of your down swing!

You may 'miss' your intended target and then end up with the blade hitting you

[eclipsedrob]

i watched the video again, this time i could hear it.
first let me say THANK YOU for the time and effort you put  into helping me.
im blown away.
your video will help others too.

i love your accent.i could listen to it all day.

the cat screeching threw me..i actually was getting up to check on my own thinking it was one of them before i realized it was yours.

you know what worked for me?
i just cut and pasted the imgur link and posted it here.
i didnt add any image tags so i assume this site does it for you.
and now, with your video, i have other ways to post pics.
that is awesome!

(and that dog pic is creepy..his eyes are too human)
here is a redneck dawg in his redneck dawghouse:
https://imgur.com/a/kDmL8kF