How to Test if Your Machete's Sharp Enough to Chop off a Zombie's Head

[thetwosages99]

Lol safer7, it is really hard to decapitate something. Bone is preety hard.

[Safer7Sephiroth]

nice...just tried this with my machete...and failed D=, My katana did it, though =D

[Xolette]

@Safer7Sephiroth Nice! :)

[aufheben5]

Looks like your ready for the diamond stone. If my head ever gets chopped off I hope it's by someone who's as hot as you!

[21zombiehunter]

hahaha your having trouble

[foxtrotpi]

thats not how you make a sandwich 

[bbaaaalll]

learn kali baby, and do a sword dance!

[mutosheep]

I can't stand that type of sharpener. I've seen them DESTROY edges. Anybody can make a blank spring steel machete ready for combat against meth-heads (zombies) with the use of just 3 DMT or other brand diamond sharpening stones and some water. I personally have a 7 piece kit with Japanese water stones, but I also own cutlery much finer than a machete.

[bigfuckinweirdo]

sex?

[63martin25]

THROW IT THROW IT!!!

[jfkdjfd]

Why don't you just buy an old Clavary Saber?

[operator223]

will you marry me ?

[zeno57]

Xolette ,, Your laugh is so cute :)

[555Nato]

Wow.

Just wow....

[bigdogbuc]

There was a machete in the video?

[M5000thesdgversion]

I prefer the kukri design when talking about large knives. I think it looks cool and it's got an interesting sort of backstory and similar uses as a machete.

[Skcull210]

Top tip of the day.

Cant find your knife sharpener? Or just too lazy to get your ass down to hardware store? If the blade is in need of sharpening and your stuck, use the bottom of an everyday mug or cup!

[Skcull210]

@Skcull210 What a minute, did I just rhyme there?

[AssumeTheFuzzySham]

I know this video is old and you've probably learned this already, but for those of you who don't know, don't buy a sharpener thats in a "fixed" position. Every knife needs special attention when sharpening, especially when angles are considered, I keep my EDC knives at 40 degrees, and my cooking knives at 20. Buy a couple stones and a strop to get the best edge possible. If you aren't comfortable free handing it, get a spyderco sharpmaker

[Xolette]

@AssumeTheFuzzySham Thanks, excellent advice!

[nutnspecial1]

@AssumeTheFuzzySham actually that smiths sharpener works great, it's just not meant for sharpening a dull ass machete. i use mine to put a hair popping edge on many knives with many angles including a 17 degree razor. i can sharpen one knife with another knife. it just depends on how good you are.

[ekserchina]

You are one very pretty Filipina....and you love knives. That's awesome! Maybe I can hook you up with some of my custom scales for some of your knives. Check it out!

[Xolette]

@ekserchina I only have one pocket knife, my spyderco, and it seems fine with the original scale. Thank you for the offer though!

[Blackwing024]

never use that for sharpening if u want a real sharp .... those sharpeners are just horrible the destroy kitchen knives...

[EnigmaV8]

That is NOT sharp. But yer a little cutie so it doesn't even matter!! :-D

[FatJoe214]

A woman with a machete my new fetish.

[tmakidd0703]

ok i am going to say this...you are very pretty!!! and sweet knife

[Arbreofficiel]

Paper Zombies fears you. :D

[garrettzkool63]

make sure you clean your machete after your kills so when you cut your steak with it you dont cross contaminate lol

[Xolette]

@garrettzkool63 I'd need one machete for zombies and another for cooking :)

[garrettzkool63]

@Xolette not gonna lie, i would love to use a machete for cooking. like with a dollop of butter on the tip for toast lol

[jeppewie1206]

My shitty scout knife can do that.

[jlcyamaha]

i hate those style sharpeners. but thats just me

[ZakkAintNoZombie]

Adorable

[staticx2552]

haha yes sharpening a machete to that extent take a while but when the zombies come you will own them >:D

[LanChiaoPeng]

The technique I've been taught is to stroke along one side until you raise a burr on the other side, then grind the burr down for a sharp, even edge. Needless to say, this takes more skill at knife-sharpening than I can claim to have - never tried it on expensive blades, but I've gotten some good results on cheap kitchen knives. Takes a long time, though!

[Magician12345]

talkin smack! 

[sgtschmitty8013]

That thing your using is probably a piece of garbage when it comes to sharpening because, I've never seen it before and are you Chinese and what are you doing with so many knives

[romeodelta1178]

☆☆☆☆☆

[Xolette]

@romeodelta1178 I don't know how you did that, but thanks :)

[louie000007]

needs more sharpening :P

[Xolette]

@louie000007 Yup!

[TheAmazeingAnarchist]

i was always taught for the paper test you do it at a diagonal angle so you dont have to hold the paper....but knowing me even if it does pass the paper test i never think its sharp enough

[Xolette]

@TheAmazeingAnarchist True :)

[celestialdls]

Wtf. Where's the decapitated zombie.

[Xolette]

@celestialdls Jerk. It says "How to TEST"-- read next time. :P

[celestialdls]

@Xolette I know it says "test" but how do you know if it's really sharp enough? You wreck the shit out of those pieces of paper, but it seems that this video was going to end with you proving your test with an actual beheading. Just saying that I feel like I was mislead.

[Xolette]

@celestialdls You're dumb,

[wrght9185]

Nice evil laugh...while holding a machete!

[ChefJaeger222]

You fucking rule!!!!!!!!!

[lkrdrgn7]

why cant all girls be like you.

[mexicanmadmonkey]

ang tanging bagay na sexy sa ang video na ito ay sa iyong puwit

[SnyperMac]

you should try that with a bit of news paper, if u get a clean cut then you know its really sharp

[lostinbatcuntry]

Construction paper is thicker and would work better for that ;)

[Xolette]

@lostinbatcuntry Good advice!

[DCASinWooster]

@Petegrin1, lol...no worries, Mate. I do not believe in the living dead; I guess my sense of humor isn't too well understood. But I do know living flesh responds quite differently to edged weapons, than dead flesh. It wasn't me who made the statement about Zombies...lol!!!

[DCASinWooster]

If you really want to test your's and the blade's ability to decapitate the living dead, purchase a some pork shank with the bone. Hang the shank from a tree limb and with one good diagonal back hand, let it rip and see if you can sever through the tissue and bone. It's dead, so it will respond as dead flesh and bone. Living flesh responds differently.

[Petegrin1]

@DCASinWooster Are you serius? Do you seriusley belive in living deads?

[DCASinWooster]

It's a heavy blade; it doesn't need to be razor sharp--just sharp. Power, explosiveness and the structure of the blade does the rest.

[JohnnyDipkins]

You know, you're pretty cool.

[warlord4christ]

lol you didnt use that sharpener correctly, sometimes you need to tilt it forward so the edge in caught in the crease of the carbide slates in the sharpener. I know this cause I have used the same sharpener before and it took some getting use to

[scrapthrall]

Not surprised... :D Cold steel makes very decent machete's,good value for money. But the factory edges need a little more care than a quick touch-up. Took me ages to get a nice convex cutting edge on my CS kukri machete.

BTW loved the scene with the manic laughter. :0

[xen0genesis]

Oh good, you're in a kitchen.

[jedirifleman]

You must make some really big sandwich's ; )

[GAR85120514]

ya those scrape sharpeners just don't make the cut. Sorry, couldn't resist. Diamond stones or even diamond embedded sharpening steels do a pretty good job if you r not to serious about the process. The belt sander method works very well.

[m1ndph4z3r]

lol luto ka na dyan :D

[razorsharptravis]

use a stone...nuff said :p

[noodzintheblue]

you use your machete in the kitchen? My kind of girl ;>

[Blestem1]

You can't sharp anything to save your life

[asniperx]

super hot.... ;)

[MASTERNCS]

Would not be a good sight to the girlfriend doing this when i got home for some reason.

[alvinfry]

Marry me!

[roge715]

u most try on your own head, u look like a zombie, the we can decide

[erniesbudolab]

You might have better luck honing the edge with fine wet sandpaper and a hard rubber block.

[Red2Riot]

Yeah those sharpeners are only good for kitchen knives IMO or maybe some EDC knives for a quick touch up.Also you should place the sharpener on a stable surface so that you could apply even pressure. other than that grate vid ^.^

[Xolette]

@Red2Riot Haha, good advice. It seemed kind of dangerous how I was sharpening it.

[alvinfry]

@Red2Riot You spelled "great" wrong you expert...

[alsatian9130]

Are you Laotian or Cambodian??

[Xolette]

@alsatian9130 Filipina

[AhnkoCheeOutdoors]

@Xolette ...and a magandang dalaga at that! ;-)

[borderraven]

@Xolette, maganda!

[Xolette]

@borderraven Salamat!

[OutdoorHunters]

Man this girl is awesome keep up the good work

[Xolette]

@OutdoorHunters Aw, thanks :)

[OutdoorHunters]

@Xolette Oh your welcome hope you check your messages

[AhnkoCheeOutdoors]

Aloha Xolette, I just bought a Cold Steel 18" Barong on sale for $11.99 including the sheath! It's in the mail, can't wait to get it! I'd eventually like a real one from the P.I. but this'll do for now.  How do you like your's? Looks sweet. Thank you magandang dalaga

[Xolette]

@AhnkoCheeOutdoors I like it-- don't have any uses for it yet though. My last instructor won a cutting competition with his!

[AhnkoCheeOutdoors]

@Xolette I'll use mine in the yard trimming my coconut trees, and also when I go hiking and to harvest bamboo. Make me feel a tad more secure if I run into a wild pig. Thanks for the quick reply, you're the best Xolette! 8-)

[Xolette]

@AhnkoCheeOutdoors Nice! I have none of that over here. I've thought of taking it hiking though. Thanks for commenting :)

[CzarThePlezer]

This Cat needs to go back to the kit.... Oh wait never mind :[

[CzarThePlezer]

Is she PINAY???????

[Xolette]

@CzarThePlezer Yup

[trumpetchump]

HOLLY SHMOKES!!!! I hope your boyfriend or husband, make that anyone, never pisses you off!!!

[BradMr1975]

you dont like kitchen jokes but yet you make a vid while in the Kitchen ???  lol TEASE ........:-) cute vid btw

[labrat7357]

Attractive young woman with a huge knife becomes annoyed,murders paper and then bursts into insane laugh. Forget the zombies that is scary enough.

[InuTaishoMaru]

"Sharp Enough to Chop off a Zombie's Head" That part of the Title made me love this girl IMMEDIATELY! O_O

[Xolette]

@InuTaishoMaru :)

[InuTaishoMaru]

@Xolette Seriously though your channel is amazing, not just because your a girl, but because you have badass stuff and im jealous haha

[Xolette]

@InuTaishoMaru Aw, thanks

[faultroy]

That was a cute demonstration, but I would not want that kind of an edge on my machete unless I was doing very fine work. I want a much less sharper edge. In the field, if you would chop in a temperate climate (North America) that edge would roll too quickly. But you're really cute, so I enjoyed the presentation. For those of you that want a field machete, don't do this.

[Xolette]

@faultroy Very true-- does fine work include zombie killing? Kidding, good advice.

[FlipFlibbo]

do porn



[deusymachina]

machetes aren't supposed to be shaving sharp... a thin edge on a big blade will either dull or chip immediately... which is why axes aren't shaving sharp and why you don't chop down trees with scalpels...

[TheWarriorAnt]

Fine ass Eastern chick. She is just fine, but too bad she aint mine.

[RajaofNYandPGH]

I personally feel like Cold Steel knives aren't sharp enough right out of the box. I usually take them to my sharpener to get the first edge then keep it up from there.

[jublywubly]

A chopping blade should be sharpened at less of an angle to a slicing blade, or the edge will quickly dull or snap. ;-)

Personally, I use one of those diamond embedded steel blocks, for getting a perfect edge. They're expensive, but well worth getting. They can even be used to re-sharpen scalpels! :-D

[MajorPain92911]

i love your throwing knife videos, im looking to get back into knife throwing again. i've been out of the game for a couple years now, Do you have any advice on what kind of knives i should get to start out with again? and if so where could i get em?

[Xolette]

@MajorPain92911 I always recommend Flying Steel because they're american-made high quality knives-- they're more expensive but worth it. Watch my video "Review of Flying Steel" If you want a cheaper knife for spin throwing, I like the Bailey Boker Zeil knives. Cold Steel makes some throwers, but I find them too big for my liking.

[MajorPain92911]

@Xolette thank you for the advice :)... i will go check out your flying steel review video

[RevelationGJS]

Fail

[MrJtmayes]

were do u get your sharpeners from?

[x0PaMi20K]

everytime i see you try to cut something im like dont cut your fingers off nd i ddnt even know anybody owns one

[sgtschmitty8013]

You can test it out on your finger nail by putting the blade against it and if it latches on then your good.

[goontard111]

your holding that sharpener the wrong way

[bigbillysbeard]

try a Coticule stone (about 9000 grit) to sharpen but only after working the edge down with other wetstones then after the Coticule stone use a leather strop and some stropping compound, then you will have a razor fine edge on your knife, machete, sword etc.

[Xolette]

@bigbillysbeard Good advice, thanks

[dotywesley]

Never sexually harass her you guys

[greenlordd]

There is apsolutely NOWAY you can have a sharp knife with a sharpener !!! The only way to sharpen any blade is with proper technique and japanese wetstones. i would sugestBreston 500 to reshape the edge, breston 1200 to remove shape the wire and Suehiro Rika 5000 for clean finish, finish with diamond spray to remove the burr and alling the wire. Thats IT ! Happy sharpening ;)

[YoshisLastEgg]

111111th viewer fuck yeah! P.S. You're the perfect hybrid between cute/hot

[Xolette]

@YoshisLastEgg Haha, awesome :)

[CrazeDreamer421]

@YoshisLastEgg pft she can't even yield a kinfe properly to even test the sharpness of the blade what a waste of 45 sec

[yksnimus]

every snikt sound made me feel pain in the balls

[MrBigdaddy8]

Xolette, Hi my name is DeWayne. I just wanted to say thank you. it is from your videos that I first learned of no spin knife throwing. I have thrown spin for many years but never knew of no spin. Now that is all i will throw. So thank you soooo much.

[Xolette]

@MrBigdaddy8 You're welcome and thank you for the comment :)

[oldstock1607]

total hottie

[Dosufan755]

Nice machete. Keep in mind though, that you don't want to make your machete RAZOR SHARP. A semi-sharp utility edge is all that's needed for getting heavy duty tasks done without chipping or rolling the edge. I oversharpened my Kabar Kukri, and after an hour of wood chopping, I found a couple of nicks in the blade that had to be sharpened out.

You can sharpen it to a razor edge if you don't plan on doing such heavy duty tasks though.

[Xolette]

@Dosufan755 Thanks, good advice :)

[Dosufan755]

@Xolette Also, that's a bigass machete. The blade's pretty wide. That'll be quite the zed killer, come z-poc day.

[RnRJB]

my Khukri would cut that paper and machete in half...

[123cooldan]

i can do the same thing with scissors

[Aussiecasey]

Nope don't know him shilea is like chick or lady it's Aussie slang you could say but you got some cool vids I'm a noob at them I only got 3 up so far bottle cutting lol of all things

[Aussiecasey]

Cool vid you should post some of you cutting bottles that would be cool no sheilas cutting bottles yet

[Xolette]

@Aussiecasey Haha, good idea-- next video I suppose. :) Do you know of EpicBladeTime. He calls me "sheila" too

[hawnkblade]

dont you want a bigger machete?

[TheKjones91]

oh man now I feel like a creep, sorry, i def said something along those lines on you last vid. your 1 in a mil tho keep it up!

[Xolette]

@TheKjones91 Thanks for your comments :)

[monkadelic13]

most cold steel machetes come pretty dull out of the package. you can take it to any saw blade sharpening service and they will put it on the grinder and make it ungodly sharp.. my cold steel magnum kukri can almost swipe through a 3 inch tree limb no problem thanks to nichols saw service :D

[Xolette]

@monkadelic13 Good advice!

[Pyrus335]

Whats with the parasites in the comments area? I was more interested in the tips not the horrible pick up lines.

[AnonMadara]

first of all: the video title gives the impression that decapitation would be a good means of zombie-fighting. honestly: i doubt you'd be able to decapitate anything bigger than a cat with a machete. at least not without the weapon getting lodged or having to strike at the target mutiple times... so machetes are a no-go for zombie-killing. try a heavy mace or the sharp point of a crowbar. also: nice machete.

[bluefishtattoos]

fuckin lame ass video---dull blade

[CanItAlready]

I wouldn't sharpen my tools with one of those devices. I like to control the edge angle.

BTW, everyone knows chopping off the head isn't good enough. You have to destroy the brain. ;)

[Saikocity]

I meant 0:07 ...........if you would have sed you like mexican food I woudl lose my mind and propose to you... and we be half way to fiji by now.... hahaha umm or maybe on the way home from jack n the box with a box of stuff jalapenos..... I'll let you decide.... :)

[Saikocity]

GIrl.... YOu is Sessy.!! :)  If you gave me that look at 0:08 ill be like "Woman I love you, MAKe what ever you want .." lol

[HerbWalker]

Dang Girl, You are as FINE as Frog Hair! LOL:)

[INTHEHONOROFROCK]

I haven't much experience with both I only have one small Coldsteel knife (superedge) and am waiting for a tanto bokken because of the knife laws in the Netherlands you can't carry big fixed blades like a dagger, tanto or Bowie

[INTHEHONOROFROCK]

You love Coldsteel or am I wrong? I just ordered a Tanto(knife) bokken to train with before I buy a real one

[Xolette]

@INTHEHONOROFROCK I like Cold Steel. But I love Flying Steel because of the quality and they're made in the US. Cold Steel's a good company though.

[flyingdagger21]

Dude not gonna like but a Nice looking woman with a machete sharp enough to chop a zoms head off is down right sexy Lol

[abdo112000]

hi well i was wondering if you could make a throwing knife and show us how to make it bescause most people are looking for cheat ways to get stuff not stuuf that is so much

[Xolette]

@abdo112000 I'm definitely not a knife maker. I'd check in with a EpicBladeTime-- he's made his own knives. I also saw an article on throwing.it on how to make them. If anything, a cheap set of butter knives can do the trick. Watch my Indoor Knife Throwing video.

[Xolette]

@abdo112000 Btw, throwing.it is a website.

[Strutingeagle]

Most girls like playprettys but you like knives dont you?

[keenumman1]

woman with lage knife and she is laughing.........run little bobbit run

[Chiller30001993]

cute girls with knives... I love youtube

[LordPS3]

nice knife. but wheres my sandwich?

[Kilomanjaro11]

That machete makes me horny :)

[jamesinct]

um..isint that a barong ?...

[Xolette]

@jamesinct Barong Machete- yes.

[Jakoblukasik1]

I have the same sharpener :):)

[manorboi20]

protect that kitchen!!!!!! jk jk lol i love ur laugh

[thiekeman11]

I've used a similar sharpener on my knives and a few cheap swords and found it took a while to get them to be sharp due to the different angle of the original sharpen. For the cheaper sword and machetes it has taken over 150 strokes to get a razor edge.

[eldergow2]

atleast shes in the kitchen

[fenotipobombay]

where the hell did you take this chick? o.O.O

[deerslyr11]

She is being trained to be an assassin.

[7689568]

Nothing in this world can confuse a guy more than a pretty girl with cool weaponry! It's a turn on yet completely horrifying. Lmao funny vid. :-)

[Xolette]

@1C431USAF Check out my "Hapkido" video. Currently, I'm not training, but got my black belt awhile back.

[xxjumalaxx]

i tested with my thumb XDD true story

[Xolette]

@xxjumalaxx Ouch!

[xxjumalaxx]

@Xolette yeah afterwards i was like what was the point in that??

[Begoly]

I liked the video just becaouse you are so sexy :)

[SINGisMYlive1]

Perfection !! You girl, You're my idol :O!! <3 Wanna learn :P