Have an army surplus version that has been in the family for years. Suggest leaving the bevel as is, and carry a file or a round stone to dress the edge. It seems to be tempered relatively soft to avoid chipping out when you hit hard things. The front end of mine is beveled for shovel use, and the hook is annoying to sharpen, but the tool works well for bushwhacking. It is almost never the ideal tool for the job- brush hooks, machetes, axes and shovels are each better designed for their purpose. But the pal has been military issue and in general use for a long time cause it is serviceable and portable- Gerber is now making a clone, which is an endorsement of sorts.

Edit: Brother hacksaw in an old thread here got a factory scandi grind on his canadian belt knife and wound up with an edge that rolled-messing with the engineered compromise between blade hardness and bevel is hazardous. That said, you can modify the bevel, try it, and regrind to the old bevel if unsatisfactory: lord knows you have plenty of metal to work with.