Two machete-style options: which one?

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Re: Two machete-style options: which one?

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Aglifter wrote:Woodman's Pal No personal experience, but its been around a long time.
And yes, I like the tool, but for the money, I don't know if it's that much better a tool than the Ka-Bar rightisright purchased.
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Do you have anything else to add to your review after having it and using it for a while?
I've only used it twice for yard clean up. But I did try it out on an oak branch about 4" in diameter that was starting to overhang my hot tub. Normally, I would have fired up my Echo limbing saw, but I wanted to see how the machete worked. Took about 20 good whacks in an alternating V pattern (like using a felling axe) to get the limb down. I then gave it a clean cut w. a battery sawzall I had handy, so it didn't look like crap.

It has stayed pretty sharp through out usage.

The grip material is the same as on my Ka Bar fighting knife. Durable and easy to hold on to.

I don't think it will replace a camp hatchet for splitting and cutting up small firewood. But it would suffice in a pinch for those duties.
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Aglifter wrote:Woodman's Pal No personal experience, but its been around a long time.

I really want to like mine, but I don't find it all that useful. I never got around to it, but planned to "fix" the convex ground blade. I find that the edge is not sharp enough for easily cutting the small stuff and the tool is not quite heavy enough for spliting slighlty larger stuff. Neither fish nor fowl. If I ever get around to grinding the edge to a more traditional profile, I will sharpen it to the tip while I am at it. I cannot understand why they don't do it from the factory.
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rightisright wrote:
Do you have anything else to add to your review after having it and using it for a while?
I've only used it twice for yard clean up. But I did try it out on an oak branch about 4" in diameter that was starting to overhang my hot tub. Normally, I would have fired up my Echo limbing saw, but I wanted to see how the machete worked. Took about 20 good whacks in an alternating V pattern (like using a felling axe) to get the limb down. I then gave it a clean cut w. a battery sawzall I had handy, so it didn't look like crap.

It has stayed pretty sharp through out usage.

The grip material is the same as on my Ka Bar fighting knife. Durable and easy to hold on to.

I don't think it will replace a camp hatchet for splitting and cutting up small firewood. But it would suffice in a pinch for those duties.
A 4" branch is a decent test for a relatively small hand tool, and sounds like a good value to me. THANKS!
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON

A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.

I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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rightisright wrote:
Do you have anything else to add to your review after having it and using it for a while?
I've only used it twice for yard clean up. But I did try it out on an oak branch about 4" in diameter that was starting to overhang my hot tub. Normally, I would have fired up my Echo limbing saw, but I wanted to see how the machete worked. Took about 20 good whacks in an alternating V pattern (like using a felling axe) to get the limb down. I then gave it a clean cut w. a battery sawzall I had handy, so it didn't look like crap.

It has stayed pretty sharp through out usage.

The grip material is the same as on my Ka Bar fighting knife. Durable and easy to hold on to.

I don't think it will replace a camp hatchet for splitting and cutting up small firewood. But it would suffice in a pinch for those duties.
I just noticed that all those models I can find online for near that price say the blade is stamped: Taiwan

Is your's?
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.

I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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It is, Mike. I've had the chance to use it a few more times. Once on an overnight camping trip. It's holding up very well.
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I don't own a machete, but I've looked into them a little (have some stuff around here that could use some cleanup). I've never heard a bad thing about Tramontina- sort of like the Mora or Opinel of machetes. If you try one, let me know. Like this one:

http://machetespecialist.com/machetes/b ... andle.html

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Re: Two machete-style options: which one?

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I've used many machetes over the years. None has beat the Ontario Knife.

I've used this type, clearing brush for surveys. We called it a Swede Axe. It worked very well, too, but I don't think it's as good for the undead.

Disclosure: I've never used a kookaburra or any of the fancy, scary kinds of machete. They may be good as well.
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My preferred machete... Very effective, but a bit terrifying to the operator...
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