Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: Horn Dog]
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Simon
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The edge looked like it was made with a angel grinder och helt snedslipad. Så kass hade jag inte förväntat mig att ens en Hobbex-machete skulle va <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />
I had a CS Latin 24" machete which was much better <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: Andy Wayne]
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10/06/08 06:12 PM
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One that I’ve heard a lot of good things about that I’ve wanted to get is the Fiskars/Gerber Brush Axe. There’s an article on it in this months Backwoodsman. The only thing is, most places sell it for $30-$40 which I think is a little high. In the summer, I found them at Walmart for $20! That was a lot better. I went back to get one, and they’d sold out and got rid of them along with the other summer yard equipment. The hook looks like it would work well on light brush and thorns. The article in BWM caught my eye as well Andy, I will be checking them out for sure !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/06/08 10:54 PM
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Horn Dog
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I have the Gerber (Fiskars). It is an efficient cutter, especially for cutting things close to the ground. But I consider it more of a landscaping tool than an all-around machete. It is hard to beat the traditional latin style machete.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: Horn Dog]
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10/07/08 01:06 AM
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I love my Collins and Co. Its pretty old but by far the best one I have owned.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/07/08 01:27 AM
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Thanks for the responses, I'll take them into consideration. I have an RTAK-II, so I'm not really sure if I need a machete, but we'll see. I'm also looking at a good axe, like a Gransfors Bruks, which would maybe be more useful in a woodland climate like mine. All the same, thanks for your input
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: CloaknDagger]
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10/08/08 02:29 AM
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I love the Swedish rant Simon! Can I buy a vowel?
The regular CS kukuri is MUCH better than the magnum.
I like Tramontonias especially the panga for a longer brush clearing machete and the 1095 Ontario's for the shorter ones.
The small CS kukuri is awesome ,I gave mine to my sister for a self defence tool that does not take a lot of skill or strength to use.
Every machete will need edge work. They literally just take a few swipes with a grinder and toss them in the box.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: duFontaine]
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10/08/08 09:42 AM
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Horn Dog
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I love my Collins and Co. Its pretty old but by far the best one I have owned. Hang on to that Collins. They were the best. I still have a few. Whenever I would have some clearing to do when I was with the city water dept, we would just go to the nearby hardware store and buy a few. After the job was done, the machetes somehow "walked off" with the employees. So somewhere back in the 'hood are four or five good Collins machetes. They are probably saving them for for the next Hotel Rawanda style "celebration".
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
[Re: Simon]
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10/09/08 05:23 AM
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Have a CS magnum kukri machete and that is the worst piece of s*** I´ve ever seen!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
I recommend Linder machete <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> what where you expecting for $15 bucks,a highly polished,convexed ground work of art?? its meant to be treated like crap.to me buying and using an expensive machete is like buying and using a fancy garbage can. to me all a machete needs to be is tough and the cheaper i can get a tough machete the better. now if you dont know how or have the means to put the proper edge on it you may have problems.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/09/08 12:52 PM
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I gotta agree with N1; I bought a couple of the Cold Steel machetes, and for $20 a piece, they do what I want them to do. They're nothing pretty, they're beaters that I'll continue to beat and abuse until they're useless, and then I'll toss 'em in the junk.
Get a belt sander and just rough grind the edge on it so it's sharp enough for hacking; that's what they're worthy of, nothing more.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/09/08 01:48 PM
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Simon
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what where you expecting for $15 bucks,a highly polished,convexed ground work of art?? From a machete I dont expect much but that one... Reprofiling the edge is okay but have to make a complete new edge, you shouldn´t have to do that even on a $15 machete. Maybe this one was a mondaycopy (directtranslation from swedish) The Linder machete have a convex edge and in Sweden it´s cheaper then the CS Magnum kukri machete and it´s like comparing a piece of iron (CS) and a scrapyard knife (Linder)
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/09/08 05:42 PM
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tyger75
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It's cheaper than a $15- 20 USD machete? Besides, different companies do different things to cut costs to provide cheap machetes to their customers. I don't see having to sharpen the edge up to be that big a problem, but to each their own.
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Re: Machete's: What type is best?
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10/09/08 06:21 PM
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Tramontina for me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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