i gotta admit that maybe my idea of a good machete might be different because in all actuality i dont use a machete for real machete tasks.machetes arent designed for north american hardwoods really.

i dont do much vine clearing,trail making with my machetes and is why i like the strength of the high carbon machetes like ontario and cold steel.i've never used a tramontina.

i googled linder machetes and people had good things to say about them but they all felt the need to work on the edge out of the box due to its thickness.

i've never heard of them before this.the ones i saw all seemed to be stainless,low saber ground,convexed edge with wooden handles and they say solingen on the blade.

they seem fairly priced as well

the BRK&T was the best machete i've ever used but just too expensive to treat like that and i found the polished micarta handle to be slippery