Machete

I want a machete to keep on my buggy, is there any recommendations?

Don't waste money on a cheap one. The last cheap ont that I bought lasted a day. I went ahead and bought premium last time. Topps knives machete. Been happy so far.

https://www.topsknives.com/machete-230

Have used one from harbor freight for 5 years. Don’t waste money on a nice one. Just freshen it up once a year.

That’s pretty nice but maybe a little rich. I live in McKinney, not Frisco

That’s funny

I have used one of these for years. Heavy Blade and not flimsy like most machetes.
Dexter S112-12H


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Make sure its actually a machete you want. Im no expert on this but a machete is mostly for cutting grass type stuff. If you want to cut anything with some size there may be better tools. I used to have something that worked great for mesquite limbs up to an inch or so, just cut with one whack. It looked like a machete except the blade was thick and had a special contour and shape. I lost track of it and have tried several times to buy what I thought was similar but none on them were like that first one.
I dont want to mess up this thread but if anyone has suggestion of what Im talking about I would still like to buy one.

Cold steel makes great machetes

Patrick I have a Woodman’s Pal. Want me to bring it next week?

Woodman’s Pal all day use

Their not an expensive machete but I have several Gerbers and they work really well for what they are. I’ve been well pleased with them but I’m sure they make a lot better options available but if I loose one of these it’s not the end of the world.

Wisdom. I have a Gerber too. Good enough. I have a few other ancient ones, some inherited, laying around in various places. We had corporate gifts (logo embossed on the scabbard) made of Woodsman's Pals, and I kept one, but I never could get the hang of that thing; balanced weird or something.

Fun fact: "machete" is "panga" in Swahili. (See Mau Mau revolution. )

That is kinda funny. LOL. Buy once, cry once. That Tops Machete has some heft, and keeps and edge very well.
I do have a Gerber that I leave at the cabin in OK. They are very good for the $, but I don't like the serrated back edge.

I’m not a fan on the back edge of the Gerbers either but then again I have 3 side by sides that I can’t control who does what in at all times so if one comes up missing it’s not the end of the world. If I get in a situation where very much chopping is involved I’m bringing in the heavy equipment and running over the stuff verses chopping it so my oppinion may vary differently than others

Have chopped many mesquite branches with my Gerber.

Harbor Freight

These are worth the money. Cheap enough that I have several to keep in various vehicles and around the house, at the deer lease, etc. The flimsy part is the sheath. There are easy ways to make an insert that keeps the saw back from snagging on sheath when you are putting the machete back inside.

You can cut heavier stuff than grass with a machete. Heck, when I was a youngster, my buddies and I made forts out of chopped down pine trees using our trusty Japanese made K=Mart machetes. I still have mine but lost the original canvas sheath that it came with. They are a very versatile implement. I chop limbs and then whack the smaller growth off the sides with my machete.

Martingale-crocodile

Kershaw makes a good one.

Harbor freight again as i just use for snakes

This ^ ^ ^
As far as a balance between price and quality Cold Steel
has it whipped. The ones I have do the best job on briars
and saplings and limbs out of all the machetes I've had
including the one Collins I still have

That said, I bought all my Cold Steel products while Lynn
Thompson still owned and ran the company.
I don't know how the quality has changed since he sold
the company if at all

Nothing has changed with new ownership. It actually has improved And Lynn is still involved FYI

I have a 23" tramontina South American style machete that I found in the street in Houston. It probably fell off the back of a landscaping truck going over the railroad tracks. I have hacked through my fair share of South Texas brush with it.

First choice is the Fiskars brand, one of the18 inch and a 29 inch. Second choice is a Gerbers. 2 or 3 of the Harbor Freight for loaners. The 29 inch Fiskars is a killer, it is also doubles as an axe.

I have used the same machete for 25 years, it is a tramontina. I bought it at Ace Hardware in Huntsville, Tx. paid 24.95 as I recall.

Have used this one since 1978. Has done it all no problems, no dumbschitt sawteeth, 22 inches is the perfect length, blade holds an edge and is heavy enough to do the job.

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.php?mi=17601&itemnum=33609

Condor prang
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That's what I use around the Ranch. They know how to make a machete.

I use mine weekly during the summer months and they hold up very well.

In fact, I bought some recently to send to my nephew's.

Everyone’s useage plans can be different and I knew how I would use the Woodmans Pal I talked 603 out of.
Tonight I moved this trailer blind in tight to this old grown up windmill spot. Until I got it cleared some and leveled, it was a chore climbing up using both the blind ladder and windmill ladder.
- With my smaller and handier Wiodmans Pal on my belt I trimmed away as I went up.
-I used the “hook” end to pull away pesky vines.
-When I got inside I used the flat end to scoop out all the owl crap from a year of open air windows.
-When I got down and leveled the outrigger feet thingys, I used the blunt edge to tighten the hand bolt things on the outriggers.
That was just today……

I've had good luck with the Gerber Gator machetes.