Survival Machete

[EE_]

I bought a couple machetes, one for a dear-hunter friend, the other for me. This machete is a cross between a survival knife and a machete.
Nicely made, nice sheath! I'd recommend it to anyone wanting/needing a knife like this. I've always liked Ken Onion design knives.

CRKT Ken Onion Chanceinhell Machete
Best deal I found was 37.99 at https://www.smkw.com/columbia-river-chanceinhell-machete.
$5 promo code discount. https://dealspotr.com/smoky-mountain-knife-works


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[hoarder]

EE seen to many Sam Elliot movies, LOL. They look neat but I doubt their utility justifies their weight and bulk.

[EE_]

EE seen to many Sam Elliot movies, LOL. They look neat but I doubt their utility justifies their weight and bulk.

You don't like Sam Elliot? :) I have knives of all sizes, but I didn't have any machetes. I recently bought a cold steel as a yard tool, because I'm always chopping, cutting, whacking brush, saplings around the property.

Once I saw how good my machete worked, I started looking at other machetes. This one got high ratings and I will most likely carry it in my vehicle.

If you ever go out into the woods, you might find it very handy. Even to just chop up small stuff around the fire pit. They work better then an axe on some stuff.

Bulk can be an issue, but the weight isn't. Price is very reasonable for a nicely made tool like this. You can spend a lot more on a machete, but why?

[Rubicon]

quick machete story ...

A few years ago, I bought a new machete (kabar) and wanted to test it out. Sharpened it, walked into the woods and started hacking away at dead branches, downed trees, etc. Eventually, I hit a branch that must have been moist because instead of slicing through it, the blade slid down it and went straight into my lower shin. Just like a scene from a horror movie, blood started squirting out of my leg about six feet into the air. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, sat down, and elevated my leg on a nearby stump to reduce the bleeding. Fortunately, I remembered from a survival manual that tree pitch/resin can be used to stop bleeding. Walked over to a nearby pine tree and put a big gloop of resin on the wound. This instantly stopped the bleeding and allowed me to walk home and apply proper first aid.

[EE_]

quick machete story ...

A few years ago, I bought a new machete (kabar) and wanted to test it out. Sharpened it, walked into the woods and started hacking away at dead branches, downed trees, etc. Eventually, I hit a branch that must have been moist because instead of slicing through it, the blade slid down it and went straight into my lower shin. Just like a scene from a horror movie, blood started squirting out of my leg about six feet into the air. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, sat down, and elevated my leg on a nearby stump to reduce the bleeding. Fortunately, I remembered from a survival manual that tree pitch/resin can be used to stop bleeding. Walked over to a nearby pine tree and put a big gloop of resin on the wound. This instantly stopped the bleeding and allowed me to walk home and apply proper first aid.

You definitely have to be careful with these big knives and be sure of your chops. Glad your wound wasn't worse. Do you still have/use your machete?

[EE_]

I have a combat knife I bought probably 25 years ago, a Cold Steel Recon Scout in Carbon V steel...made in the USA. They only made so many of these in Carbon V and they became collectible. I paid about $75 I think at a gun show. I never used it, (safe queen). I can sell it now for up to $175 because of the high quality steel the knife purists want.
Now I don't want to use it, because it will lose so much value if I do. There's a price range that makes a knife usable and a price that doesn't, for me anyway.

http://www.survival-gear-guide.com/images/cold-steel-carbonv-recon-scout-21457280.jpg

[ximmy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EllK3SDlO_4

[hoarder]

If you ever go out into the woods, you might find it very handy.I live in the woods. When you spend a lot of time in the woods, especially in steep terrain and when you get old like me, the weight of the things you carry with you becomes very important. I regard a machete as a tropics tool, whereas a small hatchet is a handy woodlands camp tool. The only time a machete would be better is when cutting the tops off small conifers to clear a sight line from a hunting spot. A hatchet needs a more solid target while the machete goes right through and past it.
I remember that a machete cost 50 cents in Jamaica back in 1970 when I was there. Many a Negro carried one and used it to hack open coconuts. The Rastafarians we used to buy ganja from often had them tucked in their belts.
I clicked on your link thinking that beauty would be about eighty bucks, it seems like a good deal at 37. Metallurgy is much better I'm sure than the Jamaican ones or the Harbor Freight one I have (and never use)now.

[EE_]

Might as well make this machete day at gsus. Tomorrow I'll have paracord tying day.


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Styles and Uses of Machetes
A few notes on the various style and naming conventions used at MacheteSpecialists.com.

The machete is a cutting and chopping tool used in agricultural as well as rural areas all over the world. As the machete is very popular in different regions, names and styles vary, and often overlap.

Preferences for one style over another are often subjective, and like many other things, based in large part on region, tradition and experience.

Machete styles have never been standardized, and one style melds into another. At what point a bush machete becomes a weighted machete can be anyone's guess, so our categories are somewhat fluid.


machete types

bush machete: An all-purpose machete with a normal, straightback blade. The blade tends to be evenly weighted and fairly stout.

Uses: Very portable, can be fitted with a sheath easily for carrying around. Good for cutting green vegetation and as a utility tool.

Alternative Names: chumpa, cola de gallo, colin, copeton, corvo, cutacha, el salvador guarizama, latin style machete recto, para chapea, pata de cuche, peinilla, rula, vizcaino,


weighted machete: The workhorse of the machetes. A cross between an ax and a knife, the heavy machete is weighted toward the top of the blade for chopping thick and woody vegetation. The cutting edge is relatively flat for chopping, not curved for slicing, and the tip is dull or removed.

Uses: The best style of machete for chopping woody or tough vegetation.

Alternative Names: barrigon, carupanero, cuta, double edge, guapote, heavy machete, lampon, mojarra, outback, pulla, thunder head, tunca


bolo machete: Popular in SE Asia with a thicker than average blade. The bulge adds heft to the fore-blade for additional chopping power.

Uses: Compact, weighted machete good for chopping woody vegetation.

Alternative Names:


panga machete: Machete design popular in Africa and the Caribbean. Deep belly provides weight for chopping and curvature for slicing. The upturned point can concentrate force on a small area for piercing.

Uses: Good for slicing and chopping moderately thick woody vegetation.

Alternative Names: burriquito, cutlass machete, daga, liniero, puerto rican, rozador, swamp master, viking


barong machete: These machetes are known for their unique leaf-shaped blade, which is traditionally only sharpened on one side. The traditional weapon of certain tribes in the Philippines, the barong was feared by European colonizers for its ability to cut through rifle barrels.

Uses: Aside from use as a general utility tool, and as a status symbol, the filipino barong is used in the forms of martial arts known as Kali, Eskrima, or Silat, all of which originate from the Philippines

Alternative Names: barung, moro barong, rawit


kukri machete: Kukri machetes have 3 parts to their blade, a pointed tip for stabbing, a wide midsection for chopping, and a narrow area near the handle for whittling and carving.

Uses: The kukri is THE tool of central Asia (Nepal,India,Pakistan,etc), carried for protection and as a utility tool.

Alternative Names: bush hog, gurkha kukri, kukuri, khukuri, khukri, magnum khukri


colima machete: These machetes are sharpened on both sides of the blade.

Uses: Great for mowing or clearing swaths of vegetation by cutting on the fore and backhand strokes, this machete is weighted on the back side for aid in clearing on the backstroke.

Alternative Names: acapulqueno, caguayano, costeno, panzon


parang or golok machete: These machetes generally have a distinctive curved shape in which both the spine and the edge of the blade is curved, much like a scimitar. They tend to be long and either slightly weighted or fairly evenly weighted, and usually have a thick blade.

Uses: Good for cutting woody material without lodging in the material.

Alternative Names: crocodile golok, golok no 2, gokok kembar, golok mala, pedang batak, talibon, gununting, pinuti, parang bandol, burmese Dha, golok bengkulu, sable


cane machete: wide, blunt-tipped machetes perfect for hacking corn stalks and sugar cane. Often the blade is hooked to allow the user to pull the chopped cane from the plants still standing. The thin blade thickness allows for easy cutting through cane style vegetation.

Uses: Typically used for cutting sugar cane, rice, and corn stalks. Cleaver variety great for butchering and chopping thick vegetation.

Alternative Names: aztec cleaver, brazilian style cane knife, camp cleaver, canero, corn knife, cuta, machete de suelo, tunca, sugar cane machete,


short-handled sickle: An ancient agricultural implement sharpened on the inside of the curve, the sickle permits the cut stalks to be drawn together and pulled out after being cut.

Uses: Uses for reaping and harvesting. Blade cuts and draws together the cut stalks for efficient collection.

Alternative Names: clurit, hand sickle, japanese grass sickle, malayo, scythe, reaping hook, usugama


spear point machete: Machete blade with a point for piercing or stabbing.

Uses: Livestock slaughter and self-defense.

Alternative Names: combat, hog sticker, jungle saber, peinilla, tactical machete,


hawkbill machete: A curved or hooked machete that can be sharpened on both sides or on the inside of the curve. The sharpened tip can concentrate force on a sharp point allowing it to pierce an cut very hard materials.

Uses: Generally used for cutting tall grasses.

Alternative Name: machete cuma


bill hook machete: Ancient agricultural implement in much of a Europe, the billhook has a curved blade for chopping around curved objects like tree trunks.

Uses: Traditionally used for snedding, which is the process of stripping side shoots and buds from a branch. The hooked blade, sharpened on the inner curve, is also ideally suited for gripping and cutting vines and brambles. Also used for hedge construction and maintenance, and by charcoal makers for use in coppicing and woodlot management.

Alternative Names: bagging hook, bill hook, bush knife, coa, reaping hook, sheaf hook, trimming hook, woodman's pal


coping machete: Machetes with a blunt tip.

Uses: Good in rescue situations to avoid harm to victims and as tools in tight spaces to prevent the tip interfering with the cutting surface.

Alternative Names: rescue machete, coping blade machete,


sax machete: The machete of medieval northern europe. Ancient European blade with a straight edge and a sheepsfoot spine.

Uses: Long flat blade provides long, consistent surface area for good control of the blade when chopping and hewing.

Alternative Names:


tanto machete: Japanese blade design with an extremely strong point, orginally for piercing armor.

Uses: Reinforced tip used almost exclusively for piercing and stabbing.

Alternative Names: tactical machete, combat machete, military machete


two-handed machete: Blade attached to a long handle for swinging and hewing with two hands.

Uses: Great for generating additional power by swinging with two hands or for additional reach. Great for tough, woody vegetation, palm tree trimming, and high branches.

Alternative Names: calabozo, coa, scythe, two handed machete


bowie machete: Blade with a clip-point or skinner tip for skinning wild game. Style popularized by American frontiersman Jim Bowie and still popular for survivalists and backwoodsmen.

Uses: Machete having a distinctive skinner tip, a good utility knife for the woodsman and hunter.

Alternative Names: large bowie knife, survival machete


tapanga machete: Blade with a distinct back-swept weighted chisel tip popular in certain parts of Africa.

Uses: This machete typically has a flat cutting edge for general use, but also has a front-weighted blade for chopping. The blade can be turned over and the spine of the blade sharpened for hacking.

Alternative Names: Sometimes called a bolo machete.

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[palani]

I always pick up my corn knives at Farm & Fleet.

[midnight rambler]

I have a combat knife I bought probably 25 years ago, a Cold Steel Recon Scout in Carbon V steel...made in the USA. They only made so many of these in Carbon V and they became collectible. I paid about $75 I think at a gun show. I never used it, (safe queen). I can sell it now for up to $175 because of the high quality steel the knife purists want.
Now I don't want to use it, because it will lose so much value if I do. There's a price range that makes a knife usable and a price that doesn't, for me anyway.

http://www.survival-gear-guide.com/images/cold-steel-carbonv-recon-scout-21457280.jpg

Only $175 for a collectable knife? That's cheap!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=seal+knife&_sop=16&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=mad+dog+knife&_sacat=0

[midnight rambler]

Speaking of knives, I just ordered one of these -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPPtk7BZho

[EE_]

Speaking of knives, I just ordered one of these -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPPtk7BZho

I like it!. Hope you got a good price. They come in sand color too.

http://usbladeshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HK-Turmoil-14808-1.jpg

[EE_]

Only $175 for a collectable knife? That's cheap!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=seal+knife&_sop=16&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=mad+dog+knife&_sacat=0

Oh I know, you can go crazy on knives. Some do very well over time on the secondary market.

[midnight rambler]

Oh I know, you can go crazy on knives. Some do very well over time on the secondary market.

Well if you checked the 'sold' listings you'd see none of those are selling at the high end. A whole lot of askin' with no takers.

[midnight rambler]

I like it!. Hope you got a good price. They come in sand color too.

http://usbladeshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HK-Turmoil-14808-1.jpg

I got the black blade model. $210 shipped was the best price I found.