I hate to beat a dead horse on this subject but I was fooling around with my cold steel kukri machete again today out back in the woods, and man.....this flipping thing can cut.

I know a hatchet cuts due to its weight but the cold steel got a fair bit of heft and a good deal of energy on a down swing. Just for the hell of it I slashed down a tree about a foot thick that I had been meaning to take down with a chainsaw anyway. It was surprisingly easy to knock large chunks out with each swing. I can see peoples arguement that a normal sized kukri knife may not do this but the kukri machete sure as hell can. I got the 13 inch model but they have a 17 inch as well. I cant wait to see how that thing can murder a tree.

I have been torture testing the cold steel out back to try and break it but it is holding up very impressively. It cuts rope fairly quick as well. I think tomorrow I will pit it in a test against my gerber back pax to see in my own mind at lest what each is capable of.

I must digress... I just took another look at "a short machete" that I inherited with the purchase of this house. Actually, it is a type of Kukri. I have not yet taken it camping/backpacking with me yet but it sure has been "handy" around the house.

I have attached it to my backpack and will take it into the woods with me (instead of a regular machete) along with a small hatchet that I favor.