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On the other hand, I strongly suggest you avoid the Cold Steel machetes. Absolutely awful. You can make something better out of a lawn mower blade.


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Cold Steel, a marketer of edged tools made in Asia that steeps itself in macho cache and heavily caters to wannabe types,.


Just wondering what you guys are basing these comments on. Is it first hand experience or just from what you have heard ? I use a cold steel kukri machete and would absolutely swear by its performance. Its not fancy but it sure as hell cuts. Tough as nails too. And for 25 bucks how could you go wrong?

Please explain what a "wannabe type" is. wannabe what ?

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My old machete was a cheap no-brand that I bought approximately 10 years ago. It was carbon steel and survived my teen-age years and all of the abuse I could heap on it (including tumbleweed attacks, brush clearing, improper storage, breaking pavers (the back edge), being tossed into and around the bed of a truck with other heavy/metal objects, and even saw service on the levy breaking up pallets into stakes.)


Sounds to me like your old one was pretty dammed good. How long would anyone expect to get out of any other brand of machete under the abuse you put yours thru? Heck man, buy a couple more of these and you should be set.
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