Machete Recommendation

[Squaregrouper]

My wife wants a machete for her vehicle and for camping. Any recommendations for a reasonably priced machete?

 

[SRD]

Purpose? To me a machete is just that,a flimsy long blade which I like.Or is she looking for something multi-use/specialized?

 

[engineerbrian]

Woodsman Pal or a SOG Kukuri (sp?) are my pics.

We did a video on the two several years ago and they both performed great. If you do a google search on either and select video, it will pop right up.

 

[outrider58]

Cheap mil-surps are good. Don't have to worry about munging them up and you sharpen the with a rat-tail file(they actually cut better that way).

 

[SRD]

My son has the SOG,for the money it seems decent but as I said earlier I like a machete.A Kukra is just that,just like a Bowie is what it is.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Damn, you guys are quick.
She wants it for clearing brush at camp sites and as a "truck gun" (MD version)

 

[sgt23preston]

I bought one for my business at Harbor Freight for $5.00...

When I display it, peoples eyes get very big...

And it will definitely cut anything that it contacts...

It comes with a green canvas scabbard...

I don't know how well it will hold an edge or what your wife might want it for, BUT it's a show stopper...

 

[SRD]

https://www.google.com/search?q=mac...&ved=0ahUKEwjArKGzvvzQAhVs_4MKHapIA7cQgTYInAI

 

[gizzard]

cold steel or Ontario, sog is 420 stainless, avoid this and cammilus carnivore. get carbon steel, it will last, sharpenable with a file. crkt has a halfchance parang I gave as a gift, around 25.
tramonitina and imicasa have good repute, condor is great but overpriced for my abuse
avoid the sawback, not useful in my opinion.
stainless steel can shatter with unpleasant results, any chopper is best made of carbon steel

 

[HordesOfKailas]

There is only one...Machete.

 

[SRD]

Just buy her a Trejo.

 

[MattTheGunslinger]

In my experience Ontario makes a superior machete at a decent price. USA made too.

 

[GHETTO BLASTER]

Kershaw camp 18 is very nice, it has a little recurve and a nice scabbed that can mount to Molle or a belt loop. I think I paid $40 bucks for mine.

 

[6Den]

I have a K-Bar Kukri and a K-Bar Cutlass. I like their different attributes for different purposes. I have smaller hands so the handle was carefully considered. This might apply to your wife as well.

 

[pbharvey]

Gerber Gator Jr.
$15 at Home Depot
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Gerber-10-75-in-Gator-Machete-Junior-30-001199HDN/206084083?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CTHD%7CG%7C0%7CG-BASE-PLA-D25T-HandTools%7C&gclid=CjwKEAiA4dPCBRCM4dqhlv2R1R8SJABom9pH8C-InDlJHJWSzzBIb8EiTYokyMfk7v4pJePVf2ryNBoC08zw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

The full size Gator is only about $20 on Amazon but I think it's a little too big to swing in a car.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Anyone have experience with this? Rave reviews and the price is right.
Intimidation factor is a plus.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/walther-mach-tac-2-machete?a=755245

 

[llkoolkeg]

In my experience Ontario makes a superior machete at a decent price. USA made too.

I like them and have one(GI model) but I also hate how their crappy handle rivets back out and get lost with use and vibration...which reminds me- I have to get another one to replace the rivet that went missing last time I went camping this past Summer.

 

[eruby]

Pretty sure I have an SOG machete I'd be happy to gift to her. Will check tomorrow and let you know.

 

[alucard0822]

Love my Fiskars brush axe and machete axe. The shorter brush axe hacks through loose brush, and the hooked shape helps pull cleared stuff free, it's still tough enough to chop through branches up to an inch or two thick, they are still around, but the new bilhook is the same idea. The Machete axe can hook stuff to pull it out, can chop suprisingly large branches, and the weight keeps plowing through bush and branches. It's big, so takes some room to swing, but each section performs a task, really nice to push the sharpened flat tip to cut at the root, or use the back side, which works ok for hacking, but should have been a saw. It looks like some klingon battle sword, which can be fun or dorky. For defense in a car, a simple on-body weapon like pepper spray is far superior provided adequate training. There isn't room to swing a machete, only works well outside of the car on foot, so either have to be an idiot to get out of the car and fight instead of driving away, or it's uselessly tucked away in the car, you are on foot, and there is a bad guy in the way preventing you from getting to it.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Pretty sure I have an SOG machete I'd be happy to gift to her. Will check tomorrow and let you know.

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