Hi,
I am looking to buy a shorter machete
So I would be very interested for you talk thru those different machetes
How they handle and their cost
Either in this thread or start a new one
Thanks for the photos
you're welcome!
in general, when it comes to machetes the longer and thinner the better. when clearing brush/thorny bushes/light vegetation you want it light so it doesn't tire you out swinging it (you rely on the thin edge and very fast tip speed to cut things rather than brute force chopping). the longer the better obviously so you don't have to get your arm/hand near the thorn bushes you're clearing.
1. the top most one is the esee lite machete. 1075, 18" long and around 2 mm thick (5/64"). it's $60 but only because of the micarta handle. imacasa makes the blade and esee puts on the micarta handle. you can get an imacasa with plastic handle for around $10-$15...you can't go wrong with any of these models:
http://www.baryonyxknife.com/impadecuth28.html.
2. the two below the esee are just shorter versions (14" blade, 1075). the orange one is made by condor (their parent company is imacasa) and the wooden one is from tramontina.
3. the middle one is the cold steel kukri (1055, 13" blade). a kukri is really in a different class although this one is thinner than most at around 3 mm. i use it strictly for chopping though and when i don't feel like using an axe or saw. it's extremely tip heavy so it chops really well - i'd say it's the closest thing a knife can be to an axe.
you can use it for fine work like feather sticks but it's too tip heavy that i get tired quickly with it unlike the rest of them.
4. the bottom 3 are all 3 mm thick (ontario 12" cutlass machete $25 1095, svord kiwi machete $50 l6, and fiddleback forge 12" $100 1075). the fiddleback is an imacasa 1075 and andy roy sharpened it and put his handle on it.
if i know i'm going to be bushwacking/clearing brush for more than an hour then i'll take the lite machete. chopping firewood for more than an hour - i'll take a saw or an axe. i like the 12" and 3 mm the best for everyday use/just in case scenario: light chopping, light brush clearing, and splitting wood that's around 3" thick or thinner.
here's an excellent video by joezilla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqKbVzUITE. 42blades is also an excellent resource when it comes to machetes.
[video=youtube;NPqKbVzUITE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqKbVzUITE[/video]
In the Army we were given canned turkey meat (spam)
Lots of it
Did I say lots and lots of it?
And it had the general name 'Fowl', but in Hebrew the word puns out to mean ungrounded or flighty
So it is very hard to find an adult that will eat spam
i recommend to people to cut it around 1/4" thick and cook it until the outside is golden brown crispy...i bet at that point most people who are blindfolded can't distinguish it from bacon.
Looks like good times , thanks for sharing !!
you're welcome!
