Recommendation? Collins and company machete

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Hickory n steel said:
If it says Collins and co, it would be an original.
The name is simply Collins now and currently owned by Truper of Mexico , most of their products are worthless garbage.
A machete made in south America I'm sure is a perfectly fine tool, but it's their Mexican made axes and hammers and such that are worthless.
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There's a video on Youtube by Incolma (Colombia) about their machetes. In one scene, there are machetes being assembled that are clearly Truper brand. And maybe boxes in the shipping room. Incolma makes a buttload of machetes, and they are good. They own the Corneta trademark name.
 
USMCPOP said:
There's a video on Youtube by Incolma (Colombia) about their machetes. In one scene, there are machetes being assembled that are clearly Truper brand. And maybe boxes in the shipping room. Incolma makes a buttload of machetes, and they are good. They own the Corneta trademark name.
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I had a feeling their machetes were sourced from south America.
It's funny that they could easily make them in house, but even in Mexico they value a good machete enough to know south America is the place to get them.
 
foxdoublegunner said:
I have an old "Legitimus Collins" Machete (no 128) made in the US that I believe is from the 40's or 50's. It is a good, solid agricultural tool. Nothing fancy-it just works. Holds an edge and takes care of my gardening needs. It still has the original leather sheath. The original ones made in the US earned such a good reputation in South and Central America that in some countries, machetes in general are referred to as "Collins" (with a spanish accent of course) in much the same manner that we use the name "kleenex".
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I know many Dominicans that call them like that. In Puerto Rico, Collins machetes have been around for a very long time.
 
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