Condor Golok Machete: The good and the bad!

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Hello all, my name is John!
I am new to the forum and joined because I am in territory that is new to me. I purchased my first machete after a short amount of research time as I am not new to knives but new to machetes. I landed on the Condor's Golok and could not have been happier. After sharpen'n the blade up some I went to give an old stump in my yard that I use for chopp'n a couple of whacks (12) when the blade snapped. I looked at the blade and my guess is a flaw in the temper'n process. I bought the blade 06-18-10 (two days old!) but instead of becoming angry I thought well perhaps I learned a $50.00 lesson ($34.00 blade only/$16.00 sheath sold sep.) called the cust. service number for Condor and they asked for 4 things to send via e-mail; a picture, what happened, upc, and my shipping info. I asked how to go about sending the broken blade back and the very nice fella said you don't and we will send you a new one out as soon as we get the e-mail! Wow, kudos to you fellas for turning a sad day into a good one! I am willing to look at other brands if you experts out there can suggest 'em! I am not turning my back on the above brand simply feel a sickness and the only cure is more machetes!
bullrydr85
 
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Condor has some of the best customer service around. Best machetes around, too. A shame you got a lemon, but the new one ought to do quite well for ya'!
 
I agree on it being a lemon, no one I talked to has had this happen and in fact I hear great things. To be honest I was so impressed with how they treated me I went out and bought their Bolo model that I was on the fence about. I wanted to do more research on the products and found that they are great blades.
 
Mine did the same thing. I got a replacement give them an email explaining it. The new one won't let you down I love mine.
 
That is great CS. Glad to hear you didn't abandon the product after receiving a lemon. :thumbup:
 
That is what I did Ron, glad to hear the new one worked for ya! New one ships out Monday. Thanks Game, I really just have bad luck I can pull the only lemon off a shelf like I know they are there! Got a defective lap top, Ipod, and even a defective benelli 12 gauge. Learned to give all brands a second chance as anything mass produced can from time to time go wrong.
 
Getting a lemon is annoying, but as you said, in mass produced products, mistakes happen.
My golok has served me admirably!...just came back form some serious garden work..

Roots the size of a man's arm, yielded to the onslaught of my mighty golok:D
Weeds, saplings and bushes..all could not resist the keen convex edge.

Unfortunately. I did hit a number of rocks and other unyielding materials...left some dings and chips in the blade, but a few minutes with a file and some sandpaper and it's as good as new!

Hope your new one will serve you well!
 
Good to hear these are users Viking, I got the sheath for my Golok in the mail Saturday and can't wait for the new blade to get here! As I said I picked up the Bolo model and love that blade to!
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