First review of the Lite Machete

Thanks for pointing it out. Got a great review. Just makes me want to get one even more :o
 
Do it. I’ve been walking around the house asking the wife if she has seen anything that needs chopped or zombies that need beheading.
 
Nice, I sent in a comment.

One of our writers, Joe Flowers, has gone on one of these trips and he's had nothing but positive things to say about the experience. In fact, I've noticed that Joe's developed a deeper appreciation for the machete as a vital part of his outdoors kit.
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If you call a pathological fixation a 'deeper appreciation' then yeah, I'll accept that ;)
 
great review :)

18" seems to be a great all around length for a machete, curious how you decided on blade thickness though?

thanks
 
Looks Like a very Good Review! I have order mine I hope it will be here in a few days! I l=will post the Pics and do a review too.
 
mtwarden said:
18" seems to be a great all around length for a machete, curious how you decided on blade thickness though?
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Surely the thickness of a machete is due to the compromises that work out the best - thinner = weaker with less chopping ability; thicker = heavier and harder to swing for too long.
 
Thinner does not equal weaker, but does affect chopping ability--however, the pattern of the blade also affects chopping ability as much if not more so. With machetes almost all of the mass is directly behind the cutting edge. This has the advantage of the force of the blow being more concentrated, losing less of its energy due to friction and displacement of material.

Think of it this way:
If you have two blades of equal length, the thicker one will hit harder. If you have two blades of equal weight, the longer one will hit harder. ;)
 
I have found that I can chop much better with a thin machete than I can a thick "chopping" blade. I think the Lite Machete will out-chop the Junglas.
 
R.A.T. said:
I have found that I can chop much better with a thin machete than I can a thick "chopping" blade. I think the Lite Machete will out-chop the Junglas.
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Agreed. :thumbup: The thinner, broader, and longer blade can generate more force as well as have less of that energy lost due to displacing material. A lot of folks forget that a chopper isn't like a saw--there's no kerf! Your blade is lierally pushing itself through stuff, and that stuff needs to go somewhere. A thick blade needs to push the material farther out of the way, and will be stopped sooner, while a tool that has more mass behind the edge will still have plenty of juice to keep pushing.

:)
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Agreed. :thumbup: The thinner, broader, and longer blade can generate more force as well as have less of that energy lost due to displacing material. A lot of folks forget that a chopper isn't like a saw--there's no kerf! Your blade is lierally pushing itself through stuff, and that stuff needs to go somewhere. A thick blade needs to push the material farther out of the way, and will be stopped sooner, while a tool that has more mass behind the edge will still have plenty of juice to keep pushing.

:)
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Good stuff....Same argument goes for batoning. IMO thinner is easier to baton. Only area where thickness helps is when you pry stuff, which is overrated in bushcraft IMO.
 
kgd said:
Good stuff....Same argument goes for batoning. IMO thinner is easier to baton. Only area where thickness helps is when you pry stuff, which is overrated in bushcraft IMO.
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:thumbup: I agree 110%!
 
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