For all you smatchet lovers

[DocJD]

And on my budget : https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CS...eel-blade-polypropylene-handles-cor-ex-sheath

 

[dirc]

good price and size, but the steel on that one is 1055, which is subpar imho

...would like 80crv2 or 1075 like ontario has switched to on their machetes & sp line

 

[BlackKnight86]

That seems odd. That special edition is six times the cost of the N690 one. What could possibly be the driver of a difference that big?

 

[bobobama]

Here's another item from Cold Steel (our favorite company); it's not called a smatchet but is truer in size and design to the original.

https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CS...-blade-polypropylene-handles-secure-ex-sheath

 

[DocJD]

Here's another item from Cold Steel (our favorite company); it's not called a smatchet but is truer in size and design to the original.

https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CS...-blade-polypropylene-handles-secure-ex-sheath

I have it's little brother , the Shanghai Shadow : https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CS...dow-fixed-carbon-steel-blade-secure-ex-sheath

Not too bad a cheap fighting / SD knife but I dinged-up the edges pretty bad trying to use it for a throwing knife . The edges are too thin for that .

 

[slyraven]

Ok, I get the hatchet part, but whats the sm stand for?

 

[Dadpool]

Ok, I get the hatchet part, but whats the sm stand for?

I was curious, so I did a bit of poking around. Apparently it's a portmanteau of "smashing" and "hatchet."

 

[evilgreg]

I was curious, so I did a bit of poking around. Apparently it's a portmanteau of "smashing" and "hatchet."

That's funny, my dictionary's entry for smatchet just says "awesome implement of awesome awesomeness" and doesn't mention the also awesome portmanteau origin at all.

 

[Dadpool]

That's funny, my dictionary's entry for smatchet just says "awesome implement of awesome awesomeness" and doesn't mention the also awesome portmanteau origin at all.

Apparently it's also a Scottish term for "a small unpleasant person," which tracks pretty well for the knife, too.

 

[DocJD]

a small unpleasant person,

Smidget !

 

[Dogdrawz]

A-Tisket A-Tasket,
A green and yellow smatchet!

 

[Henry Beige]

Now I want one. But not a $750.00 one.

 

[ScooterG]

Ok...who did it?

 

[JJ_Colt45]

It actually looks functional. With a 2K price tag and damascus steel, it will be hanging on someone's wall or in someone's safe. Definitely not chopping on something in the woods...

I bet it could take a 45/70 @ 75 yards

 

[abcdef]

I like the idea of a smatchet, but I don't have one. I know I don't need or would ever use one, but want one. Should I get one? Talk me into or out of buying one.

If I do decide, get one, then I will come back and ask about the steel, grind, etc.

 

[91bravo]

I bet it could take a 45/70 @ 75 yards

I bet it can't!

 

[FullMetalJackass]

I was curious, so I did a bit of poking around. Apparently it's a portmanteau of "smashing" and "hatchet."

That's funny, my dictionary's entry for smatchet just says "awesome implement of awesome awesomeness" and doesn't mention the also awesome portmanteau origin at all.

I'd never thought this forum was home of such cunning linguists, with tongues as sharp as their blades =)