Good multi-use machete?

9blades said:
You trying the get the Beckerheads mad? lol I agree though its not a machete.....it's a chopper!!
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i'm a beckerhead (a very long time member at that, even before the beckerhead got started) and i'm not mad...i agree it's not a machete but a chopper. if it doesn't bend easily and doesn't have that 'twang sound it makes when you flick your finger against it, it's not a machete :)
 
Yep. Photo bucket makes it real easy to post pics :)
Let us know what you end up with. And post some pics!
 
OverUseOfMachetes said:
Is this the mystical photobucket sorcery I see before me as posted by JV3?
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yes, photobucket. surround the image url with the image tags (remove the * inside the tags, i only added that in so the editor doesn't try to parse it): [*IMG]image_url[*/IMG].
 
OverUseOfMachetes said:
Well have a flat spine, good for batoning, have a flat butte, good for mashing at different things and/or removable handle scales.
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Well at least we figured out you don't want a machete! You want a thick chopper/basher/smasher. :thumbup: One more victory in stopping "machete" from slipping into meaninglessness, like "survival." :D

Now that we got that out of the way, what is this "mashing" you are talking about? And what does the "mashing" have to do with removable handle scales?
 
JV3 said:
yup! i've tried extensively/had the choppers (becker bk-9, esee junglas, busse basic 11), the in-between (becker patrol machete, condor parang), all the way to pure machetes (condor eco-light 12", 12" tramontina, esee lite-machete 18" long) and the svord kiwi is the perfect balance between the two extremes...tip heavy and really fast in the hand (it feels a lot like a pure machete) but thick enough that it can split wood with the choppers.

it's the only one out of all those i tried though where the handle ergos are nice enough to do fine carvings so it can replace a 4" belt knife too.

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edit: forgot to mention the svord is made from L6 steel - better edge holding than 1095/1095-crovan in my experience.
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What does the tang look like on these guys? 3/4?
 
Removable scales as use for a spear but now I find that rather usless now uless it's Godzilla's spear, and a flat buute for maching different things or pounding stakes into the ground
 
Mash what? I dont get it. Potatoes?

As far as using the butt of you knife as a hammer in a survival situation....thats what rocks are for.

That said, get an Ontario Ranger RD7.
 
I've carried and used the Ontario SP 8 for 20 years it makes a great survival machete, you can't hurt the darn thing, I've beat it through 10" logs with no ill effect.

I would recommend this knife to anyone.
 
2 high end options I have and love..

1311 - have no fear, brilliant warranty and a chopping machine

BRKT machete - this thing is light and crazy sharp... Slices like crazy
 
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