kukari machetes

[matt elkins]

Just thought that I would post how much fun it is to throw the cheaper cold steel kukari machetes - for the price (less than $20) they throw and stick great - more like a tomahawk shaped like a big knife. I was doing double spins at approx. 18 - 20 ft. - single spins can be dangerous since the rubber handles can cause the blade to bounce right back at you, but for more skilled throwers this should not be an issue

 

[Kevin the grey]

I,m not a big fan of cold steel but I will use their products occasionally . Can you tell me a bit more about them ? Are the really shaped like a kukuuri or just an approximation ? Did the blade point ever bend with a throw ? How much do they weigh ? Approx .

 

[matt elkins]

I'm not sure how much they weigh - I don't have a catalog in front of me and I am not a rep. for them, but for the hour or so I was playing with it the tip did not bend and they are well balanced for a machete - I did get a few nicks on the blade closer to the handle from mis-throws, but they came out with a standard file. The shape seems pretty authentic, but I'm not an expert - I'm not bonkers for cold steel or any single company - they all have some products I like and some I don't, but that knife,for the price, is a fun change to a regular throwing knife or axe. Go to their site and look for yourself - it's the cheap one. I just happen to live in Ventura where their head office is, so I always swoop up on good deals when they have parking lot sales. Let me know what you think -

 

[Kevin the grey]

Parking lot sales ? Just how many parking lots does a man need ? L:O:L

You lucky dog . You live close enough to them and they have liquidation sales ?
Maybe I,ll bring a case of beer over and we,ll both see what they have .

 

[Vermiform]

Just thought that I would post how much fun it is to throw the cheaper cold steel kukari machetes - for the price (less than $20) they throw and stick great - more like a tomahawk shaped like a big knife. I was doing double spins at approx. 18 - 20 ft. - single spins can be dangerous since the rubber handles can cause the blade to bounce right back at you, but for more skilled throwers this should not be an issue

The machetes were described to me as having "plastic like" polyprop handles? Do they feel like rubber? Or are they plastic?

 

[matt elkins]

I don't know plastics that well but they are rubber and they can bounce -


just as a side note, places to practice throwing are scarce where I live, so I have 3 places I practice - in a old rock quarry thats like a hobo-jungle now, on a beach with rocks not sand, and in my concrete driveway. Throwing is pretty new to me, so needless to say that everything I throw takes alot of abuse - especially since there is no grass, just rocks and concrete. Wherever there is grass it is a total bust. So far that machete holds up real well.