Looking for a Machete

FortyTwoBlades said:
Mmm...Fiddleback goodness. I love my 16" and 18" ones.
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My 18" FF is my baby. But, it's the most expensive machete I own. I say it's more expensive than the BRKT, because I ended up paying $110 shipped for just the machete. Now, I've still got to get a sheath made, and that'll probably run me another 40-50 plus shipping. I got the BRKT for $153 shipped, with a nice Sharpshooter leather sheath.
 
I'll be getting some kydex pants for mine as soon as I'm able to bear with having them out of my custody for a while. :p
 
can someone steer me towards someone who has experience working machetes & kydex? doesn't seem to be many folks who do that kind of work
 
Slider817 said:
All I have in terms of sharpening equipment is a Sharpmaker and I strop with assorted compounds, the CS machetes that I have need allot of metal removal for them to be sharp.
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You could pick up some sandpaper and a piece of 2x4 to make a machete-sized convex sharpening set-up. Another option is to glue some sandpaper or a sanding belt to a wooden dowel and use it like a jumbo sized steel. I have a couple of CS machetes, one sharpened by hand and the other on a belt-sander. 1095 steel that CS machetes are made from is pretty good stuff and will take a very nice edge.
HH
 
HeavyHanded said:
You could pick up some sandpaper and a piece of 2x4 to make a machete-sized convex sharpening set-up. Another option is to glue some sandpaper or a sanding belt to a wooden dowel and use it like a jumbo sized steel. I have a couple of CS machetes, one sharpened by hand and the other on a belt-sander. 1095 steel that CS machetes are made from is pretty good stuff and will take a very nice edge.
HH
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Well, to be fair, CS doesn't use 1095. They use 1055, which had a much lower carbon content. Ontario uses 1095 on their machetes, though.
 
EMT_Lee said:
Well, to be fair, CS doesn't use 1095. They use 1055, which had a much lower carbon content. Ontario uses 1095 on their machetes, though.
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Right you are sir, my mistake! Been a couple of years since I bought these guys and that number just stuck in my head. In any event, they tolerate plenty of hard use and still take and keep a good edge. Most of the CS machetes are made by Lasher out of S Africa - I have zero complaints.
 
Okay, promise not to laugh here. Check out the BG parang machete. It might surprise you. It's full tang so you can rehandle it. Then you could actually take it out with other people.
 
:D I like the overall look of the BG parang--just not the spokesperson. :D
 
Slider817 said:
I would like to spend less than $100, but I want a nice handle, and a good sheath would be a plus, that is the only downside to the ESEE that I can see.
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I bought my ESEE without a sheath and also ordered a Condor leather sheath at the same time - perfect fit!

But for chopping and batoning I am thinking about grabbing a Condor 18" El-Salvador machete which is the thicker version of the blade ESEE use. The good thing is that I could take either machete into the bush using the same sheath (saving me some money) and the Condor El-Salvador only costs twenty bucks. I think that the Condor 18" El-Salvador would be a pretty good machete - decent length and enough weight to chop and baton well.
 
Gadgetaholic said:
I bought my ESEE without a sheath and also ordered a Condor leather sheath at the same time - perfect fit!

But for chopping and batoning I am thinking about grabbing a Condor 18" El-Salvador machete which is the thicker version of the blade ESEE use. The good thing is that I could take either machete into the bush using the same sheath (saving me some money) and the Condor El-Salvador only costs twenty bucks. I think that the Condor 18" El-Salvador would be a pretty good machete - decent length and enough weight to chop and baton well.
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I agree. It would be nice to see a tapered 1/8" thick blade on the Lite--the one weakness I see with it as-is is that it's so flexible that batoning can generate a lot of vibration. If it started out at 1/8" and then tapered strongly you'd have a little extra stiffness in the blade and an even more lively feel in the hand. It's flawless in every other respect though. :)
 
Oh I didn't say it was a major failing, merely that it's the only fault I can find with it. And I'm super nit-picky. I usually use my ESEE-6 or my Condor Kumunga for serious batoning. :D:thumbup:
 
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