Machax (What A Beautiful Blade)

Guyon said:
Yeah, if anyone can legitimately compare/contrast the old with the new, it's DOC.
He has one of the most used and loved early Machaxes I've ever seen. :thumbup:
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i've used the bedazzledjesus out my NP model, but that coating just won't wear out. spent hour last summer teaching 12 people how to baton and chop with it, and not a SCRATCH on it. great coating. contrast that to the tac-tool i also used as a froe, and well, you've seen pictures of that. definitely used looking.

(Jarod - you can see why i suggest not stripping your model and/or getting it recoated proper)

the sheath looks more beat up. the estaloc handles are holding up. the blade is touched up with a ceramic now and then, but honestly, it's a work horse.

i wash it too - it's been in the dishwasher and had more than a few rounds with goo-gone to get the pitch off.

DOC's looks like he stores it in dead bears or something :) :D :D :D :) course, i think as well, he had a chrome model. look how well that hard chrome is keeping up.

i need to get me a test model myself ;)
 
I'll see how she looks after i fix the spine, I just dont want it looking all gangly after I spend time fixing it up
 
Anyone know if there might be a Beckerhead pre-sale or special, like with the BK10? If so, I'll be jumping all over it. Machax+micarta would be preeeeetty sweet...
 
Bladite said:
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remembers? they're my children...

nothing imho will beat the original hard chromes. those were just NICE. hello? convexing? almost none of you folx have seen one outside a picture, i'm guessing...

the nickel-phosphate (smooth black coated) models that followed were REALLY nice. jarod just got one. he'll like it. they're the one to get, if i let you :>

if all you're used to was the Camillus, well, i'm sorry :) unless you got those radically reprofiled... yeah, they blew chunks ;) you can leave them in the box out back, i'll eventually repurpose them ;) oh, well, there was the Blackjack one in "grey sterile epoxy"... yeah, those were REALLY nasty. the coating left something to be desired, but the grinds on those were beyond sloppy (sorry Ethan, they ruined your knife)...

the new KaBar is very light, very fast. more of a fighter feel (a lot like the Warrior model). not sure how *I* feel about that - i prefer some weight. i haven't beat my prototype up as yet. will have to wait judgement until i get a couple production models, or a chance to test additional versions.

as long as they keep the primary spine squared, we're good ;) none of that rounding or false-edge biznes. might work on the magnum-camp (which is quite nicely done), but not on a bush tool. imho. i'm QUITE opinionated when it comes to khukris in general. go figure. i have dozens upon dozens.

i should also like to see a heavy Becker khukri model, a bit more thuggish appeal. i have some HI khukris that are BEASTS and they fear no other knife.

ideally, i'd love to have seen a Machax with a 1/4 inch spine (at least), and the radical edge profile and high grind that first attracted me to the model, give the thing a bit more mass out at the sweet spot. one of the things imho that separates a good choppy khukri from a mere "khukri shaped object" is a thick thick spine leading to a great edge.

the models made of sheet steel tend to be "bent machetes"... you need more speed to do the deed, or a lot more "leafy" shape (like the original Reinhardts or KaBar khukri - these have obvious fairly high grinds despite being thinner - more limbu/sirupate types).

khukri shaped objects like most of the less expensive cold steel lineup, and many of the cheap swat/tach/mall-ninja models, and other such, well, they're just stamped out, there's no grinding or edge profiles to speak of. just frilly boutiqued machetes made of nasty metal (i hesitate to even say steel). yeah, i said it ;)

i see good things for the new KaBar Machax, but i'm still holding to my old school beliefs :)
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+1000. I'm with you on everything you say about kukris. Can't speak to the Machax because I've never had or even held one yet, but I will do both come January (or thereabouts - sooner the better).

Since you made a distinction concerning the "less expensive" Cold Steel offerings, may I assume that you're not including the Gurkha Kukri in that line? I think it has everything you praised in a kukri, 1/4" thick, flat spine, plenty of weight driving behind every swing. It's not what I would consider a "survival knife" like the 9/7/2 and possibly the lighter Machax may be, but if we're just talkin' woods use, especially chopping, I've never used a better blade.

I can't stand Cold Steel's marketing campaigns, but their heavy SK5 and San Mai III offerings are great woods tools.

Blues
 
BluesStringer said:
+1000. I'm with you on everything you say about kukris. Can't speak to the Machax because I've never had or even held one yet, but I will do both come January (or thereabouts - sooner the better).

Since you made a distinction concerning the "less expensive" Cold Steel offerings, may I assume that you're not including the Gurkha Kukri in that line? I think it has everything you praised in a kukri, 1/4" thick, flat spine, plenty of weight driving behind every swing. It's not what I would consider a "survival knife" like the 9/7/2 and possibly the lighter Machax may be, but if we're just talkin' woods use, especially chopping, I've never used a better blade.

I can't stand Cold Steel's marketing campaigns, but their heavy SK5 and San Mai III offerings are great woods tools.

Blues
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the CS Gurkha is teh awesome... for sure, and they're tops at the SanMai offerings. they offer some really quality product under their original mantle.
 
Haze240 said:
Anyone know if there might be a Beckerhead pre-sale or special, like with the BK10? If so, I'll be jumping all over it. Machax+micarta would be preeeeetty sweet...
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i'm going to try and get an early final [pre]production model before Winter, hopefully before Fall for a pass-around and to whip up a froth... definitely before Shot Show... gotta get you guys frenzied :>

a BH special? who knows. the powers at KaBar might see this, and think about it. can't say yes. can't say no. can't say nothing. no promises. no nothing.

of course, the standard micarta will fit just fine.

if i were mean, i might take a picture of a prototype with micarta on it ;)
 
"The CS Gurkha is teh awesome... for sure, and they're tops at the SanMai offerings. they offer some really quality product under their original mantle. "

+1 buuut
I am hoping that the Machaxe will replace my desire for a Cold Steel LTC kuk, since CS doesn't make that one anymore.
I am really really looking forward to the new Machaxe.

And the Tweeners ..lol and the Brute ummmm and a Reincarnation of the other Becker kuk thats not a Becker ...lol
And and yeah Im bit by the bug for sure, my wife is gonna kill me.


Silverthorn
Beckerhead #128
 
Bladite said:
always wanting the freebies :)

go out back and pick up some beer cans and turn them in for money :> stop buying smokes. give the kids a little less spam in their beans and rice, only hit the hookers up every OTHER week for a while...

then you can save money!

buy Becker!
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Good idea, thanks bladite
 
Haze240 said:
Anyone know if there might be a Beckerhead pre-sale or special, like with the BK10? If so, I'll be jumping all over it. Machax+micarta would be preeeeetty sweet...
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I don't know, but by now, ya'll should know that if anyone gets dibs on the cool stuff, its the Beckerheads.

Moose
 
moosez45 said:
Doc, considering your pedigree with the Machax, I'll make something happen. Perhaps compare the old and new? See which one works better?

I might even be able to arrange something sooner rather than later. :D

Waddayasay?:D

Moose
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WaddaIsay? :D I say you got my attention. Awaiting further info.

Doc
 
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