Machetes -- Good design and sources?

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Not sure if this is the forum to ask this, but was wondering what types of machetes are considered better for medium use and what are some of the better brands/sources.
So far I like the looks of some of the Collins blades from South America, but wanted to know more about these.
 
You might ask around the wilderness skills and survival forum... machetes are in vogue right now and there has been lots posted lately, including a list of manufacturers.
 
Try machetespecialists.com I hope this isn't against any forum rules if it is please delete.
 
Condor's new carbon steel machete/golok line has been receiving good reviews. Brian Andrews, who frequently posts in W&SS, offers custom modified Ontario machetes that look pretty cool. I've also done some productive work with the good, old, cheap Tramontinas. You can use Google to search the forum for machete threads and you'll probably come up with those referred to by Gutshot.

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Here's the list.

Generally speaking the best brands that are available in the U.S. are Condor/Imacasa, Hansa, Tramontina, and Ontario.

Determining an appropriate style depends on your uses for it. What do you define as medium use? What sorts of targets/environments do you plan on using it on/in?
 
If you really want a machete that will hold an edge and not break... get a REAL miltary machete... the one with 'US 1943' on the blade near the handle. The real ones have parkerized blades, not painted blades...
 
Ontario Knife Company presently manufactures the U.S. armed forces machetes. Personally I find the stuff by Condor/Imacasa to be vastly superior. :)
 
Glock17JHP said:
If you really want a machete that will hold an edge and not break... get a REAL miltary machete... the one with 'US 1943' on the blade near the handle. The real ones have parkerized blades, not painted blades...
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I have a "real" wwII machete and I can tell you my condors outperform it in every way.
 
Superior in actual usage???

I have used mine to actually chop regular wood... others I have owned didn't hold an edge well, and the handles come apart (the rivets loosen, and then the 'scales' separate from the blade)...
 
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