Machetes rock

[ThePeacent]

Sadly, Condor prices are going up, not so budget anymore. I was looking at their recently released 2017 lineup, and they're all like $80-90. Used to, the ones with wood handles were like $50-60, and the Micarta handled ones were the more expensive $80-85 models. But the new lineup, with plenty of blades in the 13 inch range, with the same 1075 steel and wood handles, are $85 and the micarta ones are now like $100-105. Kinda annoying, I love my Condor stuff, but I loved paying $60 for a 13 inch blade a lot more than I love paying $85 for one.

what happens when there's a big fan community (preppers, forumites, youtubers, EDCers, etc.) praising your products. The brand has grown a lot the last years due to popularity on the internet and such

PITY

 

[upnorth]

Try a hair dry (not a heat gun) to heat and loosen the label adhesive. Comes off clean.

Nice tip, thanks.

 

[upnorth]

Upnorth....try one of the 12 in barongs....love that thing....really versatile with the pointed tip

BEAR THE DOG posted one of his trips where he said Jeff Randall from ESEE would not let it out of his hands

I thought about it Brad, and might still. I got the Condor version years ago. Winter is usually my buying time out of boredom etc. I got a bunch of new ones in, Tanto, slant tip etc. We'll see what's floating around when the snow blows again.

 

[jbmonkey]

just got a cs chinese sword machete....amazingly didnt come with the sticker on it. its big heavy and awkward. not real useful as a machete, but i like the way it looks so i dont care as i already have dozens of machetes that are useful as machetes.

 

[upnorth]

just got a cs chinese sword machete....amazingly didnt come with the sticker on it. its big heavy and awkward. not real useful as a machete, but i like the way it looks so i dont care as i already have dozens of machetes that are useful as machetes.

Always interesting to see owner impressions. Myself, I tend to go toward the wood processors. The 18 inch ? I believe Slant Tip stood out a bit from others that I got this winter. Seems like a nice balance of size/weight/chopping power. It seems to have a tiny bit more weight than the others that I got, or has a different balance, and I like it. I am pretty hot for the Jungle machete also, I grabbed two of those.

 

[ThePeacent]

Always interesting to see owner impressions. Myself, I tend to go toward the wood processors. The 18 inch ? I believe Slant Tip stood out a bit from others that I got this winter. Seems like a nice balance of size/weight/chopping power. It seems to have a tiny bit more weight than the others that I got, or has a different balance, and I like it. I am pretty hot for the Jungle machete also, I grabbed two of those.

Jungle and Gladius were my two favorites. The former really seems to punch way above its weight...