This is laughable. Is this a first hand experience of yours or just an opinion you heard? The usual opinion is that Titanium is strong but soft, making it useless for a blade. But even this has been proved not true, thanks to Mecha.
Aye, it's common to think it can't hold a sharp edge which is understandable considering most titanium people are familiar with is plain 6al4v in it's soft, tough mill state, but even that would be fine for striking hard as a whoopin' stick.
Experience. All titanium things I own scrathes fairly easy and can bend more than the knife and tool alloys I have.
So because it's scratches easy means it's not strong. I fail to see the logic here, sorry. For scratches Ti needs to be harder then the material you try to scratch it with. That's why i put that Ti is usually known to be soft = scratches easy. For the bending, maybe you should try a proper Ti alloy with a proper heat treatment and give it a try again. There is not just Titanium, as there is not just Steel. It depends on which Ti alloy you talk of and the heat treatment/refinement it has gone through. You probably only know like 6AL4V with no treatment at all. That's like a cheap unhardened steel. Have you ever heard of Mission Knives? http://www.missionknives.com/index.php/why-titanium
Being able to bend and spring back straight again is part of what makes something able to withstand hard strikes. Stiffness can be introduced and controlled through shape and design. At any rate, ti alloys differ a lot from one another, and many can be heat treated to make them harder. Not all of them scratch easily. Titanium 'things' are usually made from the kinds that scratch and bend easily (and are more formable for efficient fabrication).
not with a Mecha made one. I've beat the crap out of my mecha made titanium machete, even posted some pics here showing it, and it keeps the edge and doesnt deform or chip. before passing judgement on all titanium alloys, maybe try one made properly as a cutting/chopping tool.
Ya, see @MyLegsAreOk ? Would a monkey smoking a cigar lie to you? Why would a monkey smoking a cigar lie? What would a monkey smoking a cigar lit with a burning $100 bill and wearing a tailored business suit have to gain from lying to you?
^damn right.....this monkey also smokes cigars sometimes when using my #5 mecha machete....terrible habit need to quit....also need to sweep and pressure wash my back porch...
naw. work with a bunch of Cubans fresh off the boat and they go home sometimes and bring me back smokes. sometimes real ones sometimes fakes but I like 'em all long as they arent floor sweepings tobacco with hair, sand, scabs and boogers and such in them.
That's nice of them! Up here in the NW, if I need some of South Florida's finest, I just reach for Ol' Reliable:
A little late to the party but here is my 2 cents. A few months back I had the honor of owning one of Mecha's machetes. That thing is light but cuts deep and does not deform or bend when used on branches. Zero arm fatigue. One of my friends has 'borrowed' it for now. See more of Mecha's cutting videos. Maybe you will change your mind
Thanks for the feedback report, vkp78! Much appreciated. You know, I have been accused once or twice of using steel in the youtube videos and then claiming it was ti alloy, LOL
