Silky Nata competition

[MiamiVice]

I guess I'm trying to save a few bucks. Is there a worthy competitor to the Silky Nata 'machete' in quality but less money? My use will be batoning for fire wood. Thanks

 

[Mk-211]

If you just need a machete, here's some surplus ones. For less than $10 each, how can you go wrong?

My bad, can't add links in threads.

Search for the surplus Colombian machetes, Amazon has them in a 5 pack for about $35.

 

[Arathol]

I guess I'm trying to save a few bucks. Is there a worthy competitor to the Silky Nata 'machete' in quality but less money? My use will be batoning for fire wood. Thanks

The nata isn't a machete, its a Japanese hatchet. There are a lot of different styles and sizes.
Try looking for real Japanese style nata.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I guess I'm trying to save a few bucks. Is there a worthy competitor to the Silky Nata 'machete' in quality but less money? My use will be batoning for fire wood. Thanks

Consider a Rinaldi Giustina-pattern manaresso. They're traditionally used for that task, among general wood chopping tasks.

 

[flexo]

an other solution is a sturdy english billhook

 

[GrumpySoreOldBastard]

Around the same money but far more functionality would be Varusteleka Skrama 240

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[Old Axeman]

How about a froe and a froe club if all you want to do is baton firewood ?

 

[MiamiVice]

A friend suggested perhaps an Odenwolf brand. Any experience?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

A friend suggested perhaps an Odenwolf brand. Any experience?

Looking at their lineup none of them look like they would perform similarly to a nata. Not for batoning, not for other chopping/camp purposes.

 

[SharpBits]

The Silky Nata seems like a pretty good value to me. That said, there a few other Japanese made Natas on Amazon.