Truper Machetes?

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PlantFriend

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Hi everyone, long time lurker and new member of the forum here with a quick question some of you machete experts may know.

I've been around machetes all my life doing work around the yard and occasional field so i'm familiar with all the common brands that we get here in the states. Recently though I had a family member bring me back a Truper brand machete from Mexico and haven't had much luck finding out too much about the brand and the steel they use.

In comparison to my 14" Imacasa, the Truper's a bit thicker at the handle base with a distal taper but feels more flexible on the bends. It still takes a nice edge and manages to stay decently sharp when whacked around so any additional info you all may have would be great to hear.
 
maybe try contacting them by their website for detailed info not in their catalog.
 
PlantFriend said:
Hi everyone, long time lurker and new member of the forum here with a quick question some of you machete experts may know.

I've been around machetes all my life doing work around the yard and occasional field so i'm familiar with all the common brands that we get here in the states. Recently though I had a family member bring me back a Truper brand machete from Mexico and haven't had much luck finding out too much about the brand and the steel they use.

In comparison to my 14" Imacasa, the Truper's a bit thicker at the handle base with a distal taper but feels more flexible on the bends. It still takes a nice edge and manages to stay decently sharp when whacked around so any additional info you all may have would be great to hear.
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In general they are a company that makes garbage tools such as very poor quality excuses for axes and hatchets...ect, back in i believe the late 80's two companies combined to form truper ( their name is a combination of the two that merged ) and around the time they acquired the Collins Ace brand from Mann edge.
Now a machete is an important agricultural tool used around the world including Mexico so maybe they care more about them, you say yours seems good after all.
 
No info on that brand to share, but if you like imacasa you’ll love tramontina machetes from Brazil. A wood handled 12” is $10, an 18” is $15, sheaths sold separately—they “sing” a lot better imo than imacasa, but Idk why or if there’s even a difference in the steel used.
 
Hickory n steel said:
In general they are a company that makes garbage tools such as very poor quality excuses for axes and hatchets...ect, back in i believe the late 80's two companies combined to form truper ( their name is a combination of the two that merged ) and around the time they acquired the Collins Ace brand from Mann edge.
Now a machete is an important agricultural tool used around the world including Mexico so maybe they care more about them, you say yours seems good after all.
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Ive heard theres a lot to be desired when it comes to their axe heads but I don't have too much experience with axes besides an old plumb axe I restored a couple years back. Its definitely not as rigid as the Imacasa but still maintains a rigidity thats been solid so far.
 
Yonose said:
No info on that brand to share, but if you like imacasa you’ll love tramontina machetes from Brazil. A wood handled 12” is $10, an 18” is $15, sheaths sold separately—they “sing” a lot better imo than imacasa, but Idk why or if there’s even a difference in the steel used.
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14" machetes have been my preferred choice so I've got a few tramontinas and imacasas as well and absolutely love my trams, just a little harder to get a poly handle tram thats not 18" from what I've seen
 
PlantFriend said:
14" machetes have been my preferred choice so I've got a few tramontinas and imacasas as well and absolutely love my trams, just a little harder to get a poly handle tram thats not 18" from what I've seen
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Yeah, for some reason I like the wood handles better, maybe it’s because they fit my hand better and don’t “sweat” barehanded or slip “gloved” as much as the poly handles do. But I always treat and/or modify with a sander wood handles before using them.
 
Slightly dated thread, but I saw this factory promo video about Incolma machetes. In one scene, they are riveting handle scales onto a Truper branded machete. In a scene from the shipping room, boxes of various machete brands can be seen. I would imagine the steel and treatment is probably standard Incolma/Gavilan stuff, like 1074/1075 steel.

Colombia, el mayor exportador de machetes campesinos en el mundo See 3:51 and 5:03
 
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