Machete Thread

Are you going to the jungle or doing some gardening?

>>913064
gardening and bushcraft

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A machete is only good for clearing brush. If you want to cut down smaller trees, you're much better off with a heavy knife or a hatchet.

>>913055
What biomes do you plan on camping / hiking / bugging out / building a rape dungeon in?

>>913055

Yes. That's a good machete.

>>913055
Tramontina is a solid brand, mine has lasted over 10 years of abuse

>>913095
>implying

I cut trees with a machette. It all depends on the make of it. If the machette has a thick spine, it's good enough.

>>914141
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in a semi-continental/mountaineer climate

>>914356
Can you clue me with a state or province?

>>914370
Alsace, in France

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The machete in OP pic is good for clearing brush. As machetes go, that one is lightweight, which is great if you're swinging it around a lot. It's not something I'd love to try to chop down a tree with. It's a good brush, vine and tall grass machete.

If you want a thicker machete- look at aranyik. I don't recommend condor because half the ones I use chip along the edge like motherfuckers. Sometimes at condor I wonder if some knives/machetes miss manufacturing steps (ex.- I got one with pins that had not been ground down at all. And, again, chippy chip chip de chip chip.) And take a moment to consider if an axe might be a better choice.

>>913055
Where did you get the sheath?

I have a 24" tramontina that I love. Good reach and weight to it. Will get through a young eucalyptus branch that is about the thickness of a wrist in one lop.

Live in the Chihuahuan desert of NA. The long blade is good for staying out of reach of thorny or fangy things.

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>>913055
Might as well get something bigger.
Its always better.

>>913055
If there's anything the brazilians are good at, it's hacking each other up with sharp metal
Good choice

>>913095
Gtfo machete > 'heavy knife'

You're talking out your ass

>>914484
>aranyik
This any good

http://www.camouflage.ca/cold_steel_micro_u_s_made_hickory_samburu_spear_p/col95scmb.htm

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Parang used by Penan tribesmen in Borneo.

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More parang

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