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This Cold Steel is so old (35 years?) that I forgot what it was named by them, and made in the USA, IIRC. Carried when inside my bush Jeep or SideXSide. Attached File |
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson
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Originally Posted By mannyCA: OKC or BK works for me. OKC SP-series are great values for large knives...sucks they dropped that line  Well, I stand corrected, looks like OKC may being some of their SP line back.ROCK6 |
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Originally Posted By wsix: is a big knife better than a hatchet? Who gives a shit, carry what you like. Originally Posted By wsix: is a big knife better than a hatchet? Who gives a shit, carry what you like. That's always a good question, but I think it's less about comparisions and more about envrionment, season, and personal preferences. They do have some overlapping capabilities, but I've always seen a big knife as more versatile with a small sacrifice in chopping performance compared to a hatchet. The hatchet is a better chopper by design, but has a little less versatility. And then you have to define the need. If you're talking about firewood, I don't think they're a huge difference. If you're talking about feeding a small stove the hatchet (along with a small saw) can be more effiicient. For me personally, I would only take a hatchet if I already had a belt knife and saw. If choosing between a hatchet and big knife for my environment, I would be choosing the big knife 9 out of 10 times. Originally Posted By Surfgun: The neighbor probably gets nervous looking into your garage/tool shed. One can make some interesting wind chimes..  Aside from machetes, the larger "knives and kukris" are difficult for many to consider lugging along in the outdoors. I consdier big knives (and kukris) as the tools of both novices and experts. Novices love the marketing, experts maximize their potential. If I'm packing a big knife (which isn't too often), I have to do it intentionally with the planned purpose of using it. They're much like a multitool to me and if I don't force myself to use them, I often end up carrying them and forgetting I have them (othethan the extra weight)  ROCK6 |
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson
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My yard work knife gets used the most. It’s a Kershaw Camp 10 I don’t have any photos of, but this one. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Trucker69: Up where? Originally Posted By Trucker69: Originally Posted By NotIssued: I've found a khuk to be pretty versatile for me. The 5-12 inch blades just sit around. Don't have a machete, not really needed up here. Up where? Can't answer for Trucker69, but once you get further north, the axe and kukri become a little more effective. However, even here in the Southeast, during the later fall to early spring, a heavier chopper works best. There's less leafy vegetation, most of the grapevines have less moisture and are harder to cut with a machete, the blackberry thickets are harder to cut, etc. I'll shift to a lighter machete late spring through early fall. ROCK6 |
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson
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Attached File WW II aircrew (aircraft?) had these, I assume Pacific theater. Not a great design, and a handle from hell. But as a young boy that couldn’t buy his own guns, I had a great collection of knives, bayonets and other stabby things. The massive and terrible handle confirmed my belief that this was a tool made for rough men and rough times. |
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Originally Posted By -OdieGreen-: My yard work knife gets used the most. It’s a Kershaw Camp 10 I don’t have any photos of, but this one. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61399/IMG_5554_jpeg-3753355.JPG Yet again this site costs me money. Was thinking about getting a kukri for the camping box, probbaly Cold Steel. I love my kershaw knives and did not kow they made this. Now it's on its ay via Amazon. |
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| MKC Chopper. An expensive impulse buy that I'm glad I made and I've certainly gotten my money's worth. For my purposes, it's a near perfect balance of small enough to belt carry and not be in the way when climbing, crouching or sitting while also being big and balanced enough to handle most of what the Florida jungles can serve up. |
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The Condor Jungolo is probably the best value chopper out there. It’s got a nice thick distal taper, great balance and tough. I own or have owned everything from Ontario milspec machetes to Busse. For about $100 this is the one |
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Originally Posted By mc556: The Condor Jungolo is probably the best value chopper out there. It’s got a nice thick distal taper, great balance and tough. I own or have owned everything from Ontario milspec machetes to Busse. For about $100 this is the one The ESEE Darien machete is made by Condor and appears to be the same for the same price. With ESEE you get the 100% lifetime warranty. It looks like a good blade. |
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Originally Posted By trails-end: The ESEE Darien machete is made by Condor and appears to be the same for the same price. With ESEE you get the 100% lifetime warranty. It looks like a good blade. Originally Posted By trails-end: Originally Posted By mc556: The Condor Jungolo is probably the best value chopper out there. It’s got a nice thick distal taper, great balance and tough. I own or have owned everything from Ontario milspec machetes to Busse. For about $100 this is the one The ESEE Darien machete is made by Condor and appears to be the same for the same price. With ESEE you get the 100% lifetime warranty. It looks like a good blade. Reading the specs I don’t think it’s the same. I’ll have to pull out the calipers and scale. Edit Not even close ESSE is .95 think and 15.5 oz The Jungalo is .200. 28.6 oz ESSE is sounds more like a true machete vs the condor is a heavy chopper |
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
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Originally Posted By cubie: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/524411/IMG_3119_jpeg-3780337.JPG Who makes these? Wicked good looking knives |
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I have a few Khukuri from the Khukuri house (KHHI) in Nepal. I picked them up a decade or so back. Well made, and only use category I had is to cut down bamboo / camp knife. The only one I would consider using for anything would be one of the mini designed knifes with a small 10" blade. I do have one odd ball one someplace with a k-bar style handle. |
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Never figured how to post pics but: Love my old Becker BK1 aka, The Brute Rebuilding after the apocalypse or going on one of the naked & afraid shows, first choice (in blades) Never understood why they discontinued that one. Greyman Darfur Defender. Old enough that it sports a traditional grind vs the chisel grind he went to in later years. Only a 7" blade but, she's a work horse. Navy issue Woodman's Pal my uncle carried as a Seabee in Nam 1940's USGI Collins machete. Don't recall the exact year off the top of my head. |
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