ArmyTaco
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Anyone know or have an opinion? Vines, branches, briars, etc. Some places it's very thick and you have to cut a path into your dog. Let's here it.
Anyone know or have an opinion? Vines, branches, briars, etc. Some places it's very thick and you have to cut a path into your dog. Let's here it.
Best answer.What's the end all, be all machete these days?
That would be the one in the hands of a younger helper. The brand isn't as important as the age of the swinger.
Most feed and farms carry them, ones that are made for working around $20 with a sheath. I have 2 that were made in Brazil. They both take and hold a good edge and are well balanced. Anything that says China is junk in my opinion. Wal mart and Ninja stores at the mall sale the very worst. They have soft metal and the edge rolls off too easy. A cold steel Kukari also has very soft steel. Learning to cut at an angle is paramount . Much like a mowing Scythe you have to learn to let the tool do the work.
I have there pole saw. Man that’s a bad dude! Aluminum and slides and locks into place . I can do some serious land cutting with thatSomewhat of a different tack from me. I use a Silky Saw Zubat.
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One of my most handy multi tools in the deer woods. If you learn to hold it by the very end and let it pivot in your hand like the hinged the blade of a Bushhog, it snaps through brambles and weeds easier than a machete Because the teeth cut on contact with no slippage along the blade. I can use it to move large portions of bramble to the side of my trail and then one long draw with the blade leaves them permanently cut and out of the way. It will also cut through 2" saplings or limbs with only 1 or 2 draws of the blade. It is so sharp that if you let it touch your leg, knee or arm on a swing it will cut you through your britches.
I have several, and I'm rarely in the woods, especially preseason (then never) without it and a good pair of hand snips (Stihl). Both in their holsters.