Sam Cade
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Soooo...
Somewhere along the line, youtube decides that my viewing habits make "Lynn on the saber Part 1 of 2" a perfect choice for me.
After wasting 8:09 of my life on that tripe, I decided I'd check out his website, coldsteel.com, and take a look at his machete page:
http://www.coldsteel.com/Category/5_1/Machetes.aspx
Lots of neat looking stuff there, but after watching a few of his videos where this guy, and one or more of his buddies, are slinging more BS than blades, I just can't work myself up to buying a single thing on his website.
Almost everything on his website is 1055 steel, which seems to be a carbon steel which is pretty tough, being on the upper end of the medium grade carbon steel. (From a Fracture Mechanics standpoint, this would mean it's not a "hard" steel, capable of maintaining a keen edge.) Which means it's probably excellent for a machete, given what I've learned from reading your material.
Having done a wee bit of research on 1055, it is tough as all get-out...but edge-wise it fails for ability to retain an edge. Which is the other important factor for knives and swords.
I think that NFW might be due for a Cold Steel discussion since we havent had one in some time.