My new Machete from Amazon

[Deltaboy1984]

It is made from nice feeling steel and came sharp out of the box.

1060 Forged Machete from BudK

Paid 10 bucks and after I redid the handle I got a jewel.

1/4 inch thick spine







It is a factlory second with the makers name ground off.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Another view




My paracord handel job.

 

[Yo Mama]

I see nothing wrong with it, and see alot of potential cutting power in it!

Good buy, looks elegant.

 

[CDR_Glock]

Check out a Benchmade Tomahawk or SOG Tomahawk. Somebody's gonna get hurt real bad (RUssel Peters Quote).


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[hso]

Let us know how well it holds and edge. 1060 is a simple carbon steel with only .60% carbon, not "spring" steel. 5160 may be what you're thinking about.

 

[Hammerson]

Heck of a chopper, Deltaboy. Considering what hso said, if you do any cutting tests, start small and work up. Looks like fun, though!

 

[heron]

Looks like an elongated meat cleaver. I'm betting it'd work real well on saplings and small tree branches. What's the overall length?

 

[Vonderek]

Isn't that a copy of the last Rambo movie knife?

 

[Deltaboy1984]

It is about 14 inchs over all. The Steel is hard enough I have to press hard with 8 inch mill bastard file to cut it.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Isn't that a copy of the last Rambo movie knife?

Yep it is styled after the Rambo movie one; it is rumored to be a GH second.

 

[conw]

GH

I've been hearing this name a lot lately, from an Elvis Presley gift knife to you and now google shows that he gave a knife to Dan Quayle to be placed in the presidential archives...



My first thought was, LOLWUT?

That machete is a cool if basic design. Is it just me though or does anyone else have a really hard time taking most of the designs seriously? They just seem so overdone. Maybe the guy is a really respected knife maker, I don't know, I don't mean to be the disrespectful young guy who doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I first heard about Gil from some Nam vets that ran around with my Nam vet cousin. They said he made custom knives for Soldiers going to Nam. He is in a lot of knife mags and makes knives to be used in movies.

 

[conw]

Yeah, I did some more researching and ended up seeing some posts from hso saying he was very well respected. I would like to see some less fantastical designs though from him. Saw a few skinners that looked neat...

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Gil is a pretty well know knife maker. I am pumped to have a factory second.

 

[hso]

Maybe the guy is a really respected knife maker

Good to see you figured that one out before the rolleyes smilie's started congregating. The guy is in the Hall of Fame and he sure knows how to turn a buck with designing things a large number of folks want to plunk their money down to get. He also makes some pretty good stuff on his own as does his brother and, now, his son.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

Deltaboy, have you weighed that thing yet?

 

[conw]

That would be awfully sharp-looking with some custom desert tan scales

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Not yet but it is almost 2 pounds.