I agree, a :spyder: machete would probably be quite expensive. Unless they sprung on cheap materials and labour, i wouldn't see a machete breaking the $80 price point. Frankly, using cheap materials, workmanship, and labour just isn't what Spyderco does. If they did make such a machete, personally i wouldn't want to abuse it like the cheap Chinese one i currently have. Though i would be surprised if they did come out for such a blade at a fairly reasonable price, i don't think we'll be seeing a 20"+ blade from Spyderco for under $150...Halfneck wrote:The problem about a Spyderco Machete would be the cost in my opinion. I can pick up a good quality machete for under $30, could Spyderco make one around the same price?
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Paid ~100 for the bengal and sheath a few years ago. 20" blade, 26" oal...
I'd gladly pay 150 for a spyderco machete
I'd gladly pay 150 for a spyderco machete
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Why do people worry more if you argue with your voices than if you just talk with them? What about if you lose those arguements?
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Why do people worry more if you argue with your voices than if you just talk with them? What about if you lose those arguements?
Slowly going crazy at work... they found a way to make the voices work too.
I really like machetes - I have a collection of them from 12" to 22" blades, but I don't think they would be the right market for Spyderco to enter -- and they are a different market from knives. Tramontina and Imacasa, among others, make excellent machetes that can be had for literally $7 plus shipping from places like machetespecialists.com. But by nature a machete is going to be hitting the ground, rocks etc. so you don't want it so hard that it will be chipping/breaking - it needs to have some flex.
Sure there are always nicer machetes than the $7 ones, I even bought one of ESEE/RAT's Lite Machetes (blade made my Imacasa in South America, and they put a nice micarta handle on it here in the US), but just putting their nice handle on it brings the street price up to around $60 or more. And they can't give the same unconditional warranty for their machete as they do for their knives, because they don't make the blades, and by nature the blades are going to be given much rougher treatment than a knife.
Much as I would love a big blade from Spyderco (I did get in on ordering one of those Hossom's recently) I sure wouldn't want to use it clearing vines by my chain link fence like I use my cheap machetes.
Sure there are always nicer machetes than the $7 ones, I even bought one of ESEE/RAT's Lite Machetes (blade made my Imacasa in South America, and they put a nice micarta handle on it here in the US), but just putting their nice handle on it brings the street price up to around $60 or more. And they can't give the same unconditional warranty for their machete as they do for their knives, because they don't make the blades, and by nature the blades are going to be given much rougher treatment than a knife.
Much as I would love a big blade from Spyderco (I did get in on ordering one of those Hossom's recently) I sure wouldn't want to use it clearing vines by my chain link fence like I use my cheap machetes.
I tried a couple cheap machetes and they proved to be cheap. Mangled the edge on some dried Kiawe (Mesquite).
I got a Surplus Machete that I've been using does ok, Steel not too hard to sharpen but not too soft. It atleast has a temper since I took a chunk out (cracked off) of it when I was cutting down some Banana trees and didnt see a T-post behind one of the trees. Use a metal file to get it sharp.
This one in the picture next to the Forager is imported from the Philipines got it locally, $65. Spring steel with some kind of bone or horn handle, not sure. Wrapped the string on the handle myself and took some sandpaper and Flitz to clean it up and give it a polish just to see if I could. Slightly thicker than the Forager. First time I went to swing it was to trim some limbs off of a fallen avocado tree, relatively soft wood. First swing angled thru a 3" branch right to the steel toe on the boot. :eek: I took it easy after that. It may not look that nice but it does the job.
Would be nice to see a Spy-chete but not sure if it would be cost effective.
Kev.
I got a Surplus Machete that I've been using does ok, Steel not too hard to sharpen but not too soft. It atleast has a temper since I took a chunk out (cracked off) of it when I was cutting down some Banana trees and didnt see a T-post behind one of the trees. Use a metal file to get it sharp.
This one in the picture next to the Forager is imported from the Philipines got it locally, $65. Spring steel with some kind of bone or horn handle, not sure. Wrapped the string on the handle myself and took some sandpaper and Flitz to clean it up and give it a polish just to see if I could. Slightly thicker than the Forager. First time I went to swing it was to trim some limbs off of a fallen avocado tree, relatively soft wood. First swing angled thru a 3" branch right to the steel toe on the boot. :eek: I took it easy after that. It may not look that nice but it does the job.
Would be nice to see a Spy-chete but not sure if it would be cost effective.
Kev.
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