11-23-2013, 08:51 PM | #121 |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
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Lynn Thompson contracts Lasher Tools in South Africa to build "machete" swords from stamped 1055 with molded on poly-pro grips. Among them is a "Gladius" of sorts. http://www.coldsteel.com/images/products/97GMS_m.jpg It comes sharp-ish, with a serviceable sheath for a street price of around $30. These aren't anything special at all, Lasher machetes are pretty far down on the list for me, but simple 1055 at moderate hardness is TOUGH. |
11-24-2013, 07:14 PM | #122 | |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
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The thing is there is very very limited demand for anything truly functional as a fighting blade in comparison to work tools and props, but even the props range in quality from ultracheap to fine, from cheap machine stamped Pakistani steel to beautifully handworked damascus/tamahagane steel. |
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11-24-2013, 09:01 PM | #123 |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
I have a cold steel brand machete and it does a superb job at hacking bamboo and other tough weeds and other such general around the house work
WalMart sells machetes for significantly less, and I have no idea how well they do/do not work I am sure that far better machetes can be made and exist, but, would they really work that much better at things such as 'clearing bamboo away from your driveway' and such tasks machetes are made for? It would seem somewhere diminishing returns would kick in I dont like most $1 kitchen knives Ive met. I am hit or miss at the $10-20 range, but some of them Ive enjoyed as much as my $50+ knives. I like all my $50+ knives |
11-24-2013, 09:38 PM | #124 | ||
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
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http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce...IMC503449.html* While you might not be able to discern much of a difference wacking bamboo in your drive way for a few minutes, swinging one all day while clearing a fenceline , hacking out a garden plot or busting trail will surely tell a different tale. Quote:
*Error in the description. It isn't stainless, the blade is polished and clearcoated 1075. |
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11-24-2013, 09:54 PM | #125 | |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
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AFAIK that's the thing Cold Steel has going for them, they pre-sharpen the blades so they're usable right off, since half the people out there wouldn't know that they need to sharpen a work blade, far less how to sharpen it. |
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11-24-2013, 10:04 PM | #126 |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
Nope.
However, Condor is IMACASA's upscale premium line and condor also makes the machetes currently sold under the Marbles marquee. The Marbles machetes are nicely convexed and usually paper slicing right out of the box, have a durable orange painted blade and sell for less than $20. To wit: $15, sharpened, with serviceable sheath and a nearly useless sharpening stone. http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce...e/MA12718.html Usually they aren't sharp enough to actually use (but it is faster to get to a working edge since you don't have to hog so much metal) and they often burn the edges to the point that you have to grind WAY back before you get to steel that hasn't been annealed. |
11-24-2013, 10:28 PM | #127 | |
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Re: On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords
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http://www.amazon.com/Wartech-Biohaz...dp/B00CFOWC4G/ Half the people buying them wouldn't know what a sharp blade is, they're either using it to clear a bush or two in their backyard, or they're going to be swinging it at watermelons and such, so they'll think the Cold Steel blade is better just because it's got some sort of edge. |
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