Cold Steel machetes, or machete knives have a reputation throughout the world for being strong, sharp and extremely durable. When you purchase a machete from Cold Steel, you're buying more than just "a machete", you're investing in reliable tool you can count on to be there when you need it.

Machetes were essential for harvesting the sugar cane in America and the Caribbean, but they could become a deadly weapon during a slave rebellion. These tools symbolize the instability of a society based on slavery.

Founded in Ventura, California, the company is currently based in Irving, Texas after an acquisition by GSM Outdoors in 2020. Cold Steel products are manufactured worldwide, including in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, India, Italy, China, and South Africa.

The most common materials for machete blades are stainless steel and carbon steel, with carbon stainless steel coming on the market to combine the advantages of both. Stainless steel is less likely to rust, but not as tough as carbon steel.

Simply put, the Cold Steel SRK (Survival Rescue Knife) was designed specifically with this in mind. A popular knife with Military and Tactical Law Enforcement Personnel, the SRK is the standard issue knife of the Navy SEALS for their BUDS - or Basic Underwater Demolition training - the SRK has pr...

Carbon steel Carbon steel, generally speaking, has the advantage of being harder than stainless steel, and will stay sharp for a longer time period. Once re-sharpening is necessary, however, carbon steel is more difficult to re-sharpen due to its strength.

Machete is Robert Rodriguez's film based on his mock trailer made for the double grindhouse release of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof and his own Planet Terror. B-Grade superstar Danny Trejo stars as the title character.

: a large heavy knife used especially for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon.

Differences in Manufacturing Standards Companies in China are producing steel at a faster rate, flooding the market and dropping prices. It is produced at a rapid rate and it is not held up to the same quality standards as American steel.

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spring tempered 1055 carbon steel Made from spring tempered 1055 carbon steel, the Cold Steel Jungle Machete is incredibly tough. With the weight-forward balance necessary to chop through vines, saplings, brush and even small trees, and a sharp point that offers a multitude of survival and bushcraft capabilities.

What knives do British Army soldiers and members of the Special Air Service (SAS) carry on them while in service? Your bayonet is standard issue. Any other knife is personal choice, but they tend to be for practical use not hand to hand combat.

It was manufactured by the Tula Arms Plant for Soviet Spetsnaz troops in the 1980s, and is still used as a personal weapon for modern Spetsnaz troops and special law enforcement groups. The NRS-2 is designed for either stabbing or throwing with the blade, or fired at distances of up to 25 metres.

OKC has manufactured the 1-18 Military Machete under U.S.A. Government Specifications for over 70 years and that same high quality is found in all of our machete products. OKC's machetes all feature rugged carbon steel blades with a zinc-phosphate finish and molded plastic handles.

Despite its Spanish word origin, the first major industrial manufacturers of machetes were English and American. English machete makers did their briskest business in the regions under the Empire's control: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, British Guiana, and Grenada.

That's where a Star Wars-loving genius named Rod Hilton comes in. A few years ago, this devoted fan came up with a way of preserving the twist and saving the best bits, by simply watching the films in a different order. He named his method the Machete Order, after his blog.