Machetes

[SwampRabbit]

I am looking for a good quality machete. Mainly for South Texas brush/cactus whacking. After my latest trip down there to hunt, I realized I need to add one to my gear list.

What does the GS recommend.

[talleywack97]

Online Ontario knife co.

[6.8mmSPC]

Not a machete but I like my Woodsman's Pal better than any machete I have used.

[Texasgamehunter]

Cold steel has some good ones.

[tex4k]

Caterpillar!
If not that look around TSC for a brush axe, (probably not the right name) looks like an upside down J mounted on an axe handle. Works pretty darn good on brush keeps you back away from high velocity whip backs and hefty enough to tackle bigger stuff if need be.

[Take em]

Ditch bank blade may work for you. Gives a little room to swing it and can take down large saplings

[Patton]

Cold steel has some good ones.

Big fan of my cold steel kukri, probably to short of a profile to be swinging into cactus though

[Drycreek3189]

Online Ontario knife co.

You may can find these at an Army Surplas store. That's where I bought mine.

[Buck-Chaser]

Tramontina brand, they come from colombia very good steel with plenty flexibility. I had a cold Steel very stiff steel broke in half chopping a mesquite limb.

[kevin nicholls]

I keep a cold steel kukri on my four wheeler and its done the job from brush to mesquite. It holds a decent edge and carries easy enough. I believe it was in the $20 range. It's going on 3 years of duty.

[El Viejo]

Tramontina brand, they come from colombia very good steel with plenty flexibility. I had a cold Steel very stiff steel broke in half chopping a mesquite limb.

I have a Tramontina and a Cold Steel, both for use in South Texas. I have been very pleased with both of them.

[TexaRican]

In on this. I'm gonna want a good machete for my Hilltop lot. Didn't like what I saw at Academy. Neighbor used to use the Woodsman and I'd like to find one of those.
Academy had a Camillus that looked bad to the bone but I don't want to buy on looks.

[sharkhunter]

Online Ontario knife co.

About as good as you can get and a great value. I have three of them.

[miket]

About as good as you can get and a great value. I have three of them.

Yep. I know some people like a flimsy thin one, I dont, I grew up using em and love the ontario ones. Thick, solid machete.

[SaltwaterSlick]

I have had great service out of the Gerber machete that Academy sells. I have 2 of them, one for my Honda Pioneer I use in East Texas and one I keep in my ranch truck out west. They are very durable and just flexible enough to work well on springy, limber brush. The long handle knife is also a good one... the "J" shape on an axe handle described above. They are also called a surveyor's knife or a Kaiser blade. There are several sizes of these. I'd suggest the smaller one. I have both, and that big sucker is just to heavy and cumbersome to work effectively. The smaller ones can actually be used one handed like a machete... good for brush/cactus with thorns/stickers because of the long handle...