Tramontina Machete 5 Pack

It’s probably been close to 10 years since I bought this 5-pack. My family has given them a lot of use on our small farm cutting brambles, brush, privet, etc. I’ve even used the longer ones to chop down up to 6″ trees when I haven’t had an axe available. They’re basic utilitarian machetes that, all in all, seem to do their job very well (although I’ve never used more expensive machetes or really any other machetes at all for comparison), except for the 13″ cane machete which I’ve found pretty worthless and is the reason I knocked one star off. For a machete of that shape/style it seems like it needs more weight to be useful and that it’s too flimsy. I’ve been perfectly satisfied with the metal quality on the other ones, though, and they’re holding up very well however many years later. My children use the other two smaller machetes regularly and like them, maybe even prefer them, but I almost always prefer the additional weight and swing of the two plastic handled ones. Every once in a while the bolo style machete has seemed useful to me to fill a specific niche. Although my children regularly use the 12″ machete, I’m not sure why they like it. I would pretty much never choose it. Maybe if it were heavier I’d use a machete that small. Especially when wearing gloves, I’ve occasionally let some of these machetes fly by accident. More of a fatter section at the bottom (like on an axe or hatchet handle) or something else like that might be an upgrade. All in all, I’m quite happy with them.

I picked up some of these years ago and have used the Bolo with wooden handles quite a bit. I spent over a year exploring the back roads and BLM lands of the southwest US in a 4×4 camper truck. I used it for just about everything including cleaning fish. The blade has held up amazingly well. Would not trade it for another. It rides under the back seat with the cold steel shovel as a top go to cutting tool around camp on the next adventure for now. This is an amazingly good price for the blade you get.

This is a very good deal. Tramontina has very high quality steel that won’t roll or chip, it sometimes just dents. The fact that they aren’t distally tapered makes them slightly floppier, harder to get used to, but they have more weight forward, which means they chop very well. THe 24″ is a workhorse, although 20″ is my favorite. The 12″ is useful, but its chopping power is limited because its weight is balanced, not forward. The Bolo hits very well for chopping, although the 20″ and 24″ both hit harder. It is also a less versatile blade shape that I don’t use all that often. These are very tough machetes, with decent handles, although the plastic should be covered with a grip. I definitely recommend this purchase.

A Great deal on a good plus, rating of a 5 pack of machetes
that will handle all my needs.

First off I emailed a question and received an immediate intelligent response. Second this 5 pack is an amazing deal and will cover every Machete need I will ever have on my property each Machete is a no frills workhorse with easily maintainable steel, also the edge they arrive with was just fine for limbing and easily sharpened further for brush and weeds. Also my receipt had a hand signed reply to the msg. that was attached to my order. This company is a true American Winner.

Basic brush cutters. What moar do you expect?