Testing The Cheapest Machete On AMAZON
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Wranglerstar: As a machete enthusiast, two problems I saw that would sway opinions over machetes. The first thing is the weight, and the second is the amount of bending. Cold Steel is pretty failing in both categories. A good, proper weighed machete should be able to anything a brush axe can.
Wranglerstar its good for beheading chickens and protecting you're self from bears and mountain lions and chopping snakes so there is use for it in you're area just not for managing woodlands,cut it up and make something you can use it for there are a few knife blades in it
@Joel Sandler I just watched Wranglerstars video about a brush axe. I can't imagne that a machete is ANYWHERE near that in effectivity. The brush axe has a very thick blade and a long handle a machete in comparison ist tiny - the leverage achieved with the brush axe has to be far superior.
Gabbafoo The machete achieves as much as it does by the heavy forward weight that is common with machetes. This allows even a smaller blade to achieve enough momentum to cut through even small saplings in one or two swings. Admittedly some things are better done with a brush axe, simply because its more comfortable to do so, but in poorer countries where machetes are cheap and brush axes are nowhere in sight, the machete is used for most of the same jobs.
Hey Cody, have you ever seen a woodman's pal?
ive never seen him so frustrated by a tool working
Stuggy lol
Stuggy lol
Too un-christian for him
I consider this video and endorsement.
It preformed well even when he didn't want it to.
Machetes are my specialty personally and I love seeing someone who dislikes them be proved wrong
I normally live your videos, but you just abused the heck out of that poor blade before taking it to the field. Please stop doing destruction tests before use tests, it's incredibly frustrating to watch.
Agreed.
He tuned up the sharpening before using it so it was a fair test...
Andrew H yep, I agree, but with this proviso: as much as possible, have the right tool for the job. In his woods, certain vines and bushes would as soon call for a machete as it would other tools. Some jobs don't call for a machete.
I would also have like to have seen a better service edge put on it before whacking anything, especially minor tree braches. For some reason, the same respect he gives to knives and axes he receives for review, use and a fair start didn't get given to the pranga. I don't own a machete and I've never owned one, but if I was checking it out, I'd think knowing I haven't any great experience with it I'd better check out some information on its applications and limits would help inform and improve my testing, and sharpen it first... That kinda makes a short story long by me - sorry!
All that said, I get a great kick out of your videos, and I learn a lot, too. Thanks, keep up the good work :)
Carthago Delenda Est Well he did admit that he wanted it to fail so...
Andrew H I know right. It's anoying but good to know how it performs after torture.
He isn’t even using it right and it’s still working for him. He is literally trying to make it not work and it’s still working.
Machetes aren’t used for hardwood they used for foliage in jungles
The bias is over 9000
I don't think he knows how to use it to be fair
@@brycejustin8750 yeah maybe but he shouldn’t be so bias towards it
@@gamingwithluis5982 yeah, altho to be honest there are better tools than a machete to use in his environment but I think the machete a good all around-er
Machete: WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME😭😭😭
I don't know why this was suddenly in my recommended but it was oddly amusing watching a midwestern dude try and fail to make a machete look bad and get increasingly angry about it in the process.
‘Why monkey blade work? ME NO WANT MONKEY BLADE WORK!’ Is basically the vibe i got from this video
ahh yes, pacific north west = midwest
The machete seemed to be working fine but it's so funny watching him struggling with it.
@@ibanheadhunter8317 struggling to make it look bad
You didn't hit the handle hard enough or bend the blade far enough. Why didn't you just break it first, then see how it worked in pieces?
Smh
I agree, why doesnt he tries it first AND THEN stress test it.
I think him and the misses had a big fight.
@@stevewall7044 Because he had an obvious bias and was being an absolute toddler about it.
Aren't machetes designed for tall grasses? Thin, flexible blade for clearing with a single swipe.
I guess a canoe would not work so well sliding down a mountain side either.
Some are some are not. Ie the kukri style ones and the thicker heavier blades actually do pretty well with smaller trees, it also depends on you honeing angle. My general rule of thumb is everything up to about 3 or 4 for inches then I get the axe out or spend the next half hour getting a good arm workout
Well that was his point throughout the whole video. He was saying it's not good for his specific environment.
Not exactly, they were made to cut trough brushes and jungle vines, the Mexican Guaparra (one of the first kinds of machetes) wasnt as wide and it wasnt as heavy as the more modern machetes.
The Machete evolved a lot as soon as it became a thing in Asia and Africa, the blades became wider and more tip heavy, i assume this was because they needed a heavy duty machete over there and stuff like the Bolo, the Parang and the Cane machetes came to life
Watch snow kayaking. Ok it's not a canoe but close.
Depending on the mountain a canoe might do pretty well!
Ahahahah This is the first time I’ve seen him approach something with an open obvious bias and lament even holding it. It’s like when you force a kid to try on a shirt that they don’t like and they stand all funny and act weird
The picture this put in my head is golden
One of the most accurate comments here 🤣
I was that kid 😂😂
I'm sorry... this is ridiculous. You are either intentionally failing, to make a product that you already decided you didn't like look bad, or you are the ONLY person in the world who can't chop effectively with a machete.
Dieter Dietzen Around 14:15 he says "I don't want it to work... can you tell?" He says some similar stuff throughout the video. So yeah, he's clearly trying to make it fail his tests but it still does a decent job despite that.
Cuts a bunch of things easily.. "it's just terrible "
i mean cutting isn't everyth8ing. same way you can sharpen a cheap knife to a razor point. He also takes down medium trees with axes and calls them gimmicks afterwards
yes
@Anonymous yeah but hes not reviewing a cheap hatchet is he? hes reviewing a cheap machete by using it on things its not even made for
@@nahirionnor7883 i am a knife maker and i being using hatchets and machetes for a 14 years and i would never choose a hatcher over a machete, if you swing whit force, it would cut for far better than a hatchet, it has more speed and less material thiccnes, so it split better the wood, for chopping yeah it is better an axe
just because it cuts good doesnt mean it feels good
I've never seen prejudice aimed at a tool before... That's a new one
I really don't think the prejudice is only just aimed at the tool. It just so happens to be the topic of the video.
@Mc Kyle Dodongo uh what
Why not just make a video explaining that you're too biased against machetes to be able to say anything rational about them.
I thought that was what this was
Not only machetes
Some people just don't enjoy the vibe certain tools bring. It's easier to just respect that's he's an axe man and move on
@@renenk4824 Why would we respect him as an axe man when he doesn't respect neither the tool nor its users? Especially since he made the decision of making the video, so he knew he won't like it
Well that's the first time I've seen code with an "I can't be bothered" attitude, it's a shame I was enjoying the way these cheap test videos were but this one is just a let down.
Pretty sure the parang was created in Indonesia, great for jungle with thinner brush. It's made to cut off hands in the same way a car was made to run people over.
clearly you never played GTA
YESSSS
Matt Davis You deserve more thumbs ups my friend
Thanks for the second sentence of this comment.
Absolutely. The denser canopies of tropical forests choke out more light, favoring thinner (diameter, not density) ground cover. For a temperate forest with more moderate-sized woody brush I think you'd be better suited with something a bit heavier, perhaps a kukuri or a small axe.
I'm normally a fan of Wranglerstar videos, but this isn't a review at all. It's just a 20 minute, biased video of Cody explaining why he doesn't care for machetes. Bummer.
V4W Wtf are you going on about
@@chyguy3776 yeah I know right
EDIT: oh I actually just watched the video and this is indeed a 20 minute biased video.
source: watched the video
Ofcourseifuckinglift Ironically I don’t even know what I was going on about
@@chyguy3776 goddammit lol. this is the perfect reply hahaha
"I mean, it's damn near indestructible, cuts everything I set out to cut, and works remarkably well for what it's for, but I just don't like it, so 0/10"
Fish With A Knife don’t forget it’s made somewhere other than America which means it’s bad
@@mitchellbaird1628 the only time thats bad when its made by a communist country. like china which most of the time is.
Fish With A Knife it’s not indestructible it’s flexible. I have a piece of thin steel in my backyard that can bend the same way. The edge chiped out with a couple of small wacks on an anvil. Yes it cut everything he tried to cut but with a lot of force and energy. He couldn’t do that consistently for hours like he would be able to with a saw. Now with that being said it did work well for its price, just not for that area.
@nikola poyukov Quite off there bud, germany still beats ya, maybe thats why they are about to beat you guys in economy.
@@tonyravioli1982 cold steel is made in Taiwan,which is not China,also the USSR had some good products,but china is just pure crappy engineering made by children
"Yeah, I guess it cuts that pretty well. Alright, it cuts that as well. Yep, it gets through that pretty well. Overall it's terrible"
Was anyone else cringing to their core when he was smacking the blade on an ANVIL!
He was also complaining about chipping right after
Meh, we don't have bamboo, all we have are big tall trees and a few cacti down south.
He was trying to break it before he used it so he could say. " see it was usless".
Дима Кварков well he said he wouldn’t ding it he knew so he didn’t complain
More like when he was bending it
I grew up in North Carolina. Let me tell you, when you are trying to climb around a strand of briars, a machete is your best friend.
I also grew up in North Carolina and was going to say about the same thing. I've built camping shelters use a machete.
I used a cheap $20 machete to clear a bunch from my grandfather's backyard, and it even held up taking down small trees. Good tools don't always cost a fortune.
I'm from Nc too and that's the damn truth. A good machete is a life saver
Ah good ole NC. My backyard has briars up to 1 inch in diameter and my land off of the Pee Dee river has brush that grows like wildfire...my Tramontina is certainly my best friend, especially in the spring and summer.
I’m in Georgia and I use a machete for hiking through swamp it’s a must have here. I normally go with a thicker blade though.
This is more biased than the M16 and AK47 test that R lee Ermy had
Angelika Jäger yes it is. I remember that episode like it was yesterday.
Just watched it to see what you meant. That's history channel which is a joke, the episode was scripted to be humorous but he was right. M16 is a far better rifle for everything besides shooting down brick walls.
At least the Sargent had manners and class and dignity. He didn't make unconnected offensive insults just to spite ethnic cultures of non-european origin.
@@enriquegarcia2790 bruh. He literally lost all of my respect. The lack of class and intellectual honesty was beyond dissapointing.
Thing about that episode is he knew the advantage went to the AK a lot, and threw in some humor about that. But yeah it is heavily biased.
I've seen this video from Wranglerstar once already, rewatching just because I wanted to see what angle he put on the edge of the machete. He definitely puts it through some tests that I don't think are fair or relevant.
So much kvetching! I grew up using a machete on pine trees and brambles. I had a great laugh at how much you hated admitting a machete could cut anything. Testing the handle first so that if it failed you didn't have to do a field test was a clever move. Keep up the good work!
thought the same. You should first go to the forest and then test in vise...
And banging the blade on an anvil first so that he could do a sloppy job at sharpening (or should I say dulling) the edge and claiming that it can´t cut.
As so many people said, set up for failure.
+Sam Nelson I live in a amazonic rainforest area, I use a wooden handle machete, never got it with rot or mold nor termites (really, termites? how long would you have to leave the machete neglected so termites would get to it?).
I sanded it well when I got it and then treated it with peroba oil (you can use linseed oil if you can't have peroba, which is native to the amazon). Super comfortable, does not cause blisters, never rots.
Plastic handles, no matter how good, will give you blisters or at least scratchy hands from continued use.
Also, machetes are supposed to be carried on a scabbard on your waist, and stored hanging on a wall, so the handle is never really in contact with humidity and dirt that causes rot and mold.
+fosterlover Plus he was kinda racist with it by calling it a primitive tool, saying people use it because it is simpler to make than an axe.
Lol, what? The axe is one of the most primitive tools that exist, it uses less metal and the metal does not need to be of as good quality as for a machete. Axes have been made for thousands of years. The machete is a pretty recent invention.
Good machetes in South America are made sometimes of forged springsteel (the most modern ones are made of sheet steel, but good quality, like 1070, or even 1090, and QT treated). It requires A LOT of blacksmithing skill to make a good machete.
The reason south americans prefer it is just because it excells at its job: it is light weight, easy to carry, versatile, can be used both as a tool and as a weapon to defend against wild animals (specially venonmous snakes). The axe is simply none of those things. Plus, you can even carry an axe in your hands if needed, while having the machete in the scabbard in your waist.
I agree with the assessment of it wasn't a fair review I'm in Washington not that far north of Cody, the Gavlan 21" machete I have is fantastic I've used it for all sorts of things (including a picaroon), don't get me wrong I like axes as well, but a good machete can do everything a cruiser style axe can and more.
You came in already biased, you don´t like the idea, thought of it as a third-world, primitive tool and forgot what it is about.
It is about breaking a new trail through really dense vegetation, not pruning a pine tree.
It is about reaching in and limbing off a thorny acacia bush at the stem with one strike and not tearing your hand open in the thorns in the process.
It is about efficiency in cutting (you struck the trees with the third of the blade closer to the handle, not the third of the blade closer to the tip).
Here in NE Brazil axes are rare. Axemanship as you guys do is nonexistant, but every country bumpkin has and uses machetes well and doesn´t trade them for nearly any other tool to do their job.
But then, our woods are harder and thornier than your soft pines.
This had the makings of being a really great series, but I´m losing my interest in it, as you always set the tools up for failure, with the exception maybe of the Cold Steel Axe. Really sad, I expected more from you.
What's a good machete brand? I've seen Tramontina, Imacasa, Cold Steel, Condor, Hansa, etc. Also, do you know anything about the differences between the different types of machetes?
Condor is good. Here in New England I use one for trail maintenance and when I was working for a surveyor I used it to cut sight lines. One trick I use is I changed the angle of the edge from about 23degs to about 28. By doing that you give the edge more beef. This is good when you are cutting hard wood like Hemlock knots. I don't understand the comment about how sharp the Machete is. After I sharpen mine I can take a piece of copy paper, hold it in one hand and slice a section off with no problem. It will cut a 1" Red Maple sapling with on or two swings. It's a great trail tool. I often carry it on a belt to brush back. It's lighter than clippers and faster. For blow downs, etc, I carry a chain saw. I believe in using the right tool for the right job.
Cold Steel makes many kinds of inexpensive machetes. I personally use the Kukri shape which is great for chopping.
Let's see, right, THERE is the unsubscribe button..
You seem to be knowledgeable on this so i will ask here rather than research (I live far north); why bother cutting through vegetation when you can just walk through it? Prevent snags on gear? worries of insects? moisture rubbing on your clothing? thorns? seems like a lot of effort to blaze a trail if you will only be in the area temporarily.
Me: What shall I watch this time...
CZcams, 2019: You've gotta see this overtly biased review of a cheap machete sold on Amazon from over 2 years ago.
I like the video and don’t want to say anything rude because I decently enjoyed the video. But I did really like this comment. 😂😂
He's a disgrace to his family and to field works of the world. He bashed the most popular agricultural tool in the world and made offensive remarks because he couldn't actually get the machete to look bad no matter how hard he tried.
@@enriquegarcia2790 It's weird how passionate you are about machetes. In most forests they are not useful, unless you're going bush bashing. Axes and saws are way more useful in every context. They have uses in certain places, though. Just not where he is.
@@enriquegarcia2790 Most North American forests aren't extremely bushy. A good pair of boots and sturdy jeans you just stomp everything in your path. The only things we really worry about are rocks and trees. Machetes aren't optimal for either.
@@Svilly12 Dude that guy is all over the comments griping about the video XD
This actually made me want one! Seems like a great blade for the price!
I know right? He was beating on it and it was holding up amazing.
Yea mate, in my country we even take down entre trees with those, there's even a character name by those things
The machete is a Jack of all trades but master of none, it is very versatile but it does not replace any other tool
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@@thememe986 yeah, it does, you think that 'cause you' ve never been in México
If you don't want to do a machete video just say "I don't want to do a machete video. "
He was basically saying that throughout the entire video.
"A machete is as versatile as the person using it." -RAY MEARS
Yeah like chopping the heads off mountain lions
Yes you are definitely right
xenophontiacicidationarionism 😂😂😂😂
A saw a guy that cut a notch in the tip of the spine and used it to pick up branches without having to bend over.
williwonti explain more
I'd like to see him use his favorite axe or saw to cut BlackBerry bushes. What makes marchettis so good is that they are really good at clearing brush and can take down a small tree or a branch in a pinch.
I'm cracking up over here! "I'm sure it's great for genocide"😂😂😂well that escalated quickly lol
Hahaha and lopping off hands that made me laugh so hard
I laughed so hard I ran out of breath and had a coughing/laughing fit and couldn't breathe!! XD
Hahahahahahaha
It is
Or when he says “ made in South Africa; of course it is....”
He spent 4 minutes talking about a respirator during a machete review.
you read my mind. I actually skipped over all that nonsense and even then it felt long.
Malcolm Crane as I read your comment the respirator part popped up lmao
😂😂
A product placement?
For a moment I thought youtube had skipped to a different video
i know why ...............hahahah no need and spent more time talking how this knife cant do anything at "his speed" what a crock
I grew up in the same area, and we used Machetes all the time, they were great to have on hand, especially for clearing blackberries quickly. The let down here is not understanding WHAT the tool is used for, WHY to use it, WHEN to use it, and HOW to use it.
czcams.com/video/nwu-6t9tHnQ/video.html
Makes me appreciate the project farm guy even more
Exactly at least project farm does actual tests this guy is just so biased that he tries to make a product look bad
14:43 * Gives it a few half-assed whacks *
"i'M tiReD aLrEaDy!"
Basically wranglerstar trying to break a machete
cody ..... you were just negative going into this video .... machete never had a chance ............ I'm a homesteader and ive had machetes for many many years .. they work great for what they are intended to be used for.
14:36 sir i'm from the philippines, a tropical country. you are holding the branch the wrong way. hold on the other end and cut downward, at an angle towards the branch. the branch will not swing as you swing the machete. two years had pass wish i watched these much earlier.
If there is a country that knows how to use a Machete, its the Philippines, these guys have been using these tools even before they had the name "Machete"
@@A-G-F- that's the reason why i unsubscribed to wranglerstar.bias and poor presentation of facts
He does say to use it at an angle. About 14:30
You can give him tops all you want. He's being an absolute toddler here. This isn't a review.
I’m Guatemalan this videos made me laugh
wow, what an amazing tool. it did so well even though the man wanted it to fail. he proved a machete has a place on a western homestead.
How did he prove that? Sure, he wasn't enthusiastic in his test, but the machete wasn't made for that type of woodwork anyway. It was made for clearing foliage in the jungle etc.
A machete in a western setting seems like a meme, but if it works for you, great. I just don't think it'll apply to people in general.
@@AsifIcarebear3 Well that is how people use machetes when cutting hardwood. Just wack at it at an angle until it chops off the wood. It takes a bit of manpower to chop wood so I can see why he got so tired quickly. The machete is just a great multi-purpose tool that can do almost everything although not perfectly but hey, you can get the job done with it.
@@ibanheadhunter8317 I dunno, he got tired after swinging his arm (and he was really limp-wristing it) like a dozen times.
If that's tiring, he may want to see a doctor and get his heart checked out. Could be some undiagnosed blocked arteries or congestive heart failure. It happens.
But I'm pretty sure he was just desperately concocting excuses to dislike the tool. I think he was just trying to disprove people telling him to get/use a machete, but it didn't really work very well, because he accidentally bought a fairly well made machete which just happened to be cheap.
If you don't want it to work, it won't. This was more a review of machetes in general. Also the attitude is horrible. Life is more enjoyable if you have an open mind.
taanneth true but it's his own opinion so
I was going to say he had already decided it was terrible before he even tried it.
OK, so why claim to be "testing" something that you don't like, don't know how to use effectively and isn't useful for the particular jobs you are trying to do, then get frustrated when it works better than you expect? "Testing" implies using something first, forming an opinion of it second. This is an angry rant about machetes interspersed with casual racism.
So true. He had already decided he hated it, even mentioned in the video that it was working when he didn't want it to. His mind was already made up before he "tested" this machete.
soo god damn it true
"didn't break really till I hit the 45° mark right there" literally breaks at like 75°
Gerasimos Kavvadas thought it was a 45 meh
@@mason8852 45° gradian maybe
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It’s like watching general Robert e lee doing a review on the north
very late reply but this is top 5 funniest things i’ve ever read in my life
LOLLLLLLLLLLLL
🤣🤣🤣☝
That make this 100 times better
Good comment👍🏼😘
If you're going to review a tool, maybe you should learn how to use it first.
Great idea! And also not try to destroy it before cutting and using it.
Funny thing is it still works even when he doesn't use it right
Also you can't do a cutting test while holding the object since your arm absorbs most of energy. Thus why it cut so much better when you were cutting directly from the tree.
He wanted it to fail, so he tried to be as ineffective as he could. Sorry but this video was disappointing. I couldn't care one way or the other about machetes but... If your goal when making a video is being as biased as you can possibly be then don't even bother making the video.
atnfn: You are fortunate that the dislike button doesn't work in the comment section - cause you would be negative infinity. Any video made by Cody is worth watching!
Silversurfer I don't think he meant it's not worth watching, even for me it's not the best of what he has to offer. I use a machete and I can chop through much bigger branches with ease, but it did feel from the start as if he did not want it to work, so it won't .
Ok, here's the deal. A machete is an incredibly useful tool when used properly. But just like an axe, it takes some practice and knowledge. Cody clearly has neither. I've had the same machete for 20 years. It is hands down my favorite tool, and I use it in a similar environment as Cody's test. Properly sharpened and properly swung, it cuts through inch and a half thick branches with one swipe, and doesn't require a lot of effort.
After a storm swept through our neighborhood a few years back, one of the neighbor ladies expressed concern over the fact I was using it to clear brush and branches. I looked at her, walked over to a crabapple tree, with two swipes took off either side of a crabapple and left the stem and a 2mm flat section of the middle still hanging on the tree. I said "I think I'm pretty good with this one" and went back to work.
I gotta say, I've never been actually disappointed in a Wranglerstar video until now. Might as well have been watching AvE review a computer video card using his normal methods. Scratch that, that probably would be really entertaining at least. This was more like a NY cab driver reviewing a bucket loader.
You sound like Hillary
jeez...what do you have against cabbies.
"made in South Africa, well and of course it is." It's good for genocide" you walked into a review that you wanted the tool to fail in. I'm not pro machete but I know you can make great content and was let down by this.
I have to agree. Those comments shocked me...Africans use machetes to work with just as Asians, North Americans and Latin Americans do. And in all these countries, they are sometimes used as weapons to maim and/or kill.
I find it so ironic and insensitive because if he was reviewing any sort of AR he wouldn't say "Aha, these are really good for school shootings or killing children" but it's a tool that has been used to hurt non-Americans so being callous is okay.
Bro it was a joke lmao
Kinda get the feeling you didn't want it to work lol.
He smacks the anvil then says his hand is fine and doesnt feel anything. Smakes a peice of wood and complains that it hurts his hand
Chris wade 😂😂😂
he plays up less important injuries, he had a bandage on a sprained wrist that wasnt even near his wrist
He dosent hit the handle as hard as he hits the wood
@@kevinmorrice could it have been a different injury?
He always finds a way to plug silkie saws. I bet he is sponsored by them and if he wants to be a review channel he has to keep an open mind. If h would li the silkie in a vice bend it 90 it would either snap or stay bent and the tip he would have same issue.
Your swing is wrong. I has to be a brisk short stroke at an angle and preferably not holding the sapling.
The type of vegetation is irrelevant. It is widely used in the Amazon where there are more varieties of plants and trees and it works fine. You just cant expect to know how to use it the first time you try it. It takes time to master its use
yeah, I leave in a tropical area, his swing is wrong and its preferably using the machete on dense vegetation, that dont have ''wood'' twigs
wipe on wipe off daniel son
You can literally hear him say “I don’t want this to work” poor display
He said it, and the way he said it definitely wasn't underhanded. So I don't see the problem. He's just biased but he's also never said he was coming into it unbiased.
Racial bias
@@ShitStainedBallSack it’s because it’s black haha
@@aforerunner1773 it's because it's mainly depicted as being used by non-white people definitely.
I wish I was kidding, but you can tell by the sort of dichotomy he draws.
It's often about who is using it as opposed to the purpose.
@@aymericst-louis-gabriel8314 Imagine bringing race into a machete review
I've never seen someone whine so much about a tool doing what it's supposed to. Do research on machetes first if you are going to be so biased so you can u can understand them
Wow, the most biased wranglerstar video I've seen
AutumnMorn '60 People don't understand that...
No - handsaw vs japanese handsaw was super biased
Entertain? If this was supposed to be funny, it was lost on me. It just seemed like he wanted to prove that machetes are useless, except for cutting off hands in Africa.
I have to agree with him though, it's not meant for chopping hard wood that is more common in North America.
Considering machetes are used to cut down african iron wood, that is false
Arrogance and ignorance.
I served in the Peace Corps in South America. There were five year old kids in my village who could use a machete better and with more control than you did in this video. I literally watched those kids knock the top of a coconut they were holding in the other hand with ease. If you have the wealth to have a bunch of different tools, sure there are specific purpose tools that will work better. If you can only afford one tool, there are few that can do so many jobs reasonably well than a machete.
“Let me try to break it as hard as I can before actually going out and testing it”
Now try clean a terrain with large undergrowth with an axe, few swings with no results will make look the axe useless....
733Rafael a scythe is only good for grasses and the such.
733Rafael kinda. Undergrowth is a bit of a blanket term to describe grasses and shrubs. A scythe blade has to be very thin to reap grass and wheat so hitting even a thin branch from a shrub could deform and dull the blade. Also as a after thought, you may not have enough room to properly use it.
733Rafael maybe. You have to remember the weight differences too. Also those are a lot of assumptions which you don't make when it comes to Bush craft.
A machete DEFINITELY has a place in the South East United States. lol Sometimes the thicket is so dense you can't see 2 ft. through it.
Finally someone with some sense. Not all tools are used in all situations. But man this is a useful tool here in the southeast. Lets see you use an axe to get through some of the bramble walls you meet in the woods down here. Even John Muir commented on how dense it was in the south. Bet he wished he had a machete back then lol.
Louisiana native here. Machetes are great.
I think the main point is that a machete you can simply carry on your waist and even forget it is there, just taking it out when it becomes handy.
The axe: if it is a small hatchet that is easy to carry, it might not be up to the task, if it is a big axe, it is cumbersome sometimes.
The machete can do the job of an axe without being cumbersome, if you have the skills for it.
Palmetto Paratrooper It works great in Oregon too. I used to carry one every time i went hiking. Super light weight, effective clearing of brush with little effort...what's not to like?
My Dad (RIP) taught me how to use a machete while clearing hundreds of lots in Indiana. It is a good tool in the right hands and properly sharpened. I still to this day use it when I cut things around my property.
The tangents about respirators and putting tools away at the end of projects were my favorite parts of the video.
Machetes wouldnt be so heavily used and loved if they werent an extremely useful tool. I live in Texas and Ive used a machete to cut down tons of tall cati for acres. You cant do that properly with a knife or axe. They are also extremely useful for getting through thick brush. They arent meant to beat a saw at cutting down trees and they arent made for cat tails. Really bad review and thats coming from a subscriber.
Mr. President bad review? He said it wasn't the right tool for his temperate climate. He didn't say it wasn't a good tool for Texas. Listen to what he says
Conguy97 Completely wrong not only did he say it wasnt good for his area but demonstrated reasons why other tools were better, and put it through tests its not meant for. A machete is good in every state in America. I wouldnt say a shovels bad and try to dig up solid concrete and then cut down a tree. There were plenty of things he couldve done to test the machete and he didnt.
I agree i have 2 machetz just for the garden,i really use it as a multi fonction blade,it can do anything,not the best for cutting wood but it perform quite good,obvisouly good for cutting vegetation,if i had to take a tool fir a survival kit,i'm sure i would have put a machete in it.
Just a basic but usefull tool,an axe is specific for citting wood imaginz cooking with an axe,seem impossible,with a machete i'm sure it could perform in the middle of nowhere.
i grow up in Jamaica and machete seems to be the only tool everyone had. collecting fire wood, i was doing that since i was 6 years old. i fell some big trees in my time and they were not soft wood. i knew many men who fell trees to make charcoal skills, you have to use the hardest wood you can find or you won't get good coal, machete was the tool of trade.
firewood in Jamaica??? sure, lets go with that...
It's a "panga" machete. That model is only 2mm thick, and isn't really designed for what you were trying to apply it to. Try a 6mm thick Condor Parang, or a 5mm thick Condor Golok. Those both work beautifully on hardwood. Both are made of 1075 high carbon steel, with excellent heat treat. That being said, it's a pretty poor test when you start off from a negative point of view and then look for any reason to confirm your bias. If you had sharpened the machete properly it would of cut much better. I own several cold steel machetes, and they all can shave hair off of my arm. I'm also dissapointed that you did your level best to break the tool before trying to use it. Even after all of the negativity about the tool, and even after it wouldn't break from pounding it on an anvil, it still was able to chop all the materials you threw at it just fine. I've watched dozens of your videos over the years, and have loved most of them, but this whole thing just doesn't seem like you. You put your whole heart and effort into your videos, and I feel cheated with this one because its obvious you weren't trying. I don't care if you like the tool or not. I care about your honest opinion. I truely hope you are ok, and that this was just an off day, because this didn't seem to be the same Wranglerstar that I have been watching for better than two years.
Re nato I agree with you. It cut everything he put it to, even with a poor sharpening job. I own about a dozen condor knives and machetes, and about the same with cold steel. I use them for gardening every week, and also whenever I go camping or fishing. My personal favorite is the cold steel royal kukri machete. I even bought an overpriced, but nice, kydex sheath for it.
Don't you hate seeing a good tool in unworthy hands?
The real main reason to get a Machete is because it’s cool as hell
No, a machete is not an specialized tool, it's a versatile tool. Meaning that is good for a lot of things but not exceptional for particular cases.
For choping wood you could use an axe, for cutting branches or logs you could use a saw, cutting tall grass you could use a
scythe; but a machete could do any of those things and more, maybe not as good, but it can.
Also you are using it as an axe, it's not an axe. Different tools need different techniques to use them effectively.
1. clamed that machetes are for criminals.
2. Tried to break handle so he didnt have to field test.
3.Did a poor sharpening job just so it wouldn't cut effectively.
4.still cut effectively but found a way to complain about it
Yup
Probably one of the most biased and upsetting reviews I've seen. Him not using it probably and trying to damage it so he didn't have to review it because he's "not into it" is complete bullshit
Don't forget that he marred the blade before sharpening.
You beat me to it. I was about to mention how you always test a blade's sharpness from the Factory BEFORE purposefully testing it's durability. Otherwise, your results will be skewed.
When he was taking of the branches, he kept saying he didn’t want it to cut
Surveyor's and Geologist use them alot to cut quick trails to get to inconvenient locations where you might only have to be in a spot for a few moments. They are definitely useful to get into a thicket.
I mean, I've used a machete with some trees and let me tell you: if you don't get anything cut with one is because it's not sharp or you just don't know how to use it. And he clearly sharpened this one
Face it; you don't like it, you don't WANT to like it, you're not gonna like it.
This is just like DemolitionRanch's Hi-Point video
At least Matt said positive things about the Hi-Point lmao
I don’t think anyone likes hi -point lol but I can’t say anything iv never shot one
No it's worse than that. At least Matt admitted that the hi point had some good points to it and reviewed it fairly. Even though this blade withstood a torture test and did everything it was asked it still received a poor review
“It’s just terrible” after it working perfectly well is far worse than when Matt said “well it does work”
Matt was clearly being sarcastic, this guy was full of himself and serious
Cheapest chainsaw please !!!!!
Simao W I would love that.
The cheapest chainsaw is a Stihl.
It will last many many years and parts are easily available if they break down(they almost never do)
The Chinese chainsaws won't get much use because they cut so poorly and break down(you can't get replacement parts), making their cost per use very expensive.
R.D. K
That really depends on the work you have to do with it. If you're a home gamer and just gonna use it once or twice a year a Stihl will never pay for itself.
Cheapest chainsaw is like the cheapest contact lenses... do you really want to trust your life to that??
A entry level Stihl is maybe $50-75 more than a Poulan. However the quality and reliability difference is immense. If your going to use it once or twice a year and are worried about it paying for itself, buy a bow saw for $30 bucks. Your chainsaw will self destruct from corrosion if used that infrequently.
As an Aussie in a sub tropical climate, ain’t nothing better than a machete or cane knife for lantana, privet, wait-a-whiles and camphor branches, you’d be a simpleton to take a hachet or axe into those areas. He hit the nail on the head “too woody” and “not for this area” ... if that thing made him tired I’d love to see him review a brush hook😂
It's not the woodiness or the area. Granted hardwood trees make _all_ tools look kinda weak ;) But he wasn't hitting hardwood trees in the video. Machetes work great in the US, just like in oz. They're THE best tool for clearing through undergrowth or brush, anywhere in the world. And they're "ok~ish" at taking trees (as long as the tree doesn't lean onto the blade and trap it).
I was also shocked when he said he got tired. Less than a dozen limp-wristed swings of his arm and he's tired? That warrants a trip to the hospital to get an MRI of his heart.
OR... more likely, he's just making up excuses to try to win an off-camera argument. I think he lost his argument though. All I thought was that was an impressively made machete for such a low price, and that exaggerated hooked spine would create great balance for cutting. Pity it's discontinued.
Im starting to think he doesnt like machetes for racial reasons. lol
Talk about a first impression video for me to watch from this guy.. Never seen someone so whiny over a tool that seemed extremely durable, was cheap, and was cutting through everything he swung it at lol..
He's some old guy, Ive notice that with alot of older people they whine alot more or just as much as people my age.
Bad first impression. Normally his stuff is really good. I think he just hates machetes . . . A lot!
He only whines on machete vids, he hates them, and always dodges making these type videos. Im with him machetes are useless in most north american woods
its videos like this that remind me why i dont like watching his videos, he's such a big snowflake, no need to be shoe horning politics into videos that have reason to have such commentary.
A machette is just "agressive" and doesnt feel like a usefull tool with a purpose
makes sense to do destruction test before the field test... this video pissed me off a lot
yeah it pissed me off also so I bought it and chopped through leather and laminate flooring and it did it with no problem
same dude I got the cringes
You shouldn’t say it has no place in the woods around your state, you should say it has no place around your body. It’s actually designed for wet climate areas, the real jungle!!! Banana plantations and creeping vines, thin rooted trees don’t stand a chance against that monster, weather it be trunked or a running ground cover. It has its place, just not your place 😂🤙🏻
him : they have cleared entire jungles with this
mr beast : *dissapointed noises*
you hurt your handle cutting a branch...come on dude, people use it to open coconuts around the world...
corentin berthelin theres no coconuts on the homestead
corentin berthelin in here we use them to debark wood and cut thick branches
💪🤣 yes ❗️
This was sad to watch.
lmaoo so what is the point of reviewing the item if you are already saying it's bad before using it even after it clearly performs excellent
works perfectly *it's pretty much terrible HAHA
Had to come back here again 😂😂 this video is hilarious
Right, who pins the tip in a vice and bends it over. of course its going to break. Probably the same person that smacks the handle with a hammer and bangs the edge on a freakin anvil and expects it to hold an edge. lol. This guy is so biased.
I’ve used machetes loads more than axes in my life. I’ve always found more opportunities to clear paths than fell trees.
I'm sold on this machete. Yes, there are other tools that will work better on specific jobs, but the abuse this thing took and the fact its practical, as a universal too,l was pretty well demonstrated in this video (no matter how much you didn't want it to be). First tip test I've ever witnessed too! 🤣😂
My dude is getting killed here in the comments. But really, it was a biased review, so it is what it is
"Biased" YEA OBVIOUSLY He is going to give his opinion its not liking he's a newscaster
Zohaib Asif lmaooo I’m dying
That moment when you really want to trash a tool and damage it before taking it to the field and it still performs beautifully. So you have a tantrum and trash it anyway 😂
He re-sharpened it..
He put a better edge on it after that than it had out of the box.
yep, at about 14:30 he turns into a whiney baby
Lord Kittens McTavish or he made it worse, he didn't test factory sharpness so there is no way to know.
You aren't supposed to put a "better edge" on a machete. It's a machete, it's not supposed to be sharp. It's meant to have a durable edge that won't fold over when you're digging into a tree or dense greenery.
This is one of my favorites; Cody just cracks me up complaining about that damn machete 🤣
If you do not know how to use the machete, don't give your opinion.
I can't get through this . I agree with others, you have no idea what the tool is for. Why bother posting.
1:43 damn that escalated quickly
Nice
Krakow
pmodd maybe, but in south america machetes are mainly agriculture tools...... so?
Machetes have a bad reputation, but people forget that is only a tool.
I mean, you don't see many pistols or rifles beeing use as drilling machines, but for Wranglerstar those are OK.
“probably used to cut off people’s hands” probably pretty easily, too.
The most biased review I've ever seen... which is out of character for this channel. Be open to new things instead of what your granddad used 100 years ago. If you go into it open and still come to the same conclusion, fine. But don't go in trying to break it or make it ineffective.
Not your best video Cody. Awfully negative.
Theorcman2008 He said in the review "I don't want it to work." That's not the sort of idea you want when reviewing anything, he was highly biased against the product. A review is supposed to be as subjective and unbiased as possible.
You come into this type of video with a clear bias, it doesn't make for a very fair "test".
tbf he goes into 90% of his videos with a clear bias
I believe the term you are referring to is pronounced 'biaxe'
He sounds like my wife trying to argue with me but has absolutely no argument. 😂😂😂. Love the guy though!
Why would you abuse it before trying it out? I've only recently started watching this guy's videos but...
This is the only one I've seen him do a destructive test to the edge before even testing its functionality out the box.
Very very biased video, when in reality many people all over the USA/Canada and Europe use machetes, not just South America.
Also, don't compare a machete to a saw... A machete is a swinging, momentum based tool better compared to a hatchet.
He sharpest axes and other tools before test, and dulls this one first. and vibrations give cancer?
sharpens
Exactly.
@@TheTinh619 its a joke he made in another video
Why would you try to destroy it before test
Ian p for a biased test
Ian p if he breaks it, no field test. Cuz definitely no one would be able to realize that’s what he was doin ;)
Ian p I cringed when he started hitting the blade on the anvil.
*BIAS*
He didn't wanna do the test lol :'D
Next he'll tell us that scythes are useless because tractors exist.
you compare a machine to a hand tool while he compared a hand tool to a hand tool. you make a pretty poor argument...
Ian Skrivarnik It is a poor example but the idea is the ridiculous argument from Wranglerstar
Ahahaha 😆👍
Tractors work way better
copper axe vs steel axe is still hand tool vs hand tool. doesnt make it fair. argument invalid
I never knew pounding on a plastic handle would be normal abuse, I wonder how many who own a machete put the tip in a vise to break it. Why don't you do tests that would be normal were and tear.
Here in Florida I think it's the kind of tool needed. Definitely like you said... moist area. A lot of the brush is a water lovers so they cut super easy. Banana trees, elephant ears, and sawgrass type plants.
"im sure its good for genocide" is the first endorsement of its kind i have ever seen
Thats how you know it's a useful tool lmao.
Why does he try so hard to break it.. then test it? Rofl
Fire Wolf Because u are a Jew.
Because he clearly wanted it to fully break so he didnt have to show it doing its job so well
Why you hating it so badly , it works mate
Just to let you know, you are supposed to hit the wood with the heavy end of the blade ( where all the weight for chopping is). However you did show you can use the middle of the sword to cut, I'm sure you hurt your hand. But in Mississippi and in the south we have a lot more underbrush than that. So, yes it is very useful in American agriculture, and it was common when settlers came. Idk where you got the idea that Luis and Clark did not use a machete. They did not use a chainsaw bud.
having lived on the east coast, the deep south and the wet rain forests of Washington state i can attest that a machete is a must have in these undergrowth dense areas.
Thank you for saying this, I was going to comment this as a southerner.
Scythe works better if you bother to learn how to use one.
How can you call this a review? This is just you not liking something!
Ben Bubear no this is a pretty good review
It's not listed as a review?
That's called a review...
Its not even a review, if you can read the title.
It's not even called a review
Hahha 😂 I've never seen Wranglerstar not want something to work so bad!