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.
@@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
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.
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
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
"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 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.
@@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
Me: What shall I watch this time... RUclips, 2019: You've gotta see this overtly biased review of a cheap machete sold on Amazon from over 2 years ago.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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
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 😂
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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 .
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"
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Steel is 1055 carbon steel (not stainless) with a black anti rust coating. Handle is polypropylene, which will remain pliable and rebound from impacts even in cold.
You know he goes off on tangents all the time... he opened the respirator and chose to explain why he was using it. How many people who watched this video had a "lightbulb moment of understanding" when he explained the necessity of using a respirator AND having a case to keep it in? I bet more than half. I've been in many metal shops where there was one respirator for ten guys and it was covered in grimy, gritty dust from being stored open. I'm a disabled mechanical engineer... Inspecting prospective subcontractors' shops was part of my duty before the injury that ended my career. People sneered when I pointed out the lack of use of PPE. Cody simply got on a tangent when he reached for his PPE. That was a good PSA and I'm sure many younger shop workers learned from his prior mistake of not having one.
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
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.
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.
Slow5oh If the job is simply to remove branches and vegetation than yes it works. If your trying trim branches and vegetation and have it look good afterwards then use a different tool. As someone that knows how to prune trees I would never use this tool.
"I'm sure it's good for genocide" Fucking hell. It's also nice that you went through quite a bit of trouble to ruin the edge so it wouldn't do well in the test.
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.
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.
@@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.
Buys the cheapest machete that he could find for a review, tried to break the handle, damaged the blade AND then compares it to better quality-/more expensive tools xD
You clearly missed the point of the review. It doesn't matter that it worked and/or worked well. It is a stupid thing to use in North America and especially the USA. There are better tools for jobs this could be used for in said environment. In other words, pay attention and loosen your OWN biases against this guy.
yeah the second he said it sucked I literally said out loud you said you didn't like it and he's blasting it making it sound like only Africans use it and that's its a primitive thing. its no more primitive then a axe.
His mind was made up for a good reason. Machetes are only good for small very soft wood and green jungle growth. Like he said we don't have that in the western United States. Most of our brush is too hard. I do own a couple but they don't get much use. The axe or saw is the way to go in this environment.
It is a lot simpler to make than an axe. It's just a stamped piece of sheet metal with an edge and a grip. They're probably good at cutting hanging vines and other soft stuff if they're sharp enough, though.
Whether he was biased or not, you can see for yourself how it performs. Like he said, it's probably intended for soft, green vegetation, not wood branches. On the flipside, I bet an axe or a saw would be cumbersome for clearing green stuff; in that situation, you probably want a machete. I'm not really sure why you're upset. Can't you see that a machete just doesn't work for his situation?
Don't worry, he did! :p ... but seriously, read the news out of Afrika... tribal warfare, genocide AND the use of machetes to carry out said genocide. The truth is not always pretty.
John, guns and knives are involved in murder and genocide more than machetes and he has no problem with them. It was a shitty review. I honestly can't think of a good reason for him to give such a negative review and judging by the dislikes, comments and my own opinion he was wrong to do so.
Mooing Ringmaster Did you just compare a knife to a machete? Did you also just say people use knifes to commit genocide? These are basicaly swords. He was also talking about its usefulness to kill and why its mostly used in 3rd world cultures to kill, context matters mr wanna be smarty.
"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.
I have found the sugar cane blade very effective here in Australia They are very light and when you use them razor sharp they make a very effective quick way to get though barbed vine etc You can carry one around all day over long distance I just flick one around removing anything that can poke me in the face as I walk Makes it easier for those following behind Good for making new bush walking tracks No mixing fuel, they are ready to go Also the quickest organic way to take out the odd noxious weed as I walk around my property The key I think is the lightness sharpness and the length Done right you can take out 2 inch branches There kinda fun to use too Hey Wranglerstar Maybe consider reviewing one? Thanks, Mike
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.
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.
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS sharpen a machete before using. My dad grew up using them in belize, and I grew up and have cut my entire lawn with one (as well as just about everything else yard and camping related, including small and medium trees). They come with a barely passable edge and you want them very sharp to bite whatever you're cutting. Also you're trying to use the throat of the blade when the belly is where the chopping power really is. Yes, it takes practice, like any tool, but the energy expenditure is not that different in either direction from a saw. The wrist lets the weight of the blade do most of the work. I grew up In Oregon by the way. also, I have one that I picked up in Mozambique that was manufactured in South Africa. Great blade.
No kidding... I grew up in Maine and used a machete all the time, exact same blade style as this, but covered in rust. I did better with that rusty pos at 10 years old than Cody as a grown man. Completely ignoring every advantage it has and hacking away like an invalid.
apsitively off topic of video. If you need a machete to trim your lawn, I suggest cutting a bit more often. P.s. I couldn't stop watching. Like when you see the beginning of a fail and can't look away.
I used a machete (in the swampy areas of Western WA) and it worked wonderful! It worked on just about anything under 2" in diameter. The key is... you use it on things you don't care about how the cut looks afterwards.
Long delayed, but I agree. Ideal for anything up to about 2" (5cm for those using science units instead of freedom units). They can do a clean single-slice up to about 1", but beyond that they won't make a pretty cut. They 'can' do more though. I cut down a 12" (30cm) tree with a small, dull, and very poorly made machete. It took a while, but it never felt like a crazy challenge. Maybe 20 minutes? A big, well made, tip-heavy machete would probably half that time. The _only_ problem with machetes for trees is that if the tree starts to lean on the cut, it can grab a machete blade very tightly. And then you get to see how well the handle is made, trying to pull it out ;) But the cutting power is there.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
I have had an Ontario machete for over 30 years of heavy use, not abuse. And it has served me well in the Appalachian Mountains. It does not work on everything, but works well on grasses, vines, brush, small trees and limbs. Also, machetes are not good for pruning; however, they are great for clearing. It is a tool that works. Not the best at everything, but it works.
John Gilbert Ah yes, forgot about the blackberries out there. Spent 4 years in Bremerton, WA in the Navy and remember seeing and eating them. Good times and fond memories of back then.
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.
Pretty awkward “review” “I don’t want it to work” It cut pretty everything you tried to cut with it. You would need several other tools to do what the machete did.
I love your videos and all, and I love your American spirit but you bought a 16 dollar machete, did the destructive testing BEFORE you even took it out into the field (testing which it somehow actually survived, to my amazement) and still managed to mostly get the job done with the damaged, haphazardly-sharpened machete. It's fine that you don't like it, everybody has preferences for certain types of tool, and obviously the best tool for the job is the one that best suits you, but I don't feel it's fair to blame the machete. An axe at that price point would probably be borderline dangerous to even use for standard-duty work.
@@genoedcknifecollecter1538 Exactly, several other flaws to his argument aside, a machete isn't meant to chop inch+ thick doug fir limbs, it was created in an area where you are chopping much lighter brush and much more fragile wood. In an area with bamboo or more vine-like brush a well sharpened machete would put anything to shame. saws would be overkill, most tools would be heavier, thus leading to more fatigue, and even though a small hatchet is good for lots of stuff, if you are cutting a path, you want more surface area so a foot long machete gets the job done betterthan a 3 inch hatchet blade. I get he doesn't like it, but this is sadly one of the vids where because cody didn't like it from the start he wasn't going to take the time to let it shine in any way, he was wanting it to fail and be garbage right out the box.
Yeah. We use em down here in FL to deal with palm fronds and other green plants. Nobody uses a machete to cut down a whole tree unless it’s literally the only option
Land surveyor here. We use machetes extensively and yes they can be used to cut down trees. It's not going to be as good as an axe for hardwood and itll take some time but the idea is for it to be a well rounded and light tool. Cut down many a tree with a machete and I whole heartedly stand by it as the most versatile tool out there. Hardwoods are the only place it really struggles.
The only real time I took a different tool than a machete was when working up in Missouri and that's because the rocks all across the ground were beating the hell out of my blade so I swapped to a bush hook for cutting stuff down to the ground but unless that's what you need to do then the machete will still do you just fine.
Normally I like your videos but this one was lame. The machete is a great tool when used properly, which you wee not doing because you’re not “into it”. Maybe you shouldn’t review things you don’t want to use properly or are not interested in.
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
No, he is not "right" at all. The comments about genocide are SO out of place, its almost palpable. "Testing, testing... its working... I dont want it to work (quote)... well maybe its good for GENOCIDE and not trees." Not only is it out of place, but it screams: "I dont have any arguments for why I hate it, lets just stress its used to kill people somewhere in the world... Because 90% of other stuff I have in my garage isnt... I dont know, i dont know, but yeah I know, its terrible... and GENOCIDE" Pathetic really.
This is not a video about genocide. He is not calling attention to anything. This is a review of a tool for forest clearing. The only reason its used as a weapon during genocide (probably) is because its in the same area, where there is dense vegetation, so the "subhuman filth" naturally uses this like a knife, because thats what they use for other things... Its not a property of the tool itself, at all! Firearms are ACTUALLY used for genocide, I bet they account for 10 times the ammount of deaths in those regions than machetes... and he never mentions "Well these are good for genocide"... this is a review of a machete, genocide doesnt have ANYTHING to do with it. And he is NOT a messenger calling attention to anything!
ID, you are you completely mental, or have you just not read ANY of the actual comments. Noone cares about "niBBers" and what they are doing or not. What everyone is pointing out is that this guy is blatantly hating on this tool, because of his psychological complex. If he was reviewing a german tool and said, FOR NO REASON, that its terrible, maybe good only for "cutting Jews", he would get similar, probably more violent, reaction. Not because everyone is a holocaust denier, but because its completely unfair, has nothing to do with anything and is not what the tool is about...
ID they're not committing Genocide with Machetes. They're using guns. Saying a machete is used for Genocide puts the same negative connotation on it that as saying AR-15s are for Mass shootings here in America.
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.
As a South African I feel like I have to say that not everything that comes out a country that is not American is rubbish, yes we have some cheap manufacturing but guess what so does America and I encourage you to look at more than 1 product from a country before making a derogatory comment about it and I understand that you didn't like the machete but it was made just as well as any of Cold steel's USA made products.
All I saw in this video was that Cody really hates machetes. They're a good tool. It performed well and you tried really hard to make it seem worse than it was. Open your mind and try something. I don't see you saying that your guns are murder weapons, so why would you call a blade made for clearing brush a weapon? Don't get me wrong, I love my firearms, but grow up man. This wasn't a review it was biased criticism of a tool you dont appreciate because it wasn't as bad as you thought.
Kevin Erasmus My goodness read a book. The African militarization of stolen children to commit genocide compared to a dozen media glorified nutballs that were mostly 18+. That is your comparison, and based on that, the next thing I'll being saying to you is "yes, I would like fries with that".
Kevin Erasmus children may be our terrorist but at least we don't have the country ruled by many warlords like Africa or middle East. This is rather new to us but what's there excuse for being at constant war with themselves. Time and time again a machete has been used as weapons to instil fear in Africa, the middle East as well as America. In America the gang known as MS13 that has used the tool so efficiently in instilling fear the FBI has recognized as a terrorist group and should be treated the same way as other terror cells.
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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
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
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
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!
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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.
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
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.
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
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 😂😂
"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"
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.
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.
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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
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
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.
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.
"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
Me: What shall I watch this time...
RUclips, 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
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....”
"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.
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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.
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.
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
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
@@renenk4824 Exactly. It's like he forgot that's it's okay to say "it works well but I don't like it."
Basically wranglerstar trying to break a machete
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.
"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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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
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
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.
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.
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
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That make this 100 times better
Good comment👍🏼😘
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
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
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.
14:43 * Gives it a few half-assed whacks *
"i'M tiReD aLrEaDy!"
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.
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 .
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
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
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
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...
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 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.
Steel is 1055 carbon steel (not stainless) with a black anti rust coating. Handle is polypropylene, which will remain pliable and rebound from impacts even in cold.
1055 huh. Hmm kinda soft for a tool it would dull so fast...
I can't get through this . I agree with others, you have no idea what the tool is for. Why bother posting.
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?
You know he goes off on tangents all the time... he opened the respirator and chose to explain why he was using it.
How many people who watched this video had a "lightbulb moment of understanding" when he explained the necessity of using a respirator AND having a case to keep it in?
I bet more than half. I've been in many metal shops where there was one respirator for ten guys and it was covered in grimy, gritty dust from being stored open.
I'm a disabled mechanical engineer... Inspecting prospective subcontractors' shops was part of my duty before the injury that ended my career. People sneered when I pointed out the lack of use of PPE.
Cody simply got on a tangent when he reached for his PPE. That was a good PSA and I'm sure many younger shop workers learned from his prior mistake of not having one.
For a moment I thought youtube had skipped to a different video
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
Bias from the start.
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'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.
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.
He’s mad cause it works pretty good lmao
Slow5oh If the job is simply to remove branches and vegetation than yes it works. If your trying trim branches and vegetation and have it look good afterwards then use a different tool. As someone that knows how to prune trees I would never use this tool.
A tool made for the jungle doesn't work in the hardwoods, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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
"I'm sure it's good for genocide" Fucking hell. It's also nice that you went through quite a bit of trouble to ruin the edge so it wouldn't do well in the test.
Kinda get the feeling you didn't want it to work lol.
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 ❗️
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
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.
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
Buys the cheapest machete that he could find for a review, tried to break the handle, damaged the blade AND then compares it to better quality-/more expensive tools xD
Korey well it really depends on location. Somewhere like North America yeah an axe is better suited, but in the deepest jungles, the machete is best.
Roecky yeah you got that right.
@@Dr.Croc_13 its so you can cut a path with a pistol in the other hand
You clearly missed the point of the review. It doesn't matter that it worked and/or worked well. It is a stupid thing to use in North America and especially the USA. There are better tools for jobs this could be used for in said environment. In other words, pay attention and loosen your OWN biases against this guy.
I thought the same you know
You didn't give it much of a fair shake you definitely went into it with your mind made up
14:15 yes he literary said he didnt want it to work
yeah the second he said it sucked I literally said out loud you said you didn't like it and he's blasting it making it sound like only Africans use it and that's its a primitive thing. its no more primitive then a axe.
His mind was made up for a good reason. Machetes are only good for small very soft wood and green jungle growth. Like he said we don't have that in the western United States.
Most of our brush is too hard. I do own a couple but they don't get much use. The axe or saw is the way to go in this environment.
It is a lot simpler to make than an axe. It's just a stamped piece of sheet metal with an edge and a grip. They're probably good at cutting hanging vines and other soft stuff if they're sharp enough, though.
Whether he was biased or not, you can see for yourself how it performs. Like he said, it's probably intended for soft, green vegetation, not wood branches. On the flipside, I bet an axe or a saw would be cumbersome for clearing green stuff; in that situation, you probably want a machete. I'm not really sure why you're upset. Can't you see that a machete just doesn't work for his situation?
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. ;)
Don't worry, he did! :p
... but seriously, read the news out of Afrika... tribal warfare, genocide AND the use of machetes to carry out said genocide.
The truth is not always pretty.
The real question is what it has to do with the review? Is he now suggesting us what genocide weapons to use?
John, guns and knives are involved in murder and genocide more than machetes and he has no problem with them. It was a shitty review. I honestly can't think of a good reason for him to give such a negative review and judging by the dislikes, comments and my own opinion he was wrong to do so.
Had a guy trim. My trees - he used a machete - what a mess! And I had to clean it up!
Mooing Ringmaster Did you just compare a knife to a machete? Did you also just say people use knifes to commit genocide? These are basicaly swords.
He was also talking about its usefulness to kill and why its mostly used in 3rd world cultures to kill, context matters mr wanna be smarty.
"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
"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.
I have found the sugar cane blade very effective here in Australia
They are very light and when you use them razor sharp
they make a very effective quick way to get though barbed vine etc
You can carry one around all day over long distance
I just flick one around removing anything that can poke me in the face as I walk
Makes it easier for those following behind
Good for making new bush walking tracks
No mixing fuel, they are ready to go
Also the quickest organic way to take out the odd noxious weed as I walk around my property
The key I think is the lightness sharpness and the length
Done right you can take out 2 inch branches
There kinda fun to use too
Hey Wranglerstar
Maybe consider reviewing one?
Thanks,
Mike
Maybe you should smash it after the field test ...
The tangents about respirators and putting tools away at the end of projects were my favorite parts of the video.
The Mexican Cartels use chainsaws to cut off the limbs and heads of their rivals, I don't blame the chainsaw for that.
wtf are u talking about rambo?
Chichi! Get the yeyo
Richard Ramirez yea I’ve seems videos of chainsaws just going through limbs like butter
Yosef Bisk yea there’s not much but there are some vids where the use a simple blade of any kind to do it but usually a machete
@@TheLexiconDevils for all I know he had my brother angel killed
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.
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
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
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS sharpen a machete before using. My dad grew up using them in belize, and I grew up and have cut my entire lawn with one (as well as just about everything else yard and camping related, including small and medium trees). They come with a barely passable edge and you want them very sharp to bite whatever you're cutting. Also you're trying to use the throat of the blade when the belly is where the chopping power really is. Yes, it takes practice, like any tool, but the energy expenditure is not that different in either direction from a saw. The wrist lets the weight of the blade do most of the work.
I grew up In Oregon by the way.
also, I have one that I picked up in Mozambique that was manufactured in South Africa. Great blade.
No kidding... I grew up in Maine and used a machete all the time, exact same blade style as this, but covered in rust. I did better with that rusty pos at 10 years old than Cody as a grown man. Completely ignoring every advantage it has and hacking away like an invalid.
apsitively off topic of video. If you need a machete to trim your lawn, I suggest cutting a bit more often.
P.s. I couldn't stop watching. Like when you see the beginning of a fail and can't look away.
I used a machete (in the swampy areas of Western WA) and it worked wonderful! It worked on just about anything under 2" in diameter. The key is... you use it on things you don't care about how the cut looks afterwards.
Long delayed, but I agree. Ideal for anything up to about 2" (5cm for those using science units instead of freedom units). They can do a clean single-slice up to about 1", but beyond that they won't make a pretty cut. They 'can' do more though. I cut down a 12" (30cm) tree with a small, dull, and very poorly made machete. It took a while, but it never felt like a crazy challenge. Maybe 20 minutes? A big, well made, tip-heavy machete would probably half that time. The _only_ problem with machetes for trees is that if the tree starts to lean on the cut, it can grab a machete blade very tightly. And then you get to see how well the handle is made, trying to pull it out ;) But the cutting power is there.
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?
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.
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
I have had an Ontario machete for over 30 years of heavy use, not abuse. And it has served me well in the Appalachian Mountains. It does not work on everything, but works well on grasses, vines, brush, small trees and limbs.
Also, machetes are not good for pruning; however, they are great for clearing. It is a tool that works. Not the best at everything, but it works.
44WCF 1892 I
I live in the Appalachians too. Great tool for this area.
44WCF 1892 it does have some uses of the Pacific Northwest I've used it often to clear blackberry vines which are a nuisance in this area.
John Gilbert Ah yes, forgot about the blackberries out there. Spent 4 years in Bremerton, WA in the Navy and remember seeing and eating them. Good times and fond memories of back then.
cuts great
"It's just terrible, I don't see any use for this"
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.
5:34 - Wranglerstar Fart
How the hell did you hear that lol??
Hahahah hahahaha dude you have super hearing
Luc H he's getting old and incontinent
Pretty awkward “review”
“I don’t want it to work”
It cut pretty everything you tried to cut with it.
You would need several other tools to do what the machete did.
"It's not american so I don't like it". Entire video in a nutshell.
WAR10RDUNLEASHED incorrect
That doesn't make any sense, He likes European tools more than anything in my opinion.
well he loves German saws
And he belives in God :'D hahah
Fredrik Don’t make it about religion.
The real main reason to get a Machete is because it’s cool as hell
I love your videos and all, and I love your American spirit but you bought a 16 dollar machete, did the destructive testing BEFORE you even took it out into the field (testing which it somehow actually survived, to my amazement) and still managed to mostly get the job done with the damaged, haphazardly-sharpened machete.
It's fine that you don't like it, everybody has preferences for certain types of tool, and obviously the best tool for the job is the one that best suits you, but I don't feel it's fair to blame the machete. An axe at that price point would probably be borderline dangerous to even use for standard-duty work.
I'd use a sog fast hawk to clear brush , but a jungle I'd a machette
@@genoedcknifecollecter1538 Exactly, several other flaws to his argument aside, a machete isn't meant to chop inch+ thick doug fir limbs, it was created in an area where you are chopping much lighter brush and much more fragile wood. In an area with bamboo or more vine-like brush a well sharpened machete would put anything to shame. saws would be overkill, most tools would be heavier, thus leading to more fatigue, and even though a small hatchet is good for lots of stuff, if you are cutting a path, you want more surface area so a foot long machete gets the job done betterthan a 3 inch hatchet blade. I get he doesn't like it, but this is sadly one of the vids where because cody didn't like it from the start he wasn't going to take the time to let it shine in any way, he was wanting it to fail and be garbage right out the box.
@@kylebeach6799 Yeah. I live up in washington and people use machetes just as much as axes here.
I'm not a machete expert but aren't they intended for clearing vegetation / brush? Not hacking down trees.
This variant, yes. There's different styles of machetes that are specialized for different tasks.
Yeah. We use em down here in FL to deal with palm fronds and other green plants. Nobody uses a machete to cut down a whole tree unless it’s literally the only option
Land surveyor here. We use machetes extensively and yes they can be used to cut down trees. It's not going to be as good as an axe for hardwood and itll take some time but the idea is for it to be a well rounded and light tool. Cut down many a tree with a machete and I whole heartedly stand by it as the most versatile tool out there. Hardwoods are the only place it really struggles.
The only real time I took a different tool than a machete was when working up in Missouri and that's because the rocks all across the ground were beating the hell out of my blade so I swapped to a bush hook for cutting stuff down to the ground but unless that's what you need to do then the machete will still do you just fine.
Celtic Assassin Yeah, can confirm. No issue with mine so long as I avoid the hardwoods
Normally I like your videos but this one was lame. The machete is a great tool when used properly, which you wee not doing because you’re not “into it”. Maybe you shouldn’t review things you don’t want to use properly or are not interested in.
and them tools are for cutting heavy grasses and shrubs lol NOT trees and branches hahahaa
Strongly agree here
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
wranglerstar summary, machetes are only good for genocide and cutting off hands, nice one mate.
No, he is not "right" at all. The comments about genocide are SO out of place, its almost palpable. "Testing, testing... its working... I dont want it to work (quote)... well maybe its good for GENOCIDE and not trees." Not only is it out of place, but it screams: "I dont have any arguments for why I hate it, lets just stress its used to kill people somewhere in the world... Because 90% of other stuff I have in my garage isnt... I dont know, i dont know, but yeah I know, its terrible... and GENOCIDE"
Pathetic really.
This is not a video about genocide. He is not calling attention to anything. This is a review of a tool for forest clearing. The only reason its used as a weapon during genocide (probably) is because its in the same area, where there is dense vegetation, so the "subhuman filth" naturally uses this like a knife, because thats what they use for other things... Its not a property of the tool itself, at all! Firearms are ACTUALLY used for genocide, I bet they account for 10 times the ammount of deaths in those regions than machetes... and he never mentions "Well these are good for genocide"... this is a review of a machete, genocide doesnt have ANYTHING to do with it. And he is NOT a messenger calling attention to anything!
Seems like the most triggered person here is you, ID.
ID, you are you completely mental, or have you just not read ANY of the actual comments. Noone cares about "niBBers" and what they are doing or not. What everyone is pointing out is that this guy is blatantly hating on this tool, because of his psychological complex. If he was reviewing a german tool and said, FOR NO REASON, that its terrible, maybe good only for "cutting Jews", he would get similar, probably more violent, reaction. Not because everyone is a holocaust denier, but because its completely unfair, has nothing to do with anything and is not what the tool is about...
ID they're not committing Genocide with Machetes. They're using guns. Saying a machete is used for Genocide puts the same negative connotation on it that as saying AR-15s are for Mass shootings here in America.
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.
Fun fact: most people don't break their machete before using it. Backwards review is backwards. 14:16 basically sums up the whole thing.
As a South African I feel like I have to say that not everything that comes out a country that is not American is rubbish, yes we have some cheap manufacturing but guess what so does America and I encourage you to look at more than 1 product from a country before making a derogatory comment about it and I understand that you didn't like the machete but it was made just as well as any of Cold steel's USA made products.
All I saw in this video was that Cody really hates machetes. They're a good tool. It performed well and you tried really hard to make it seem worse than it was. Open your mind and try something. I don't see you saying that your guns are murder weapons, so why would you call a blade made for clearing brush a weapon? Don't get me wrong, I love my firearms, but grow up man. This wasn't a review it was biased criticism of a tool you dont appreciate because it wasn't as bad as you thought.
Josh Mc Read up on the Rwandan Genocide.
read up the vagas massacre, the florida high school massacre.
Josh MX thank you
Kevin Erasmus My goodness read a book. The African militarization of stolen children to commit genocide compared to a dozen media glorified nutballs that were mostly 18+. That is your comparison, and based on that, the next thing I'll being saying to you is "yes, I would like fries with that".
Kevin Erasmus children may be our terrorist but at least we don't have the country ruled by many warlords like Africa or middle East. This is rather new to us but what's there excuse for being at constant war with themselves. Time and time again a machete has been used as weapons to instil fear in Africa, the middle East as well as America. In America the gang known as MS13 that has used the tool so efficiently in instilling fear the FBI has recognized as a terrorist group and should be treated the same way as other terror cells.
14:39 try doing that with an axe. Holding a branch in your hand while chopping it is difficult no matter what you use
One swing with a hatchet
@@dylanzrim1011 yeah good luck doing that with a hatchet it will be even harder than with a machete
Patrick Pedersen never said a cheap hatchet
Dylan Zrim
Hatchets, cheap or expensive, don’t work like that. Your arm will absorb most of the force regardless.
Not if you used a saw
Arrogance and ignorance.