What kind of steel alloy is used for this machete?
1177004
It's 1050 or 1055 high carbon steel. Lightweight thin blade. Pretty strong though, I've chopped with as hard as I could on some old, dry, hardened dead wood and thrown 50-100 times, all after normal use clearing brush (5-6 times at least) and it's holding up well. With the exception of some light chipping/damage initially (sometimes bits of the hardened edge chip off initially) it's held up well. Fun to throw, might destroy the handle eventually but the blade is undamaged from the throws SO, IN SUMMARY IF I HAVEN'T BROKEN IT YET, IT'S A GOOD CARBON STEEL ALLOY.
1594329
I am certainly no metallurgist, But this blade is listed as a 4116 "Stainless Steel". So to my knowledge, all Stainless Steel is made up of some type of Carbon and Chromium to prevent metal from getting corroded. Now the exact amounts of Carbon or type, I am not sure of. Lets do a Wiki on this... "4116 Stainless Steel: A fine grained, stainless steel produced by Germany's ThyssenKrupp. Often used for medical devices and food processing, the steels Carbon and Chromium content give it a great degree of corrosion resistance, as well as strength and edge retention. 4116 Stainless Steel has a Carbon Content between 0.42-0.55 and it's Chromium content is between 13.8-15." Hope that helps
1167604
1055 high carbon.not stainless.will need to keep light coating of oil on blade.this is a real sword and will rust if not properly cared for.
1577776
Yes it does! This is one of my favorite Cold Steel machetes. It came the sharpest out of the box than any of the other ones I own. It works well.
1831081
i assume its 410 steel. its a fixed blade snarl, I found it hard to sharpen also
1627586
The head is steel and then the handle is polymer. It's a very strong weapon.
136147
i dont know, it's a Chinese steel. very tough . i would buy it again. unless you live in a area that gets down past -10. then the blade might chip. but for the rest of us it's a awesome knife.
2070772
Not sure what kind of steel, or if it could cut bone, but it is very sharp and would cut bamboo. It is a real sword and handler should be very careful when wielding it.
1448419
24" This is a Exellent machete. i own 3 myself. Good steel and holds a good edge.
1250770
Just about anything you would expect to be able to cut with a machete. Trees and tree limbs up to 3" diameter, twine, plastic shrink wrap. When I first got it I hit a Nalgene bottle with it, it cut it about 1/3 of the way through then the bottle shattered. The metal used in construction is very durable, and the blade holds an edge reasonably well. I'd say that for the price, it's about the highest quality machete I've seen.
584553
Definitely aluminum, with the right blade. Steel I haven't tried and can't speak to. I'd look up 10" blades that cut steel and if they're compatible with the saw (a hook angle of 5 degrees or less, a 3/8" arbor, an adequate rpm, which I'd have to check...) it should do fine. It's more about the blade and speed than the other components of the saw. FWIW, I love this saw, several years into owning it.
183504
Yeah it's made for that but, if you hit metal it will dent the machete more than others (diff type of metal)
968783
Sure is. All machetes should be. Needs sharpening out of the box. I used a file to rough it down and honed it with a stone. Great tool.
627542
I bought this a month or so ago. The only stamp on the blade is "China", and there was nothing on the package stating what it is. I'm going to make a guess and say either stainless or spring steel. It keeps an edge pretty good & feels nice in your hand.
123196
It's 1055 high carbon steel. Not bad for a budget tomahawk. High end axes use the same steel, and it retains a sharp edge after constant use.
673272
It is made of stainless steel. It is softer than carbon steel. It was chosen because it, of course, does not corrode readily. If you start hitting anything much harder than styrofoam with this sword, you will put nicks, scratches, etc. on the blade.
591595
Carbon steel. Make sure you dry it off after getting it wet or it'll rust on you. And hit it with some mineral oil every now and again