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Right out of the box I was impressed with the heft this thing has! The mounting portion is about 1/8 inch thick. This is no light weight piece of junk. Nope! I just picked up a handle from the local farmer's supply store and mounted this hook blade to it and went out to some large weeds around the edge of the yard. The weight is perfect and before I knew it, the thing had cut down a sapling about 3/4 in dia in on fell swoop! I declared it to be my favorite yard tool purchase of the year and put it in a proper place of respect on the shop!I would like to add that the pin that came with it is fine if you have the means to melt the raw end into a button but it looks like it's stainless so, I just used 1\8" steel round stock and forged it into a rivet. A cotter pin would have worked and so would have a bolt but I didn't want that much slop in a tool that's going to see as much use as this thing will at my house. You will also need to drill holes straight through it with a carbide tip bit if you want to overkill mounting it to a handle like I did. I also drilled through the solid sides of the collar and did not use the hole in the split. I did not want it to work it's way open over time.In no way am I taking stars away from this because I had to do some work to mount it properly to a handle. The workmanship is top notch and will last a lifetime. It's worth putting in the extra effort. If you want plug-and-play, it will be cheaply made and that's not what I wanted at all. This is perfect!

The steel is good and very durable edge for heavy use. Very sharp. Needs to oil very after use or it will rust. It’s not stainless steel

Heavy but works. Looks good too

It's smaller than it looks in picture. I haven't used it yet, so I'll talk about durability later, but it doesn't seem that sturdy at the end of the handle.

What I expected. A strong, sharp and versatile blade.

Machete is a little crude, with sharp edges on the rear of the blade. Back edge is also cheaply painted, and is flaking, not sure of its chemical content, so wouldn't advise cutting any meat with it.The "forging marks" appear painted with a pattern, versus natural highlights from the forging process itself.My next steps before I use it, is to remove all the paint on surfaces, and remove the sharp edges from the back.

Pretty cool knife I've actually used it a lot it's pretty sharp I'm sure you can most definitely sharpen it later on if you wanted to but I'm just kind of whacking all the leaves off my banana trees so it works perfect for me

Smaller but mighty, I am happy with this portable knife