Colombian Military Surplus Assorted Machetes, 5 Pack, New

A great deal - it's difficult to find any REAL surplus these days, everything is poor quality chinese knock-offs. I got a nice selection of styles, with two wood handles, and the rest plastic, but the plastic seems to be of good quality. They're not super sharp, I will touch up the blades, but machetes usually aren't super sharp, since you are hacking with them a thin edge wouldn't hold up anyway. I live in the desert, and I'm always trimming cactus and other prickly plants. These are perfect for that, snips just don't make it. I may buy another set to give as gifts.

you'll get 5 big knives of varying quality. some had no edge bevel, some were done poorly. only 1 showed up sharp, but with burned edges. most had a bit of bend. if you need some extra knives and are willing to get out your grinders and whetstones, it's a decent deal. I agree these seem to be knives that got tossed off the production line when QA found the warping. Or, one of mine had the wrong edge beveled along half the length, I think that's why it got pulled. These definitely were never issued or intended to be issued to any military.

I received the machetes as ordered and was excited to see the quality of them. They were very sharp for a machete with various sizes in the box. I immediately put three of them to work and easily cut through pencil thickness brush without dulling the blade. The variety allows for different cutting tasks without wearing out your arm. Super happy with my purchase.

Fantastic group of machetes! Well made and perfect

Of the five machetes, four looked like possible Columbian military surplus, the fifth was made by Truper. The four surplus ones are actually fairly nice with good wooden handles. My only complaint is that these have zero edge, it's more of a bevel. It will take you days to sharpen these with a stone or some such. I'm going to have to pay someone to grind these down before I can actually use them. If you don't have access to a grinder, you might want to look at something else. Judging by how difficult they are to sharpen, it seems to be decent steel. And I think they will be just fine once they are sharpened. It's still a good buy. Just know you're gonna have to work for these

A very cool grab bag of very solid blades. As advertised, popular Latin brands with very nice high carbon steel. Worth it.

Nice for the money! I took one star because I only received four blades. They did refund what the cost of one would have been but I would rather have the the fifth blade. They all need sharpening.

Got these for the hubby. All were fixed tangs, the handles were both wood and plastic-in good condition, but he said were comfortable. All had factory edges (with some burning) and need sharpening (which he'd do anyway). We received one Colima (mowing/clearing large swaths of brush); two panga (thick wood/bramble chopping/slicing), and two Latin/bush standards (multiple uses- especially for camping). The weight was nice; fairly balanced, and none of the blades were warped. They came wrapped in cardboard and tape. Will update after sharpening, and good oiling, and use. With three of the five specifically for clearing, he won't have any more excuses!