Schrade Delta Class Decimate Kukri Machete with Stainless Steel Blade for Outdoor Survival

This is the best machete in the $50 price range, hands down. I collect a lot of knives and I use them. This blade will hold up to everything you would ever need it for practically. It is great for outdoor work and camp chores and is designed to work very nicely as a combat weapon.SpecsThe blade is full tang and constructed of 3cr13 steel. A good choice because it still had a good hardness but is soft enough to withstand constant high impact use. The blade is 13.3 in long and 1/8 in thick. Most machetes are 1/10 at best. The nice thick spine ensures durability. The blade design is a time tested and proven classic that dominates when it comes to efficiency. It's bigger belly and curved shape allow for maximum chopping power and quickens the time it takes for a swing to make contact. It has a nice tough powder coating on it. Not the smooth thin powder coating that looks like a layer of paint, this is thick, rough, and durable powder coating. (In all the abuse my schkm1 has been through the powder coating has not worn at all.) The handle is the Schrade safe-t grip and it is amazing. It is super ergonomic and is very small designed to comfortably fit almost any size hand. It is long enough to choke up on for slicing or slide your hand to the lower part of the handle which changes in shape to accommodate a tighter grip for heavy chopping. The curvature of the handle added to the handle shape result in the slight difference in hand position to equal a significant change in blade weight distribution and chopping power. The sheath is extremely well built nylon. It is double stitched at all the seams and riveted in strategic locations for added strength. It comes with a pouch attached to the sheath that contains a ferro rod and a diamond stone sharpener. It comes with a shoulder strap, thigh straps, and two loops secured to the sheath for strapping to a bag, vest or belt.All in all this is an amazing blade. Well constructed is an understatement, Schrade really blew me away with this one. And to get this quality and the accessories for this price is insane. I honestly expected to be dissapointed in this blade and I tried to find a flaw, I failed. It feels better in the hand than any of my other machetes and that includes condor, cold steel, kabar, and others. And I couldn't believe how easy it chops through trees and wood. I do a lot of chopping wood with machetes and I've never had one that could cut through some of the things this one has.I read review after review and watched even more videos before getting any blade and I'm always a skeptic. Even when I see great reviews I'm skeptical of that persons opinion. Are they being honest? Do they know what they're talking about? Well, if you're like me then please take it from someone who understands, this is the blade you want, and it is worth every penny. You will not be disappointed. I would easily pay $70 for this.

Read lots of reviews & watched half a dozen YT videos before buying this blade. I have a few other Schrade blades, but am always skeptical of reviews by other people (my nature I suppose). I received my shipment 2 days after ordering from Amazon and immediately took it out in the woods for some testing. Mine came sharp out of the box (though this may not be the case with all), but will still get a diamond stone finish. I tried 1" dry pine branches first which took 1 hit to remove from the parent tree. 2"-3" dead & seasoned branches were next...4-5 hits this time. Time for a 6 incher (timed)...less than 45 seconds to cut in half. So it cuts through your standard larger stuff, but what about the finer camp chores...no problem. The spine will shave bark, feather sticks are no problem (with the 2-3 inches closest to the handle), boring holes is easy even with the thickish tip etc, etc. The sharpening stone, while not ideal for this blade's shape, will suffice in a pinch. The ferro rod is actually of fairly good quality and works well in conjunction with the "lightening holes"/Spetzel making holes in the blade itself. I have yet to baton wood with this, but when I do I'll update this post. The only real negatives are in regards to the sheath & not the blade thus far. The sheath, while reasonably constructed, lacks a belt loop or similar attaching device for waist carry. It does include a shoulder strap & 2 leg straps though that would be a rather odd & cumbersome way to carry. All straps will likely get repurposed and the sheath attached via 550 & MOLLE to a ruck. I'm ordering another as soon as I'm done writing this (2 is one & 1 is none) due to the high quality & low cost.

Haven't used it yet. It's good and heavy, waiting to get on a camping trip to put it to use. I'm happy with my purchase so far.

A fun heavy blade with a good sheath. I've chopped a lot of wood and de-limbed lots and lots of branches with this blade with no problems. The factory edge was quite good, and the blade geometry did a great job on all of my cutting tasks. In side by side chopping, I believe that this blade performed a little better than my SCHBOLO in terms of cutting/chopping efficiency, but not by much. I also played around sticking the tip into wood and then removing it in a side to side fashion (not supposed to do this), instead of a front to back rocking motion; no damage to the tip. I've also thown this blade into tree stumps, with no blade issues. At first, I was a little leery of the 3CR steel (read reviews of people snapping their blades), but I was convinced to buy this blade when I saw Youtube videos of people using these kukris as throwing blades. I've used chopping blades for over 40 years, and have always viewed stainless steel chopping blades with suspicion, but this kukri has held up well to my abuse. The 3CR SCHBOLO and Parang have also proved to be good reliable choppers. I also bought the thinner Schrade Ghurka kukri, but I haven't had a chance to really beat it up yet, although it did bite me twice when I was playing around with it on the couch; came with a very sharp factory edge.