Tramontina 14" Machete Review
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- My review of the Tramontina 14" machete. Test this blade in the jungle on coconuts, rocks and more. Is this the best budget machete? Watch and find out.
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Brother great video I have the same machete in my car. Remember a machete is multitool in jungle that's why the tip is blunt is use like a small shovel to harvest root vegetables. I remember back in the 70's as a kid waking with my 2nd uncle on father side in Puerto Rico in the mountain town of yabocoa with a empty sack and a machete in hand, and a thermos filled with coffee. My uncle harvesting root vegetables by shoveling it with the machete and cutting down fruits and vegetables from trees and vines. By mid morning my uncle would sit down and peel some fruits and a coconut for me to eat drink. He would use his machete to make me an eating area by cutting down big leaves and laid them around for me to sit on. I was amazed watching my uncle create stuff in his machete.
Elvin A Millan awesome story thank you for sharing. Mahalo
I just found your channel today while looking for machete videos. Enjoyed watching this one. I love my 14" Tramontina. Apparently so did the contractors that stole my first one. That did not sit well with me; if they wanted their own I'd have happily told them where they could buy some. I got a new one and etched "Say Hello to My Little Friend" on the blade. LOL Got an 18" Tram not too long ago and have an older Martindale panga, but the 14" is my go-to around the yard.
Também tenho um 14 Tramontina.
I have a 14 inch Tramontina too. My favorite machete. Perfect balance and just the right size. Mine is about 20 years old, and I got it for like $4 way back then at some hardware store in Houston.
For sale?
Is very good se a honest vídeo done by a american using a brazilian product. Flavio From Brazil
I got an 11 or 12 inch Tramontina that I picked up at a yard sale up here in Canada, for 50 cents. Seems to be good quality. Thank you for the video, Gabe
Just came across this whilst researching machetes, most useful information I found so far on Tramontina, thanks.
mahalo
tramontina ; number one in rwanda !
Thats is some brutal abuse of a blade mate. It held up no problems Great video.
Brenden Bell Mahalo brah!! Great thing about a tough $14 machete you're not too concerned about accidentally hitting a rock LOL
Length is really a matter of intended use. The 14 inch seems to be the functional do-all compromise length but there are uses for larger blades. Though I don't need a machete everyday, I bought a 20 inch one. I had to trim an oversized bush that I thought I could handle with a 12 inch blade I own. At first it worked great against the green covering, but as soon I cut that off, the branches were so numerous, thick and tightly bundled together that every swing meant brushing my hand against sharp points. The extra reach allowed me to clear more of the branches with every swing as well as never endangering my hand. It was one fun afternoon.
Tramontina seems to be a good value brand. Their kitchen stuff is well regarded also.
nice one bro love tramotina
Excellent video man! love watching machete vs banana and coconut!
Live Free Or Die I have plenty of machetes, coconuts and bananas. Mahalo for stopping by
H.I.S Survival I am interested in a Junglas vs tramotina video showing pros and cons for jungle use. Also Izula tattoo video!
I love watching your video's... man it makes me want to go to Hawaii! LOL
I'd really like to see how you sharpen the machete in the field, or even when you first get a new one.
wjfmarketing much mahalo. yes Hawaii is awesome and easy on the eyes. here's a video I did on how to sharpen a machete in the field
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mahalo iā ʻoe
This is my one and only machete. I use it for years here in the amazon
its a great machete
I recently got a few of these Tramontina 14 inch pattern blades (actually about 13.5") for about $5. each. I haven't used them, but have experience with many others. Very nice size and shape. Despite the lack of distal taper in thickness, the full thickness blade does give some forward weight, which is good in a fairly short machete. Handle is tiny, good for my small hand, but nice hardwood. Trams have decent steel but may be a bit softer than others, or a bit more variable in heat treating. Nonetheless, a very handy blade and a very cool profile. If you want a better chopper for woody stuff, the Tramontina 14" Bolo (about 14.5") is similar thickness but more forward weighted. Still quick in the hand but a tad heavier. Nice.
I have a number of Imacasa 14" blades. They have good steel and may be a bit harder, but are quite a bit thinner and lighter. I call them "watermelon knives" because they would slice better. Good for grass and weed chopping as well.
Keep in mind that these are inexpensive and expendable agricultural tools. I probably have accumulated well in excess of 100 hand-forged car spring Thai "machetes" over the years. Blades are shorter and much thicker, handles generally quite long. But they excel at chopping thicker brush and hardwood limbs, except in the very light versions.
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I had the same Brazilian piece for several years that I had bought at an estate sale and used it to replace the cedar bough covering on my ground deer blinds every year. I really liked it but unfortunately it was stolen from behind my truck seat while I was having mechanical work done. Of course there was no accountability by them and I never saw it again.
Don Veeser ahole mechanic. Blades made in Brazil work great . Mahalo for watching
Mahalo for the video. Very nice demonstration of why a shorter machete is more useful. But I'm still going to get the 28" Imacasa 😆! I'm telling you, bruddah, the artichoke thistles here in the Bay Area are NASTY with their needle point thorns!
JustSimplyBrandon sometimes having a small machete is better than having a large machete sometimes. Mahalo
Just a heads up I'm in Colorado and Lowes is carrying the 18" Latin style machete with sheath for $15! You can cut down the 18 if you like I love a 12-14" machete for more bushcraft things vs clearing land.
Great video Gabe. Tramontina is the best.
mahalo
Say Heah Gabe, Aloha. I had to put the final touches on my Modified Mad Hatter, I got it because it's made out of the L6 steel. I had a Scandi put closer to the handle, But the sweet spot is a Convex Grind. I also had the spine rounded, but there is enough of a 90° grind to strike a ferro rod. The handle matches my Modified Attitude. A white G-10 with blue liners. I touched it put and now it's just what I wanted. Not only is it my Summer Long Knife to clear through the brambles. But it also can be used as a large knife, which I teamed up with my matching modified Attitude. Yeah, Now it's a lovely piece of kit. Mahalo.,,.p
Great video growing up in Central American rainforest a machete is an everyday tool it's your lawn mower your trail cutter you can use it to clear a campsite in the jungle asault weapon defense weapon it's your life most have longer blades more typical for everyday work farm tractor operators would be more using an 18in blade that's slightly heavy they're several brands the most popular brand was Collins followed by colima there was also Valley a new comer to lot all had plastic handles of different grade there was one brand I don't remember the name that was my favorite they had brass revits in the very durable plastic handles the blades were heavier than the other brands and held better edge I had an 18in on my farm tractor and one with probably a 28in blade grass cutting or brush clearing the Nicholson fine cut file was all we used for sharpening either the triangle 8in or 8in flat file I preferred the flat file
nice dude
Without your sunglasses, at first I couldn't tell who that was. Fortunately I recognized your voice. I had to look away during the rock test, I just couldn't watch. Fun video, thank you for doing it, Gabe. BTW, what is the yearly avg rainfall at your homestead?
Rick C the rainfall varies greatly here from year to year. let's just say if we get under a 130" in a year it's a drought and over 300" in a year its kinda rainy. There's a spot on the island that got 32 inches in 24 hours now that's rainy. Mahalo for watching
I have a 12" tramantina and it's awesome for light stuff- vines, weeds, small branches. I'm planning on getting the Ontario 12" or maybe the 18" for thicker stuff
American Psycho I'd go with the Ontario 18" or Tramontina 18". Mahalo for watching
Have you ever tried out the 14" old hickory butchers knife? I'm curious to hear your opinion on it.
What happend if fhat machete cut through the bone many times? I mean like cow/buffalo bone
do you have any tick problems there??
Hits rock with machete *rock chips and falls apart* lol good stuff I got one of those
Can you review about the handle? Because mine loose already.
I just bought a Tramontina 16" (41cm) Carbon Steel Pre-sharpened Blade Machete online, I hope it's this good.
Good review, what is that insect flying around your camera? I thought most insects in Hawaii can't fly, or that is what I remember. It is snowing here today.
william az lots of mosquitoes and it's snowing here in the mountains today. Hawaii gets lots of snow we just got 2 feet of snow about two months back. Mahalo for stopping by
you're in the jungle baby!!!!
thanks
I got the same one :)Have the long one as well, with the wire wrapped around the handle. The wire-handle is the worst...cannot see how that is useful. Slippery as hell, and gives you blisters centimeters deep. Have the same bevel sharpened as you. Nice review...but I would not consider it a "budget" machete. It is a no nonsense, everyday tool, that you will use for years and years.
Pure Workhorse Tool love them.
Belleza de machete❤
what's your opinion on imacasa machetes?
not as good as Tramontina
HIT dat rock, really HIT dat rock !!
I have a 12 in talwan knife
Hitting a rock multiple time is a test? Is this a local tradition or an innitiation of some kind?
Say Heah Gabe, Aloha. I started to pack up to my place I like to bush craft at But a drop in temperature plus all that warm weather ww had, Indicated a storm on it's way. Traveling through deep snow by car is not my Fav. So I passed until atleast after the storm passes and I could identify what it's going to do. But yeah, I thought of you. Yeah, I was going to pack my African made Cold Steel Double Bit Machete. It's a good one and it's discontinued for a while now, But mine is still going strong. Two edges, I can change the angles on each side to be mote task specific or sharpen both sides the same to double my edge retention. But the important swt is my new wet and snowy condition set. I teamed up my Fallkniven A-1 with my H-1. I think the H-1 will definetly be a keeper, It's very close to my Skookum Bush Tool but a Laminated VG-10 blade instead of my 3V S .B.T. The nice thing is I can Draw Carry both of them side by side and they work great that way. So yeah, I can't wait to give them a good test. The H-1 is a thick blade but it's very sharp that slices great, As far as carving, I just know it will. Yeah , you potlicker, You made me aware of machete's. I use them as long knives . I was going to take my Steel Heart Druid 340 and the Druid Combo, Plus I was going to take my Fox Bushcraft Parang and the Fox Pro Hunter that's another awesome 4" blade but in the N690Co. Stainless, It just increased my 4" Blade Stable. But yeah, The H-1 is most impressive the way it almost look's like my Skookum Bush Tool but much thicker because of it's lamination. But for that you get a extremely strong knife. I guess my next machete will be a Tramontina Thanx to you.,,.
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Gabe come over and clear my lot at Hawaiian Paradise Park!!!
ken heinemann LOL not with a 14-inch machete LOL a weed wacker and Chainsaw that's what I have to use. Mahalo for watching
O Brasileiro 🇧🇷
dude i can hear the masquetose out there
That volcanic rock is not hard like the granite.
Cold steel kukri mechete can cut ur rock......
Say Heah Gabe, Aloha, How'Bout doing the Mexican Hat Dance on Tham'Dar Fire Ants, heh heh heh Mohala.,,.