>>1818042Well I don’t disagree with you on the Cold Steel machetes, they have a reputation for coming with shit edges. I will add that they have been notably improving with the edge they ship with in the last few years. The first Cold Steel machete I got was like 8 or 9 years ago, a 24” Latin, and it pretty much just had a bevel, the more recent ones I’ve handled actually have an edge, that only needs touching up to make decent. I would say that edge wise they are probably as good as other cheap machetes. Which it not a high standard.
Also their Polly molding is known to be a bit rough, but once again, price point, and at lest in my experience it’s nothing that can’t be fixed with 5 minutes and some sandpaper.
Now I am surprised that your secret edge came dull, because Cold Steel is normally pretty good about sending their actual knives well sharpened. I honestly rate them up there as one of the best companies for it, up there with Spyderco and US Kershaws. And I’ve owned like at lest 15 CS knives, of those all were at lest average sharp if not above average, only one of them I considered dull, and it’s a literal shank, a Persian Spike.
As for their quality, it really depends on what line you are looking at. Their really cheap stuff tends to be rough around the edges but really utilitarian in functionality, I would argue they make some incredibly high value knives, material, design, and quality wise for $50ish-$120ish. Like the Code 4 is a masterpiece for the price.
