>>444111You can probably baton with it, that's just a disclaimer.
Batoning isn't particularly good for any knives though.
Also, this occurred to me as I was typing but you bought a damn chopper, use it to chop.
>>444397He might've bought the budget version, it's ~2mm thick instead of ~3mm thick.
However, thickness isn't a good measure of the quality of a machete.
That being said, I like thick machetes.