^ its the marketing. it tricks many people. we expect companies to be honest and take one right off the line and do their testing. what they don't show us is all the time they spent putting the edge on and resharpening between tasks,etc. before filming slashing and chopping, etc. while their marketing sells more steel, it backfires when one isn't familiar with decades of use and various makes and models of machetes and understands that the somewhat low dollars paid means you have to finish the edge yourself to match the work needed. although in fairness cold steel ain't exactly cheap compared to imacasa , tram, etc. maybe cheaper than finished product like condor, but still......
think of a shovel. ever bought one anywhere with the end with an edge on it to cut into harder soil and roots, etc.? i never have. i see most folks jumping up and down on the shovel to get into the soil and roots. instead of taking a belt sander or stone and grinding it into a useable edge. the maker of the shovel could do this but how do they know if you'll be using it in sugar sand like what i have here, or dense clay, or caliche, or ,...........a common edge wouldn't work for various soil types.
