Cold Steel Machete Steel 65mn

[pangaman]

Evening all
I noticed on the cold steel website that they are now listing 65mn instead of 1055 steel for their machete range.
Could anyone confirm if this is correct, and if they are perhaps moving to another manufacturer to supply their machetes?

 

[jbmonkey]

Evening all
I noticed on the cold steel website that they are now listing 65mn instead of 1055 steel for their machete range.
Could anyone confirm if this is correct, and if they are perhaps moving to another manufacturer to supply their machetes?

thats a Chinese made spring steel. so im gonna assume they're moving production to China on those machetes....or possibly shipping that Chinese steel to wherever they're making them nowadays. used to be s. Africa for a bunch of them. not sure anymore...haven't gone and looked to see where they're being made......

 

[DocJD]

perhaps moving

All mine are from SA . They have served me well .

If moved to China ...who knows ?

The steel is used in Kershaw 14 Camp Machete .

 

[bikerector]

I know they have some made in China now, not sure if all are moving or if it's just "lowest bidder" sorta thing for now, or split who makes them. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of old new stock on SA made either.

 

[Benjamin Liu]

I've had good results with the Chinese-made Barong Machetes, but just moving production to China doesn't mean the same people will make them.

 

[tltt]

I recently picked up a current production Chinese Bowie Machete. Everything was pretty good on it. The main edge needed some thinning, but it wasn't a bear of a job. Funny thing, the false edge was spectacular, far better than one would imagine.

 

[Tafkaag]

All mine are from SA . They have served me well .

If moved to China ...who knows ?

The steel is used in Kershaw 14 Camp Machete .

Kershaw's Chinese contractors are better than Cold Steel's given the degradation of the Bushman and GI Tanto.

 

[DocJD]

Kershaw's Chinese contractors are better than Cold Steel's given the degradation of the Bushman and GI Tanto.

China can make good quality , but not at the lowest possible cost .

 

[Tafkaag]

China can make good quality , but not at the lowest possible cost .

True enough, which is something CS and Gerber--to name but two--have yet to learn.

 

[jbmonkey]

China can make good quality , but not at the lowest possible cost .

true, but we know gsm ain't moving production to china for quality......it's for lower cost and higher profits.

 

[pangaman]

I recently picked up a current production Chinese Bowie Machete. Everything was pretty good on it. The main edge needed some thinning, but it wasn't a bear of a job. Funny thing, the false edge was spectacular, far better than one would imagine.

I suppose this answers the question. From what I can gather 65Mn is a fine choice for beater blades, and its good to hear that they are coming with good edges.