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Good bolo machete

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Ive found that i really like my latin style trams but when i handled a bolo i liked the forward weight for chopping and brish clearing ive beeen trying to find one with a 12 inch blade but cant. What im more looking for here is a machete with sorta the balance if a bolo Suggestions? Under 100 plz
 
MAkives said:
Ive found that i really like my latin style trams but when i handled a bolo i liked the forward weight for chopping and brish clearing ive beeen trying to find one with a 12 inch blade but cant. What im more looking for here is a machete with sorta the balance if a bolo Suggestions? Under 100 plz
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Schrade makes a solid bolo machete for around $45. I have the kuri one they offer and it's a surprisingly well designed strong chopper. I haven't experienced any edge chipping or rolling and holds an edge well.

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The Tramontina Bolo Machete is a 14" machete and considered by many to be very useful..... just 2" longer blade length.
 
I couldn't find the Condor at their website. Discontinued? 42 Blades would know....
 
Benchmade makes an affordable Jungle Bolo. And Bark River has a series of Grasso Bolo models in 3 different sizes (I, II, and III) - a bit more money, but they're really well made. Worth a look, IMHO.
 
I wouldn't exactly call the Benchmade a machete...nor the Bark River either. The latter is really more of an ethnic inspired chopping knife.
 
Tramonita makes a bolo, one that I've even seen at Baronyx (and been tempted to get). I have no idea about it from any personal experience, but if it's as good as their Latin machetes that I own and use, it'll be a real workhorse and WELL under your $100 budget (think like buying 6 or 7 of them for that price).
 
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