Cold Steel Gladius vs Cold Steel Royal Kukri Machete

Let me go over to this island here see if we can uh hack around a bit of some of this stuff along the shore, all right, getting my uh machete out here...

I did touch up the edge by using a file as a honing steel, and now the edge is pretty good. Alright, polypropylene handle, you see the guard there. Al...

I tend to rate products on a cost-driven curve, so keep that in mind when reading. I went with three stars simply due to what I view as the relatively low price paid for the product.

The blade thickness is 2.8 millimeters again, the handle is five and a quarter inch long, polypropylene and it weighs in at 18 ounces. It comes with t...

In fact I am glad to have the opportunity to make a custom grind angle leaving the bevel at the tip more obtuse and “apple seed” shaped creating a stronger point than a normal version of this item would have. I would be curious if anyone else has received a blade in this condition, I assume the quality control person at the factory was hung over and or drunk that day. It happens to the best of us.

It seems like pretty good quality and feels great in the hand but the blade came VERY dull. It's dull to the point that you can actually drag a finger down the blade and it won't cut. I understand this is a machete and works more on just brute force but I am still disappointed on how dull this was. Hell my fiskars hatchet came paper slicing sharp and with just a few laps on my spyderco sharpmaker it could shave my arms and that's a "blunt force" tool

, Cold, Steel, Gladius, Machete, 1055, high-carbon steel.? You could probably get a spark of this if you were in a survival situation. According to Wi...

This new stuff. Look very scary, sharp whoops we go see is so scary, Shawn, okay, you see that I just need to slice lightly and the thing is already W...

Breaks are not. I used it to limb lots of downed branches following a severe storm. It worked acceptably, but it's heavy. The tip didn't prove fragile but I wasn't deliberately abusing it

It gives a nice weight forward feel, but can still be recovered like a normal Latin style machete. A great nod to the advantages of the kukri design.

Other than that is seems very sturdy and rugged. Overall I am impressed if o ly by the value of this piece..

But it has a apple seed (convex grind) edge and a 1075 German steel blade with a mild temper for durability. Very nice kukri for only about twice the cost of this. But it will not double as a machete. It's too heavy

not a huge deal however the uneven edges were a huge disappointment and no product people pay decent money for should be so irregular coming from a reputable company such as cold steel, no excuse for crappy quality workmanship. sheath was of decent quality but a bit on the cumbersome side when drawing or replacing blade so i'll see about modifying it to suit my needs or have a custom one made. that said it is sturdy and should do what it is meant for, just wish they'd make a quality true sword version of the gladius under their far superior sword line. would have rated it lower but really for the $25 it cost I wasn't really expecting a showpiece and it is a lot of fun to use

It's a bit larger than the traditional khukuri size, but for what I was using it for, perfect. It comes with a fitted nylon case in which the knife must be sheathed a certain way. I like this as it makes you think and ensure that you properly sheath the knife instead of just shoving it in all willy nilly and accidentally cutting a tendon. I have since resharpened it and coated it in oil and it is hanging in my garage waiting to tackle next year's overgrown brush or intimidate any overly nosy neighbor