BarebonesTimber Saw - Hand Saw with Ergonomic Walnut Handle for Camping, Pruning, and Wood Cutting - Curved Blade and Root Cutter with Sheath

Just received this Bare Bones Nata machete and I am digging it! The walnut handle is well done and the grip is ergonomic at least for my hand. The blade came sharpish enough but the steel is quality and the right amount of heft for the design and length. I was looking for a shorter blade machete and this fit my needs. The price point is very reasonable. The sheath is nice enough however I would have preferred a different type belt/ carry attachment but I’ll likely fabricate something else for it though I haven’t given that aspect much thought yet. The machete swings well as I was looking for a blade that’s both long enough and short enough to use in tight wooded areas. Also a blade without a lot of flex like say a Gerber camp machete. I did add a wrist loop of 550 cord though. Overall a solid machete!

This is such a cool machete. It is small enough to handle for a long time while also being very sturdy and sharp! I love this thing and use it for all sorts of things from clearing brush to cutting kindling.

Very nice. Very sharp. Great quality

Title says it all. The design looks cool, and with the way its balanced you can get a lot of momentum going and it cuts stuff very well. You'd think that the grip on the handle would make it more ergonomic, but for some reason it just doesn't work with my hand. It's too blocky and puts my index finger at a weird angle which causes a bit of strain. My friends who tried it had the same experience, though that's not to say everyone will. Maybe there are some hands that it fits well. Fortunately, it feels decent enough when I grip the bottom part of the handle, so it's not a huge deal. Also, not a huge deal, but the blade arrived disappointingly dull. It wasn't quite butter knife levels of dull, but it could barely even cut a piece of paper, and it was not a clean cut. I was able to get it super sharp so it's fine now, just was a bit cumbersome to have to do that when other reviews say it was sharp out of the box.Anyway, I don't want to discourage anyone from buying it, as I'm happy with it overall. It does its job and simply looks cool and feels cool to swing. I would just have preferred for it to come sharpened, and also I would prefer a slightly different grip on the handle.

Has kept an edge and has worked well.The weight is heavy and stacked on top of the blade due to its wedge shape requiring a little control in your swing but the weight also helps the cut so giving up power in the swing is not an issue to result.Be sure to oil the blade as it will oxidize if you do not and perhaps oiling the wood lightly once in awhile to preserve it and prevent splinters.Handle halves could be better cut and aligned to each other as they are cut slightly small to cover the tang and have variations between the 2 halves so don't match in placment.That said the small mistakes do not interfere with my grip or use.

I love this thing. It looks and feels great. But it feels hungry. Not sure if it wants to clean up brush or start a revolution, but I'm down for either.

I love this thing. Came already sharp, but after a few passes with a buffing wheel I was able to shave a bald path on my arm in one swipe. Most machetes are thin and flimsy and won't work on anything thicker than a pencil. I used this baby on a maple brach the thickness of a broom handle and it went through on one slice. A branch the thickness of my wrist took 2 swings. The blade is thick enough to not bend and weighty enough to split kindling. If you have trees in your yard, you will need something like this eventually. For the price, can't beat it

Came dull, and with a very conservative bevel (30*?). Didn't cut much. Forgot it outside for a few weeks, somehow didn't even get surface rust (big red flag). Tried to put a more aggressive 20* bevel on it, and it wouldn't take an edge. Kitchen sharpener was removing an uncomfortable amount of material. Ceramic honing stage kept leaving a burr. A single stroke with a steel hone would knock the burr off, but roll a bigger one on the opposite side. Tried gouging a section of the original grind with a cheap screwdriver and succeeded. I don't know what this thing is made of, but whatever it is it's not hard enough for anything sharper than a butter knife. Also the sheath doesn't fit very well... It exposes the last 2" of the blade if you lift by the handle. It's pretty though.