"I am interested in buying a machete. Is there any specific things I should look for in one before purchasing? This is the machete I was interested in.... http://zombietools.net/tools/ the one called d'Capitan. Is it worth the buy?
~Thanks "

"You know another member asked about different weapon on the same website.. I think either this person is trying to advertise the website by relaying it asking which one would be a good machete..

Just go to military surplus and buy a machete there or a woodsman pal.

Edit: Here is that thread. http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/thread/2881908/Machetes"

"Oh yeah forgot about that. Kids these days you can put a sticker on a broom saying its magical like in harry potter and kids would buy it."

"Very true, heh reminds me of that one commercial for "Hasbro's best thing ever" on Family Guy."

"For machete's I'd check a local hardware store and whenever possible, avoid stainless steel - though there are a few grades that might be suitable. I can't remember the name but there's a new japanese stainless that is perfect for machetes and knives and is stainless... But it's lab made and pricy."

"yeah stake your life on a $4 blade.

Several manufacturers make a solid line of machetes. Gerber has some good ones, Cold steel has a large line of them, Ka-Bar has a few bolo shaped ones.

The shape is going to dictate alot of the blade's cutting ability, don't use a thin latin style if you are going to try to cut down trees, don't use a Gurkha shape to slice vines or weeds. Find out what you are planning on using it for, and go from there."

"You should try this machete out before knocking it; price snobbery isn't wise. I'd stack it up against any of the $20 Cold Steel machete line any day of the week. High carbon steel, I'm thinking its 1040 or 1055. It's made by the Tekton line of Michigan Industrial Tools and comes with a lifetime warranty.

The sheath this thing comes in is worth more than 4 bucks too."