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Whether you’re cutting through brush, chopping up a watermelon, or just messing around in the backyard, the Mantis Machete has your back. Made with a whopping 17-inch blade, and measuring 22 inches overall, it offers plenty of size Read More
From a reputable company, with a good heat treat, 440C is a lovely knife steel. It also takes a wonderful polish, so it's a popular choice among custom knifemakers.
Note I said knives, not machetes. This is a questionable use for 440C. If Mantis Knives weren't a mystery brand, maybe I'd give them a shot. As it stands, get a Tramontina and save yourself the headache.
chathamharrisonMantis isn't a mystery brand. The issue is why they're known.
The company used to be run by Jared West, who tried to create a creepy cult-like group of supposedly die-hard fans of Mantis products, but after getting caught lying about the steels the company used on their knives, ran off to make a new company called Quartermaster and left Mantis to be run by his father.
guvnorWhelp, I've read through a good bit of Jay Fisher's website now and I'm ready to confess to my sin of spreading FUD about 440C. To be fair I've only been exposed to what I now guess to be badly heat treated 440C.
It seems like the wives tales have won though, as there don't seem to be many quality production knives that I can find in 440C apart from dive knives and I really don't use a knife often enough to justify a custom job.
I can't find anything on this Machete anywhere. Anybody found a review somewhere? Maybe they are debuting it here and it hasn't been out elsewhere yet?