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The Cold Steel All Terrain Chopper has a 21.5-inch matte 1055 carbon steel blade with a full tang and a black polypropylene handle, plus a sheath. Made in South Africa.
1055 is a plain carbon steel with about half a percent carbon, deliberately on the softer side. That is what a chopper wants: it bends rather than chips when it meets a knot, and it comes back to sharp with a file rather than needing a stone and patience. Full tang matters more here than on almost any other blade shape, since a 21.5-inch chopper loads the joint between blade and handle hard on every strike.
South Africa has a long machete-making tradition tied to agricultural work, and the polypropylene handle is chosen for the same reason as the steel: it takes abuse and costs little to replace. Explore more Machetes.
The Cold Steel All Terrain Chopper has a 21.5-inch matte 1055 carbon steel blade with a full tang and a black polypropylene handle, plus a sheath. Made in South Africa.
1055 is a plain carbon steel with about half a percent carbon, deliberately on the softer side. That is what a chopper wants: it bends rather than chips when it meets a knot, and it comes back to sharp with a file rather than needing a stone and patience. Full tang matters more here than on almost any other blade shape, since a 21.5-inch chopper loads the joint between blade and handle hard on every strike.
South Africa has a long machete-making tradition tied to agricultural work, and the polypropylene handle is chosen for the same reason as the steel: it takes abuse and costs little to replace. Explore more Machetes.
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