Condor 18" El Salvador Machete Oversized Item (XL) and is well suited to

and is well suited to a wide variety of grips

For more than 100 years the classic Mercator K55K "Black Cat" has been appreciated for its rugged simplicity

The only thing wrong with this example is a slight bend in the blade

which was able to be used for machete-like vegetation clearing

ease of bracing the blade against the knuckles for rapid chopping

Condor 18" El Salvador Machete Oversized Item (XL) and is well suited toThe 18" carbon steel El Salvador is one of the most robust of the Latin pattern machetes that Condor offers. While the EcoSurvivor and the stainless El Salvador models feature light blades, the carbon models are a full 1 8" thick. This extra mass allows the 18" carbon El Salvador to hit harder while retaining all of the advantages of the versatile Latin pattern's profile. A heavy hitting machete with a general use blade shape and a good balance