Sax Machete

The Sax blade style is centuries old and hails from ancient Northern Europe, or what is now Scandinavia. Like its historical counterpart, it has a wide blade and straight cutting edge and the characteristic downward sloping point. The Cold Steel Sax Machete is available in 12 and 18-inch blade lengths and comes complete with a Cordura sheath.

Sax Machete

Blade steel	1055 Carbon
Rc hardness	60-64
Blade length	18"
Length overall	23 5/8"
Blade thickness	3mm
Weight	22.3 oz
Made in	China

More about 1055 Carbon steel:
1055 steel is right on the border between a medium and a high carbon steel, with a carbon content between 0.50%-0.60% and with manganese between 0.60%-0.90% as the only other component. The carbon content and lean alloy make this a shallow hardening steel with a quenched hardness between Rc 60-64 depending on exact carbon content. These combination of factors make this one of the toughest steels available because, when quenched, it produces a near saturated lathe martensite with no excess carbides, avoiding the brittleness of higher carbon materials. This steel is particularly suited to applications where strength and impact resistance is valued above all other considerations and will produce blades of almost legendary toughness.