KA-BAR Kukri vs Cold Steel 97KMS Kukri Machete

The KA-BAR Kukri and Cold Steel 97KMS Kukri Machete make for good, if unremarkable, Machetes at their respective budgets.

With that said, while they both should serve reasonably well, you might want to look into other options at the $65 and $30 price points - it's likely that there are some better alternatives available.

If you want to learn more about the KA-BAR Kukri and the Cold Steel 97KMS Kukri Machete, however, we prepared a summary of the information that we have:

The KA-BAR Kukri hasn't managed to get enough recognition from sources that do high-quality hands-on testing and therefore didn't make it into any relevant roundups. That, by itself, makes it difficult to recommend.

Taking a look at the Cold Steel 97KMS Kukri Machete, we found that it hasn't managed to perform well enough to earn a spot in any Machete roundups done by sources that conduct their own, high-quality, hands-on testing. That alone makes it difficult to recommend.

As a last step, we wanted to do a head-to-head KA-BAR Kukri vs. Cold Steel 97KMS Kukri Machete comparison of their review performance but, unfortunately, weren't able to find any review ratings on either product.