This is an absolutely beautiful knife, everything about this is perfection. Yes, this is listed as a machete but I've been using it to chop kindling and for making wood shavings to start fires while camping. There are details on this blade not pictured, and if you're on the fence of buying this knife I would say just do it, you won't regret it. Long story short, I can't say enough about this blade its absolutely superb.