Reddit mentions of Gerber Gator Machete JR [31-000759]

I know this sub hates Gerber, but for the specified price range, and for the purpose of there being very little things to fuck up when designing a machete, may I suggest the Gerber Gator Jr. it's cheap and will do everything you seem to need it to do: http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-31-000759-Machete-Junior-Sheath/dp/B004BSGFPG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374294372&sr=8-2&keywords=gerber+machete

Big Left, top to bottom:

Gerber Gator Jr.
Harbor Freight $8 survival knife
KA-BAR #1213 Black Straight Edge
Ka-Bar Short Kraton-G Handle

Big Right, top to bottom:

Schrade SCHKM1 Large Full Tang Fixed Blade Kukri
Schrade SCHKM1SM Small Full Tang Fixed Blade Kukri
Schrade SCHF9N

Small stuff, top row, left to right:

Bessey D-BKWH Quick-Change Folding Utility Knife - Wood Grain Handle
Some cheap Husky multitool I got at Home Depot two-for-five-bucks back in '10 or '11
CRKT Eraser

Small stuff, bottom row, left to right:;

SOG Aegis Mini
Kershaw Thistle
Spyderco Resilience

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The Harbor Freight was an impulse thing. Same with the cheap-o Home Depot multitools.

The rest is pretty budget-conscious stuff. No matter what, though, even though they're not considered top-of-the-line or whatever, nobody will ever convince me that Schrade doesn't make some pretty damn good knives.