Foraging Machette broken?

[TaraLujan]

seemed to work for me over the weekend.
a few hrs foraging whilst my main was on raid. and a quick hand in.
done and dusted.

[Railina]

This makes me wonder about other modifiers that are hard to prove. How many are actually working?

the way to check these for tradeskills is to attempt a skill restricted combine at a skill point where you would be able to make the attempt with a mod item equiped but not without it. Ought to give you a good idea of your effective skill.

The possibility i see is that it may only read the first skill mod item in your inventory. try the machete in secondary with a geerlok in primary, or some such.