A machete isn’t a sword and a panabas isn’t a machete

[ChattanoogaChop]

I know there will never be a Filipino weapons forum here, but I’m still holding my breath for a Machete sub forum someday

 

[DocJD]

I’m still holding my breath

Best just breath freely my friend , probably never happen .

Machetes probably do more work worldwide than any other handheld blade . But they are generally cheap , peasanty and common .

Great value big blades , but most are not high profit or very cool collector items , except with those that love them .

I'd enjoy such a sub forum , I know some others , but not too many . Not enough .

 

[not2sharp]

…..Machetes probably do more work worldwide than any other handheld blade . But they are generally cheap , peasanty and common .

Great value big blades , but most are not high profit or very cool collector items , except with those that love them .…

The same can be said of knives in general. Everyone has and uses knives; whether in the kitchen, tackle box, emergency kit or garage, knives are all around us, and most of them are of little interest to collectors. There are plenty of interesting and valuable ”machetes” that do attract collectors. Lots of them fall into the military issued pioneer/engineer/sidearm area, including many of the related sword bayonets. Others, are simply upscale civilian machetes, such as those typically carried by plantation owners and overseers all over South America, both as a badge of authority and as mean of self-defense, or by hunting nobility as part of their kit.

The distinction between machete and sword or short sword and large knife largely comes down to use. It is a rich and interesting area. The stuff sold at big box hardware stores is no more representative of machetes than supermarket knives are of knives in general.

It’s an interesting area. It is often hard to see the forest for the trees, and likewise this category of knives is obscured by the rich and endless variety of names assigned to these tools all over the world. Every culture has hand tools that are primarily used to clear paths and manage brush, there are hundreds of different names for them and almost all of these tools have found a rich tradition of other uses.

n2s

 

[DocJD]

The same can be said of knives in general. Everyone has and uses knives; whether in the kitchen, tackle box, emergency kit or garage, knives are all around us, and most of them are of little interest to collectors. There are plenty of interesting and valuable ”machetes” that do attract collectors. Lots of them fall into the military issued pioneer/engineer/sidearm area, including many of the related sword bayonets. Others, are simply upscale civilian machetes, such as those typically carried by plantation owners and overseers all over South America, both as a badge of authority and as mean of self-defense, or by hunting nobility as part of their kit.

The distinction between machete and sword or short sword and large knife largely comes down to use. It is a rich and interesting area. The stuff sold at big box hardware stores is no more representative of machetes than supermarket knives are of knives in general.

It’s an interesting area. It is often hard to see the forest for the trees, and likewise this category of knives is obscured by the rich and endless variety of names assigned to these tools all over the world. Every culture has hand tools that are primarily used to clear paths and manage brush, there are hundreds of different names for them and almost all of these tools have found a rich tradition of other uses.

n2s

I completely agree !

I'd love to have a machete sub forum where people's collections could be displayed in one place . Etc.

But ...I'm just NOT holding my breath .

 

[Stelth]

All Cognac is brandy. Not all brandy is Cognac.

 

[gadgetgeek]

Although there is not a huge amount of traffic, most of the machete talk happens in the outdoor subs since use is the primary point of discussion, rather than collecting. There are plenty of users here, but for many the machete is still a tool rather than a toy.

 

[I'mSoSharp]

I’m still holding my breath for a Machete sub forum someday

+1. I think there is enough interest in Machetes & related, the posts are just so spread out in many sub forum's at the moment that most that would be interested don't see them, so for that reason they don't appear popular.

most of the machete talk happens in the outdoor subs since use is the primary point of discussion, rather than collecting.

That's news to me (I' ve never looked there!!) I'll have a look, I would have said the most Machete posts were in the "axe, tomahawk & hatchet" sub forum, but Machete post turn up in "General" & this Swords sub as well.

I have a large collection of machetes, I find them fascinating and so diverse, when the styles of the world are taken into account it could probably be the largest sub forum of any on here...... That's if we had one

Edit - it occurs to me that even this thread won't attract the attention of other like-minded folks because they won't necessarily look in the Swords sub forum, I didn't, the word "Machete" just caught my eye on the right hand side of the forum list (where it shows the latest post) otherwise I would have never seen it.

 

[Michaelyogi]

+1 for a Machete subforum.