A truly universal carry option for choppers

You could also tip and put the machete through your leg or foot while holding the machete. IMO, you are holding a giant sharpened piece of steel. It is dangerous no matter where you put it. This is not for a couple of mile hike, you should still have a sheath for long moves. I see this as a device to free up your hands for a couple seconds before you go back to cutting.

I will watch for the second run. I would like to get at least two.

EDIT TO ADD: I am not trying to make light of the danger of cutting oneself with a machete in the belt hook. I swing my hands when I walk, as I would say most people do, and would be more likely to swing my hand into the blade. I would need to reposition the hook accordingly.
 
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Woodcamo Nut said:
looks dangerous, what if you trip over a rock and your leg falls on the blade and slices it open.
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A comment on the video by user SignorFrido: "I've used roncolas (billhooks) for years, and I guarantee that this is safer than it looks."

Caution must be exercised for sure, but there is zero way for me to put my leg behind the blade without it being a model 20" long or longer and some extreme and very deliberate contortions. The best location for positioning it is to the rear of the side belt loop. For traveling longer distances in dangerous terrain one might want to carry the tool in hand, but this is more for freeing the hands when both are needed for a task--a frequent occurrence for anyone making extensive utilitarian use of a machete or billhook. It is only a dangerous method if used dangerously, which goes for a lot of things. :)

Squashfan said:
You could also tip and put the machete through your leg or foot while holding the machete. IMO, you are holding a giant sharpened piece of steel. It is dangerous no matter where you put it. This is not for a couple of mile hike, you should still have a sheath for long moves. I see this as a device to free up your hands for a couple seconds before you go back to cutting.

I will watch for the second run. I would like to get at least two.

EDIT TO ADD: I am not trying to make light of the danger of cutting oneself with a machete in the belt hook. I swing my hands when I walk, as I would say most people do, and would be more likely to swing my hand into the blade. I would need to reposition the hook accordingly.
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Exactly. For instance, I have zero faith in even a thick Condor leather sheath to truly protect me if I somehow fell with my whole body weight onto the edge region of a properly sharp sheathed machete. Most canvas sheaths will be easily cut through if any real force were to be put on them. Falling violently on a sheathed blade carries about as much force and putting the sheath on the blade and then making a swing directly at a target--sheaths aren't miracle workers, nor are they a substitute for sensible precautions in handling methods.
 
Yeah. Still really not likely, at least--no more nor less likely than with a portaroncola. I was traipsing back and forth across a great big pasture space and all through the woods the other day with a freshly honed razor edge and felt safe the whole time. :)
 
I took it as a tongue-in-cheek comment on the picture showing the bill-hook in the hanger.
I like the hourglass handle on the one you designed, by the way.
 
I made one of these about 20 years ago to use on the farm, for the exact same purpose. I just cut and bent some old sheet metal that was laying in the shop. Had no idea they were actually a traditional piece of kit. As mentioned, I didn't actually use it to carry the blade around all over the place, it was just more of a hanger so I could free up my hands for a few moments at a time.
 
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