ANNOUNCING - Fiddleback Forge Machete's

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I kept picturing micarta handles on the machetes, though the wood is a definite keeper. Good work!
 
Fiddleback said:
Pics of first finished machete. The handle is curly quartersawn Red Oak. Three 1/8" steel pins and one Bullseye tube. Its the 18" model. The production models will have some of the kinks worked out, but I can't resist handling these samples anyway. The handle on all the machete's is 6" long.

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We need these pictures on this page too. :D

That looks "Super-Mega-Ultra Sweet (tm)"!!! :eek: I, too, was envisioning micarta, but that oak looks fantastic! :thumbup:
 
Yes. I wanted to do micarta as well. But I am out, and broke, and no time to order it before the show. Plus, I have a TON of that Oak, and it was just too nice not to cut up!
 
Fiddleback said:
Yes. I wanted to do micarta as well. But I am out, and broke, and no time to order it before the show. Plus, I have a TON of that Oak, and it was just too nice not to cut up!
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Machetes seem to be the thing right now and the oak handles definitely set yours apart. That and the craftsmanship. :thumbup:
 
riz_aaroni said:
Machetes seem to be the thing right now and the oak handles definitely set yours apart. That and the craftsmanship. :thumbup:
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Machetes have always been the thing! People just haven't realize it until recently. :D

Andy--can't blame you for going with that oak if you had a lot of it around! It looks fantastic, and even machetes get expensive when you buy them hundreds at a time. :p I love my Fiddleback/Collins 323--I can't wait to get my hands on one of your own design!
 
That 12"er is a helluva tool IMO. Nothing a weekender couldn't do without that and a dang Karda.
 
I guess you are putting some Oak on the 12 inch sample? That is going to be some kinda sweet.
 
Ok, you twisted my arm enough... I'll let you send me a 12" with oak handles...

:-)

Ski
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Machetes have always been the thing! People just haven't realize it until recently. :D

Andy--can't blame you for going with that oak if you had a lot of it around! It looks fantastic, and even machetes get expensive when you buy them hundreds at a time. :p I love my Fiddleback/Collins 323--I can't wait to get my hands on one of your own design!
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Lol. That probably is the case.

I really wanted to get a cheap, decent machete to mess with, though never really had a need for it. I think my parents would have have lost it if I came home with one too lol.
 
riz_aaroni said:
Lol. That probably is the case.

I really wanted to get a cheap, decent machete to mess with, though never really had a need for it. I think my parents would have have lost it if I came home with one too lol.
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Decent machetes (that weren't a mile thick with boxy handles like Ontario's) really haven't been available in North America until fairly recently. I was fortunate enough to have landed a good one (by a company called Express) as my first machete back when I was 14. Goodness knows how many folks disregarded machetes for the awesome tools they are just because the only ones they had ever used were crappy ones.:o
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Decent machetes (that weren't a mile thick with boxy handles like Ontario's) really haven't been available in North America until fairly recently. I was fortunate enough to have landed a good one (by a company called Express) as my first machete back when I was 14. Goodness knows how many folks disregarded machetes for the awesome tools they are just because the only ones they had ever used were crappy ones.:o
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What's wrong with mile thick machetes?! That and boxy handles!! :D

Have to try one out some day. Only issue I see is sharpening the thing lol. An 18" machete has 36" of edge to sharpen.....:eek: Then again my paper wheels would make short work of it.
 
Those are some serious looking machetes! One of those and my Woodsman and I'd be set for life.
 
drop it like its hot andy thats BALLIN!

too bad im already sneaking boxes in..its gonna be hard to sneak a machete in.. :p
 
I bet you could slip that 12 incher down beside the calf of your leg and get it in easy, a little duct tape and you are home free! ;) Just don't let her hear you holler when the duct tape comes off!

My wife just says something like, "Wow, that's got a pretty handle!" I love that woman.
 
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