Aside from chopping, what else do your use a machete for?

Limited digging.
Hammer.
Club for trapped animals.
Shaping wood.... bow staves etc.
 
Poking at wierd things on the ground. The reach of an 18 inch machete is a nice comfort zone.
 
I love carving dow with a machete. I made a handle for an adze by shaping. I made a bunch of yawara sticks. Works really well.
 
Carvin' snow blocks for an igloo.

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I don't live in the jungle but I hear it is good for scaring away poisonous snakes that are hiding under fallen logs.
 
cracking open coconuts with the spine. I've use mine to move lit embers from a fire to another location.
 
I've used mine to rearrange logs in the fire and to spread around coals to cook on (with my cast iron pan of course)!
 
I'll need a machete for dealing with all the monkeys and jaguars running loose in the jungle.

A Mexican co-worker (kind of) verified this, mentioning that you need the reach of the 18" version, for killing snakes.

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