Cold Steel Machete Modification

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I picked up a Cold Steel spear point machete a while back. It was on sale for about $12 at a local sports shop. I didn't really care for the double edged tip design but for $12 who cares right?

After reworking the cruddy factory edge I thought that if I were to cut off some of the tip that it may improve the "feel" of the machete and since I already disliked the weird tip, what could it hurt right?

I discovered that after slicing the end off at an angle (I like my cane knives), if I were to make one more cut then I could utilize the spear point as an actual spear tip to keep in my camp pack. 2 tools for the price of one? Hell yeah!

Check it out.

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I repainted the blade on the mackete after adding a more convex edge to it (keeping it cool with water between sandings) and I made the spear tip sheath out of an old Gerber Profile sheath I had laying around.
The machete sheath is the original from CS but cut shorter & re-wrapped in heavy fabric and waterproof spray glue to ad some stiffness with a few grommets in the end for a lanyard.

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I can honestly say that this is now one of my favorite choppers of all time. I haven't had the chance to use the spear yet but when I do I'll be sure and get pics. ;)
 
Hehe. Cool mod. And like you said, you can't go wrong for that money. And CS machetes are tough. :thumbup:
 
I think it would now probably qualify as a bladesports event knife :)
It's a fun piece of work!
 
That is more than just a "mod" -you created something entirely new out of that machete -awesome work!
 
I am getting tons more use out of the machete now. Just that little bit off the tip improved the feel of it as a chopper and now it fits perfectly on the side of my MOLLE II ass'pack.
Oh, I also sanded the grip a little as well. It's a little less agressive as far as the checkering and it grips better when it's wet now.
 
Very cool. CS machetes are primed for mods, but spear point into spear tip... awesome! Why'd you remove all the factory black though?
 
Picksmith said:
Very cool. CS machetes are primed for mods, but spear point into spear tip... awesome! Why'd you remove all the factory black though?
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I have actually worn most of it off from using it so much that I decided to respray it with some tan I had laying around the shop to keep the bare metal covered up. It just keeps me from having to constantly wipe it down, not that it ever gets put away for very long.
 
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