CUSTOM MACHETE Challenge!

[j williams]

In this contest. Y'all look out.

New design commin up......

Uh Oh.....

This will be good.

 

[untamed]

In this contest. Y'all look out.

New design commin up......

Holy crap! I love the DC design! Seriously can not wait for this! :thumbup:

 

[Joezilla]

Bump!

 

[koyote]

My expected timeline for this is to start immediately after, before, or on christmas day, and I'll be doing possibly an entire buildalong (again)

 

[raylaconico]

This sounds like fun! I'll have to sit this one out though. Who are the makers that are involved so far?

 

[dfarmerknives]

Build along sounds good. I'll do pics along the way, too.

 

[Horn Dog]

I can hardly wait to see your machete, mr Farmer. I used one of your goloks, and it was the choppingest little golok I ever used, right up there with my Bark River. And yours was even smaller.

 

[atakach]

I'm in

 

[Mack]

My expected timeline for this is to start immediately after, before, or on christmas day, and I'll be doing possibly an entire buildalong (again)

Build along sounds good. I'll do pics along the way, too.

I'm in

Something tells me this will be expensive!

I can't wait.

 

[JasonSCarter]

I'm in. My first competition... I'm thinkin a 5160 Golok or Bolo or some combination there of anyway. I'll get to forging it tomarrow hopefully!

Jason

 

[seth]

someone ought to point Tai Goo to this !

 

[Rick Marchand]

I'm in.



Initial concept of the "Marchete"
10"handle
18"blade
Forged from 1/4" 5160 stock
3/4 tang
hickory "axe" type handle.

Here's a preliminary doodle, I'm thinking the middle one....

Rick

 

[caine]

1/4 wow

 

[Calebklyne]

im excited to see the monstrosities that come out of this competition!

 

[pict]

I'm in.



Initial concept of the "Marchete"
10"handle
18"blade
Forged from 1/4" 5160 stock
3/4 tang
hickory "axe" type handle.

Here's a preliminary doodle, I'm thinking the middle one....

Rick

That second one looks sweet. I'd be careful with a round profile handle though as it won't index well. I love the blade shape and the handle looks great you just need to be able to know the angle of the blade by the feel of the grip on the handle. Mac

 

[Rick Marchand]

1/4 wow

Forging down from 1/4".... this is not a beheading sword... Thats the next competion!

I suspect the ricasso area to be 3/16"-7/32" at 1.25 wide... with a distal taper to the tip. The tang will also be tapered.

That sound better?

That second one looks sweet. I'd be careful with a round profile handle though as it won't index well. I love the blade shape and the handle looks great you just need to be able to know the angle of the blade by the feel of the grip on the handle. Mac

Pict..... I never make my handles round, for that very reason.:thumbup:




Thanks

 

[j williams]

Very Golok like Rick.... Those look great!

Im diggin the first one, it has great lines. Any of those would be waay cool though.

 

[caine]

Oh ok

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

As nice as the second one is, I actually like the look of the third one quite a bit too! If you flared it slightly towards the point it could be quite a contender as well!

Good stuff, Rick, as always!:thumbup:

 

[J. Rosa]

Wow. That's awesome Rick. I had a similar thought but different. I used it for a Dao-ish sword design though (bottom one). I like yours better though for a machete. I did these last week but will go with something like the smaller one. The top one. It's a 12" bolo design. It is the size I would use out here and what I am more comfortable doing.