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Four Fiddleback machetes arrived today. Two are 12", one is 16", and one is 18". This isn't really a review as just a general comment...
These are truly weaponized machetes so don't blow a few thousand bucks on expensive swords and choppers when you can spend a tenth of that and get a whole set of these fine instruments of pure chopping, slicing terror. Andy clearly didn't follow the standard format when he designed them. They fuse Filipino sword/knife stylings (intentional, Andy?) with scandi grinds and super thin, yet springy and tough, steel. Awesome for home defense, boar hunting, and the zombie apocalypse which started when Facebook got really massive.
The 12" model is the right size for CQC and slicing ham. If you're into mid-sized chopper knives, this is a good pick. Granted, you can't cut a microwave in half with it, but fat, expensive choppers were invented for that kind of silly stuff. If you actually have finesse, the 12" Fiddleback would be my recommendation.
The bigger models are better designed for whirling dervish type activities which may or may not involve tree branches, noxious weeds, and tweens. I don't have a 14" because it's basically just a short 16" model, which works for some but I didn't see the point if I could pick the longer one and pay the same amount for it. I thought I'd like the 18" model a lot more than the 16" but now that I have them both I can see reasons to love them equally (like parents supposedly do with their children).
Anyhow, get four of them at a minimum (because one is FREE so you just gotta). And, Andy, if you have an 18" that needs a home you can hit me up. I already got my freebie so you know it's easy money.
And speaking of freebies, my package came with an ultra-awesome SECOND FREEBIE. This is the Fiddleback-branded bandaid holder, complete with five adhesive medical strips (one for each digit on whichever hand is the unlucky one). Very nice!
I'd attach pics but don't know how. Now go buy some Fiddleback machetes.
These are truly weaponized machetes so don't blow a few thousand bucks on expensive swords and choppers when you can spend a tenth of that and get a whole set of these fine instruments of pure chopping, slicing terror. Andy clearly didn't follow the standard format when he designed them. They fuse Filipino sword/knife stylings (intentional, Andy?) with scandi grinds and super thin, yet springy and tough, steel. Awesome for home defense, boar hunting, and the zombie apocalypse which started when Facebook got really massive.
The 12" model is the right size for CQC and slicing ham. If you're into mid-sized chopper knives, this is a good pick. Granted, you can't cut a microwave in half with it, but fat, expensive choppers were invented for that kind of silly stuff. If you actually have finesse, the 12" Fiddleback would be my recommendation.
The bigger models are better designed for whirling dervish type activities which may or may not involve tree branches, noxious weeds, and tweens. I don't have a 14" because it's basically just a short 16" model, which works for some but I didn't see the point if I could pick the longer one and pay the same amount for it. I thought I'd like the 18" model a lot more than the 16" but now that I have them both I can see reasons to love them equally (like parents supposedly do with their children).
Anyhow, get four of them at a minimum (because one is FREE so you just gotta). And, Andy, if you have an 18" that needs a home you can hit me up. I already got my freebie so you know it's easy money.
And speaking of freebies, my package came with an ultra-awesome SECOND FREEBIE. This is the Fiddleback-branded bandaid holder, complete with five adhesive medical strips (one for each digit on whichever hand is the unlucky one). Very nice!
I'd attach pics but don't know how. Now go buy some Fiddleback machetes.
