Fiddleback Machetes!!!

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Today I have LOTS of Fiddleback Machete's for sale!!! These are featured in the July 2011 edition of Tactical Knife Magazine!!! They are $110 shipped each for up to four regardless of size as always. If you buy three the fourth is free!!!!

I only have natural canvas handle scales.

AVAILABLE TODAY:
Five 14" machetes
Ten 16" machetes: two nat, two OD, and one black
Three 18" machete: natural


My line of machete blades was made at Imacassa Tool Company. Makers of the Condor line. I get the blades in drilled stamped and heat treated. I put on the grind, and the handle.

The steel is 1075 carbon steel. These sizes are 2.2mm thick before they taper it from butt to tip. The handle scales start as 3/8" thick natural canvas micarta. The grind is a convex scandi grind.

All machete models cost $100 plus ten to ship. I'll ship as many as I can fit in a trianglular shipping tube for the ten dollars. Special Deal!!! If you buy three of my machete's from me, the 4th is free. This is a one time deal. Your 8th isn't also free. Please no group buys. I'm very flexible on the deal. If you buy one, then decide later to buy two more, you still get the deal.

Thank you very much for your support!

Blades when I get em:

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Ready to ship:

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Pic of whole line:

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Random stamping and handle pictures:

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PM sent with request (2 14" and 2 16") and sheath inquiry.
 
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Andy,
I'd like 4 16's. 2 nat, 1 OD and 1 black.
I have a few friends due for a very happy holiday.:)
Russ
 
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Thanks Guys! I only have natural canvas scaled machetes though. Let me know if thats OK.

Heber makes leather sheaths for my machetes for very low prices. There is a thread about his business stickied in my forum.

Thanks for looking everyone. Merry Christmas.
 
JohnQTaxpayer said:
In the "pic of the whole line" picture, what are the sizes? Is the top machete 18" or longer?
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Yes. The top model has an 18" blade (they are all designated by blade length per machete tradition). The handle is 6" long on all of them.
 
If I may, let me put in a couple cents here...

These are the best machetes money can buy. If you want a heavy chopper you can call a "machete", get an ESEE Junglas, a Becker, a Busse, etc etc... But if you want a real, thorny bush/vine/tall grass killing MACHETE then these are your best bets. They are workhorses, their scandi edges are very easy to maintain, and the ergonomics are absolute perfection.

If you live anywhere with dense vegetation that requires periodic haircuts, I'd drop the Fiddleback name without hesitation. Can't decide? Go big - the 18" is like a razor sharp bullwhip.

Sorry if this amounts to chatting in a sales thread, but I had to say it.
 
This may be a stupid question and correct me as I am wrong but these are obviously machetes and no choppers and as such they good against vegetation and small branches and not to be used against more solid wood / large branches or day I sat batoning?

Not to suggest I do not totally plan to pick one up! They look awesome!
 
The 12" is 3mm thick, the other are 2.3mm thick. The 12" is pretty much 1/8" thick, and like the Ontario heavy duty machetes, they can chop wood very well. At least my Ontario can do it with no problem. I submit this video of the Fiddleback Forge 12" machete for your viewing pleasure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNpMC_x5aA
I recently got a 14" FB Machete, and it has to be the best handle on any machete I've ever picked up. I have not had a chance to chop wood, but have trimmed some bushes. Everything about it is great, but I'd still like a 12", why I never got one, I don't know?
I have chopped wood with my ESEE Lite Machete, and it bites deep, same steel as the Fiddlebacks, I think I'm remembering that correctly. I think with the thinner machetes, it's important to let the tool do the work, and not beat the machete too hard. You end up beating yourself just as much, IMO. Like with any cutting tool, the edge will have it's limits, and different woods will have different results. I wouldn't hesitate to take my 14" backpacking and chop wood, although I attempt to gather and break wood when possible, least effort for maximum gain.
 
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