Imacasa tang

[deltablade]

I have an Imacasa machete with a plastic handle and am thinking of replacing the handle with a wooden one. does anyone have a photo or knowledge of the tang of this machete? Is it a full tang, full-length?

 

[22-rimfire]

I believe like the Condor's (owned by Imacasa), they will be full tang versus reduced tang. IF you are removing the handle anyway, just cut it off and take a look. You must have one of the molded poly handles on that machete. Some of the Condor's are molded and generally very comfortable handles.

 

[deltablade]

handle off, mostly full tang

 

[19-3ben]

Wow. That's much closer to full-width tang than I would have suspected.

 

[22-rimfire]

handle off, mostly full tang

That took some work. Full tang.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

That goes for the majority of their injection molded poly handles.

 

[deltablade]

I added oak handle and reprofiled the edge. this one feels really good. Looking forward to putting it to use. 12" blade will make a very handy machete.

 

[19-3ben]

Handle better now


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[deltablade]

Not really. I used a cut off wheel to cut along the spine top and bottom, then a hatchet while holding the machete blade vertical with the machete handle resting on bench, , chopping down on the handle with the hatchet blade parallel to the machete blade, and plastic handle popped right off.