Is the Machete getting more popular?

Niiiiiiice! How much harder was it to do as compared to a smaller knife? :thumbup:
 
I used a 12 inch Ontario to butcher a deer in PA once. The guy I was with looked at me like I was crazy when I brought it out. I took the front legs off with a single cut up through the "arm pit". It's basically a big butcher knife. We had the deer hanging by its head from a tree. When it came time to take off the head he turned and went for the saw. When he turned back around I lopped it off with the machete. "Ching, plop!" He said, "OK, I'm getting a machete." Mac
 
Here is one I picked up at the local swapmeet for $3.oo and I still have no clue who made it...just need to slap some of my Phenolic slabs that I make on it

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Never seen that mark before, but MAN is that one cool blade! :thumbup:
 
sweet said:
Here is one I picked up at the local swapmeet for $3.oo and I still have no clue who made it...just need to slap some of my Phenolic slabs that I make on it

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I have the twin of that Machete, mine is a Diamond brand.
Yours has a different makers logo than mine though.
 
Machete Specialist ROCKS. Great guy running the site, and he really knows his stuff. Only guy I've seen on the 'net to stock Imacasa, too. :thumbup:
 
The imacasa stuff should be in at Machete specialist.


ANDY, AWESOME ON STARTING THE HANDLES!
 
This weekend, I have a date with the camera, some beautiful weather, about 40 machetes and about 6 how to s....
 
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Yessssss! [BORAT] VERY NICE! GREAT SUCCESS! [/BORAT] :D

Yeah, CRR, that Cuma is nasty looking, but it'd be fantastic on grasses and other smaller stuff.:thumbup:
 
I have always had a fascination with machetes. I don't know why as I don't live anywhere near a jungle, in fact South Dakota is pretty much the opposite of jungle. I never purchased a machete as the only ones that I could find in the area were the cheapies from Wallyworld.

Bark River came out with their beautiful KSF machetes and they had me drooling, but I told myself that I didn't need to spend that kind of coin on one.

Being a do it yourself kind of guy I said the heck with it, and bought a belt grinder for sharpening and for grinding kydex. As soon as it arrived it was time to buy some machetes! I picked up 2 Tramontinas, a 12" and an 18", as I figured they were $5.99 and if I screwed them up, then oh well. But I think they turned out well, and they will be used hard.

Spine was squared in the rear, rounded in the front for use as a draw knife and to be a bit kinder to batons. The handle was ground flush with the tang and smoothed out and torch blackened. The edges were convexed.

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Jon - Who's fascination with machetes has now increased 10 fold! Good thing machetes don't cost much!
 
I haven't seen them as being more popular, but I do see them being pushed/promoted a LOT lately on this forum. They don't work that well for my particular geography, but I can see them being useful for some warmer climates.
 
zen_grasshopper said:
I have always had a fascination with machetes. I don't know why as I don't live anywhere near a jungle, in fact South Dakota is pretty much the opposite of jungle. I never purchased a machete as the only ones that I could find in the area were the cheapies from Wallyworld.

Bark River came out with their beautiful KSF machetes and they had me drooling, but I told myself that I didn't need to spend that kind of coin on one.

Being a do it yourself kind of guy I said the heck with it, and bought a belt grinder for sharpening and for grinding kydex. As soon as it arrived it was time to buy some machetes! I picked up 2 Tramontinas, a 12" and an 18", as I figured they were $5.99 and if I screwed them up, then oh well. But I think they turned out well, and they will be used hard.

Spine was squared in the rear, rounded in the front for use as a draw knife and to be a bit kinder to batons. The handle was ground flush with the tang and smoothed out and torch blackened. The edges were convexed.

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Jon - Who's fascination with machetes has now increased 10 fold! Good thing machetes don't cost much!
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Beautiful job! Sure is a lot of blade for such little coin, huh? :D

sodak said:
I haven't seen them as being more popular, but I do see them being pushed/promoted a LOT lately on this forum. They don't work that well for my particular geography, but I can see them being useful for some warmer climates.
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Just as a question, what is your geography? I live in Maine, which is known for having a lot of dense forests, and a machete is my go-to chopper here. Works great on grasses, brambles, woody-stemmed plants, wood (soft OR hard) up to 4" diameter, splitting, wood working, food prep, etc. The key is not simply getting a nice machete (though that helps a lot!) but learning how to use one properly.

You may already be very familiar with their usage, so forgive me if I'm being a little overzealous. I just think a lot of people write off machetes for northern environments without taking the time to really try working with one. It takes a different approach than an axe or 'hawk, so a lot of times it can be a little awkward unused to something of that nature. :o
 
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