Show Your Machetes

[FortyTwoBlades]

Ok. Picture time. You'll have to excuse the bad lighting--it was overcast today so I had to use flash.

We'll start with a group shot:

From top to bottom:
Condor Bush Knife
Condor Combat Machete
Condor Viking
Cold Steel Barong machete
22" Express machete (USA made, but I can't find anything out about it)
2x 22" Nicholson/Collins machetes (one modified, one not)
22" USA-made Collins, modded by Fiddleback (and myself, but more on that later)

Here's a shot of the sheaths:

The mega-destroyed sheath goes to that Express machete. Can you tell it was my first?

Now for some close-up pics of that fancy Collins.

 

[STR]

I saw this one and had to have it...

I love that thing! Where can I get one?

Tell us about it if you know anything.

STR

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

The handle was left a little on the rough side (which is ok, because for the low price payed he couldn't really spend too long on them for it to be profitable!) so the back of the handle was very square and painful on the palm. I spent a little time with the blade locked in a cardboard-lined vice and some 220 grit sandpaper and the contours at the spine are a LOT better now. These photos are all post-modification. Perhaps some of the other fellows who nabbed one of these treasures can share some pics of an unmodified one.

From the spine:

From the front:

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I love that thing! Where can I get one?

Tell us about it if you know anything.

STR

Indeed! That's a beauty!:thumbup:

 

[JNieporte]

The newest ones are a Cold Steel 12" Bowie and an Ontario 18" budget model.

I also did some amateur woodburning on my Tramontina 18" model...

Close-up...

(18 for an 18-inch blade, so I don't have to remove it from the sheath to check)

My initials are on the other side because there are many Tramontinas in use here and I wanted no confusion as to which one is mine.

With the bulk of the group...

And sheathed...

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I finally got out in the woods today--that Collins is one hell of a chopper! Here are some more pics.

Found a big ol' leaner. Time to put it down for a nap!

Out of the woods! Time to head home!

 

[eisman]

For those who asked:

Custom knife maker Matt Zeeb listed this as a Machete. Just under 20" overall, 14.5" blade, hand forged from spring steel, rosewood handle. It followed me home a couple months ago. It cost about the same as a Spyderco folder at retail.

If you're interested, here's his email:

knifemakerzeeb@yahoo.com

 

[Horn Dog]

Here are some of them:

 

[Triquetra]

Here are some of mine. One of these days, I'll have to get them all together for a family photo.

What model is the one at the very bottom?

 

[JNieporte]

What model is the one at the very bottom?

It looks like an Imacasa 14-1/2" Daga.

 

[Triquetra]

Thanks. Googled and that looks like the one.

 

[JNieporte]

Two Condor Goloks (one is Joezilla's) and a Marble's bolo added.

 

[Hunter0126]

Very nice, I like it

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

How ironic! A zombie thread about machetes!

 

[lmalterna]

My choppers. The one on the left and the skinny thin one are my favorites:

With sheaths

My favorite

Necro posts are good as long as the content is relevant...
Bill

 

[Mountain Wildman]

I only have one but it's real cool!!!!
Fiddleback Forge 12" Machete

 

[PayetteRucker]

Cold Steel Seax is on the wish list! That thing sure is sweet-may even be worth a patina finish and rehandle.

 

[Guyon]

 

[Mannlicher]

all I have are a couple of Cold Steel Sax style machetes. I have only used them a time or two, as an ax or knife serve me better for what I do.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

My recent endeavors, as many of you know by now.

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