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Video- How to chop with a machete
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Joe, is that the Outback model?
I asked quite a while ago what machete would be good for chopping duties and the Outback is what you suggested. I bought one (first Condor) and now I have 7 Condor machetes and the Rodan. Gonna also pick up the Condor Golok on Friday if they are still in stock. My Condor collection has a mind of it's own and now I don't think it can be stopped.
I asked quite a while ago what machete would be good for chopping duties and the Outback is what you suggested. I bought one (first Condor) and now I have 7 Condor machetes and the Rodan. Gonna also pick up the Condor Golok on Friday if they are still in stock. My Condor collection has a mind of it's own and now I don't think it can be stopped.
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Looks like an 18" Outback. I have 3 Condors right now, plus the Rodan, and plan on picking up a few (including the RAT ESEE Lite Machete) this summer. I'll also be grabbing a bunch of Imacasas. I know what you mean about the addiction!
Great vid, Joe, as always! :thumbup:
Great vid, Joe, as always! :thumbup:
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Neat video. I have four machetes. The 12" is the most used one and its just a simple Cold Steel Bowie machete. It works quite well though. I have the 18" and another Persian looking thing I am not even sure where it came from.
The one I have in my safe has never been used, and was given to me by my father in law. I may have gotten that Persian looking one from him also. He used to live in El Salvador and so did my wife when she was young. The one in the safe has the factory dull edge because I've never had to pull it out with all the others I have available but I know nothing about it. It has a stamp on the blade that looks like an old style lock which has what appears to be a small bell shape in the bottom. Its in a nice sheath too that says it was made in central America.
On the blade Under that lock stamp it says "CANDADO" and under that "DORADO then underlined and No 127 with "FORJADO" under that and "A MANO" under that and finally the only English on the thing says under all that near the tang, "MADE IN GERMANY"
Anyone know anything about it?
STR
The one I have in my safe has never been used, and was given to me by my father in law. I may have gotten that Persian looking one from him also. He used to live in El Salvador and so did my wife when she was young. The one in the safe has the factory dull edge because I've never had to pull it out with all the others I have available but I know nothing about it. It has a stamp on the blade that looks like an old style lock which has what appears to be a small bell shape in the bottom. Its in a nice sheath too that says it was made in central America.
On the blade Under that lock stamp it says "CANDADO" and under that "DORADO then underlined and No 127 with "FORJADO" under that and "A MANO" under that and finally the only English on the thing says under all that near the tang, "MADE IN GERMANY"
Anyone know anything about it?
STR
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If you have a picture I'm sure both Horndog, Fortytwoblades, and I would love to see it
+1,000,000!
Don't forget Moonwilson, too!It'd be fantastic to see an example of their mega-early work. There's a lot more history to the humble machete than anyone might guess! (a fact I'm realizing more and more as time goes on!)
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Ok no problem. I just laid it out and took these. Hope they turn out well enough to please you guys. Oh, I did speak to my father-in-law again about this before posting. He said its one of the ones they brought back with them from El-Salvador and that he has several more about like it and others of different sizes. Each one well over 50 years old, this one included. He said my wife was not even born yet before getting these and she is 53 so if that tells you anything. I had no idea.
Anyway, here it is just the way I got it in the sheath it came in. I tried to get the emblem/logo and writing best I could but honestly its hard to make out with the naked eye so I don't know how well this will show for you guys.
STR
Anyway, here it is just the way I got it in the sheath it came in. I tried to get the emblem/logo and writing best I could but honestly its hard to make out with the naked eye so I don't know how well this will show for you guys.
STR
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Very cool machete, STR! That's quite a find. It's amazing how rare old machetes seem to be- you never see them. I guess most of them must get thrown out or rust away to nothing after a while. Either that, or there are stealth collectors out there who've snapped up all of the ones in antique stores- where old saws and such go to die. I see old saws, planes, sickles, scythes, wrenches etc. all the time. But never machetes. Considering that they're produced by the millions, they have to go somewhere, right?
I'd really like to see some of the old machetes from the colonial period in South America and Africa- I guess they must still be there. You see old Collins's on Ebay- but not many from before WWII. Hmmmm.
Joe- I like that guy in the beginning of your video. Dude has mad skills! He looks like he's hardly using any effort, but he gets that blade whipping through the air crazy fast. And he's chopping a root (or log) that's lying partially embedded IN the ground, but he never hits the dirt. He hits pretty much exactly where he wants the blade to go- every time, without even thinking about it. Respect. :thumbup:
I'd really like to see some of the old machetes from the colonial period in South America and Africa- I guess they must still be there. You see old Collins's on Ebay- but not many from before WWII. Hmmmm.
Joe- I like that guy in the beginning of your video. Dude has mad skills! He looks like he's hardly using any effort, but he gets that blade whipping through the air crazy fast. And he's chopping a root (or log) that's lying partially embedded IN the ground, but he never hits the dirt. He hits pretty much exactly where he wants the blade to go- every time, without even thinking about it. Respect. :thumbup:
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doesn't anyone wear safety glasses?
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Mega-awesome-super-cool, STR! As far as machetes go that's quite the treasure! Interesting mark on that puppy, too. Thanks so much for taking the time to post pictures! Is the blade distal tapered or is it just flat stock?
Honestly, they probably all got used up! I bet there are a few lying around, but they're probably still being used--or still wrapped up in a secret corner of an ooooooooold warehouse. One can see a similar parallel with the medieval falchion sword--which was also a chopper. Only a small handful of examples survive, in spite of being quite popular at the time if their frequent appearance in period artwork says anything.
I'd like to see what they were using, too! The only large brush chopping knives I tend to see come up on the 'bay are billhooks or "fascine knives." Does anyone know what was used in those places in that time period?
That's some serious talent right there for sure! Look at how effortlessly he generates that much directed force! The man knows his stuff!
Honestly, they probably all got used up! I bet there are a few lying around, but they're probably still being used--or still wrapped up in a secret corner of an ooooooooold warehouse. One can see a similar parallel with the medieval falchion sword--which was also a chopper. Only a small handful of examples survive, in spite of being quite popular at the time if their frequent appearance in period artwork says anything.
I'd like to see what they were using, too! The only large brush chopping knives I tend to see come up on the 'bay are billhooks or "fascine knives." Does anyone know what was used in those places in that time period?
That's some serious talent right there for sure! Look at how effortlessly he generates that much directed force! The man knows his stuff!
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He hits the dirt almost every time. There aren't any rocks in the ground down there so it doesn't ding the blade. They (and now I) don't worry about hitting the ground too much any more. I have the rest of the video I'll post some time to show ya'll.
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I used to obsess about avoiding that, but quickly learned that you don't need to worry too much as long as you don't hit a rock.
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Thanks Joe.
In an effort to let you see what is on the blade better I sat down and copied it by free hand drawing what it has on it just as it appears on the blade.
Hope this helps. Like I said I don't know anything about it other than my father-in-law's description of it being one of the many he brought back with him as well as other things from when they lived there. One of the other things they brought back was a couple of daughters that speak fluent Spanish (even the slang) but they have some neat rugs, baskets, and tools also.
Anyway, here ya go. Oh yeah. Its very possible that it is a G as in Gandado and not a C and for that matter some of the other writing is somewhat faint even though the blade has never been used so its possible one or so of them could be something other than what I think I see.
Oh and there is a slight distal taper to the blade yes. Its not much and at first I thought not but looking close its evident that the blade thins as it nears the edge.
STR
In an effort to let you see what is on the blade better I sat down and copied it by free hand drawing what it has on it just as it appears on the blade.
Hope this helps. Like I said I don't know anything about it other than my father-in-law's description of it being one of the many he brought back with him as well as other things from when they lived there. One of the other things they brought back was a couple of daughters that speak fluent Spanish (even the slang) but they have some neat rugs, baskets, and tools also.
Anyway, here ya go. Oh yeah. Its very possible that it is a G as in Gandado and not a C and for that matter some of the other writing is somewhat faint even though the blade has never been used so its possible one or so of them could be something other than what I think I see.
Oh and there is a slight distal taper to the blade yes. Its not much and at first I thought not but looking close its evident that the blade thins as it nears the edge.
STR
