Where is the line drawn

[jamaljahda]

I was just thinking esee markets the junglas as a short machete then they have the lite machete, I've seen kabars bk9 marketed as a Bowie but it is lighter than the junglas. On the other hand Ontario markets their sp8 as a survival machete at .25'inch thick blade. Tramotina markets a 12 inch bush machete that while from handle to tip is 12 inches the sharpened portioned varies from 9-10 inches. So roughly all these different styled knives of different widths grinds and steel makeup from 1070-1095. What makes a blade a machete or not. Bowie/machete/ large knife/ choppers are they all interchangeable in the proper manner?

 

[cutter17]

Just my opinion and what I've always thought. A machete is a machete because it has a thin blade, usually under 1/8". Always thought a machete was at least 12" to be a machete.

A bowie has to have a clip point to be a bowie, at least in my book. Other than that I don't really know.

Well I do know that bowies are also found in a spearpoint version, but I always considered them to be daggers, or Arkansas Toothpicks.

Remember, just my opinions here.

A chopper is a heavy, long bladed knife that could also be a bowie. The new blunt edged choppers, i.e. BM 171, are something new to me, but they are beginning to grow on me.

 

[jamaljahda]

My point exactly and the reason I started this thread. Traditionally machetes are of the long thin bladed agricultural tools. In today's time though borders are being crossed from all sides. In the survival age everyone wants to design their tool not to do one thing well but to be a jack of all trades THE SURVIVAL BLADE. Thus thicker and thicker machetes with prybars tips, Bowles made light and fast and thinner than normal, machetes become shorter for portability and thicker for chopping. So where does the line get drawn.