Woodsmans Pal (pict)

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wade

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What do you think? Opinions please.
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They have been around for a long time so people must be buying and using them !
I would think that it would compare well with any other small machete !!!
What are you wanting one for ?
 
Looks like it'd be a whore to carry; ungainly and ugly as homemade sin. But, if it works for you or you think it would it can't hurt to try depending on price. A good hawk or hatchet would be much easier to carry and lighter IMO.
 
I don't own any. But they look wicked.

I'd hate to have to design a sheath for one.
 
Fonly said:
I think you'd be better of just buying a hatchet or a kuk, this looks like the wsk of choppers.
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I have never owned one either, but thought that same thing. Not a fan of the 'multiple tasks" blades.
 
They have been around since WWII, and saw service in several later wars; particularly in Air Force Survial Kits.

They are still manufactured in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - Every piece of them, including the steel, which keeps causing price increases.

You have to decide the utility of the Woodsman Pal for your particular needs, but there are a lot in use. I have customers who swear by them.

One thing you can't beat, is the fact that it is an American original, still being manufactured in the USA, to the original design.
 
As a sidenote, the U.S. army had a manual on using the Woodsman Pal in combat. I´ve seen a couple of pictures...
 
Do tell. I'd like to see that.
 
I bought one at a flea market when I was 10...I had it until last year (33) it never failed me, infact...I sold it when in need of money, and I feel like I let it down. so 23 years with one, and it never let me down other than a few nicks in the edge. Gene
 
I've handled one on a limited basis. I liked it. In many ways, it reminded me of a kukri (duh, look at it) with a very little bit of GOOD meat cleaver thrown in (probably from the blade width). If I could find a second hand one in good shape at a decent price, I can say safely that it would be going home with me. It was designed as a brush clearer and tree limb remover, and occasionally human limb remover, for the military for a long time. I recall reading some place that their reduction in inventory has nothing to do with them breaking or wearing out, but people stealing them.
 
I have had one for about ten years. I rarely use it as I find a Martindale Golok to be a much superior tool. The sickle is worthless and very difficult to sharpen and gets hung up using it. If it didn't have this feature it would be a better tool. In addition the handle is shaped for using the primary edge and not the sickle. Mine came with a canvas sheathe that is falling apart. The tool is very difficult to draw compared to a machette. This tool hasn't evolved for over 60 years. What else can you name that hasn't? WWII tech.
 
What else can you name that hasn't? WWII tech.
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I don't know. The Ka Bar is basically the same, the M1 Garand and Carbine are no joke, and the 1911 stilll has some popularity.:D
 
I'd love to try one but the price has always put me off.

Intresting how combat manuals always seem to sanitize such a brutal act as hand to hand fighting with farm tools. The guy would look like he got run over with a lawnmower. Mac
 
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