Bluegrass Machete
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Bluegrass Machete
Probably my favorite machete in my collection. Have researched quite a bit and, so far, have only been able to find a store ad from 1940 that featured one similar.
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Re: Bluegrass Machete
Bluegrass c.1898-1985. A trademark used by Belknap Hardware. Don't know what the "M" stands for.
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Re: Bluegrass Machete
I think it's "Hardware & Manufacturing Co"
Have never seen another machete of theirs though.
Have never seen another machete of theirs though.
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Was just gifted this and found your thread. Thought I would join and add to it.
Was a friend of mines Grandfathers. Said he used it in the tobacco fields in Kentucky.
Was a friend of mines Grandfathers. Said he used it in the tobacco fields in Kentucky.
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Re: Bluegrass Machete
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing it.
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Great looking tools fellers, and a local connection here in KY to boot. Bluegrass was a store brand for Belknap Hardware.
I’m sure they are called different things in different places, but around here we’d call those corn knives. Folks here used them for cutting corn stalks so they could bundle them in sheaves and shocks.
I’m sure they are called different things in different places, but around here we’d call those corn knives. Folks here used them for cutting corn stalks so they could bundle them in sheaves and shocks.
This is what we called a tobacco knife in my part of Kentucky. In the picture there’s the knife and a spike. The spike was placed on the end of the tobacco stick and the stalk of tobacco was speared onto the stick for hanging in the barn to dry and cure.Classicform wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:29 am Was just gifted this and found your thread. Thought I would join and add to it.
Was a friend of mines Grandfathers. Said he used it in the tobacco fields in Kentucky.
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