Machete!!! (NOT the Movie)

[GSPTOPDOG]

"Machete" may have been a 2010 "B" film, but the real-life Machetes I am posting here are grade "A" examples of one of mankind's greatest "other sharp object" inventions ever conceived!

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Here is a batch that I am about to put together into a big 'ol tub of vinegar in order to force the rust off.

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after a couple of weeks soaking in vinegar... then cleaning with a steel wool pad and into the oil to prevent immediate rust from coating again.

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After the cleanup and some oil.....

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A Collins WWII Machete 1942 issue. I just had a new edge put on it. Now it is razor sharp

[knife7knut]

Machete made in Nicaraugua.

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Machete made in Nicaraugua.

I like that shape K-7-K A bit like a bolo style....

[rarefish383]

Cool, love the Machete's. I was at a farm auction a couple years ago and found a Collins Legitmus with a wooden handle. The "Crows Beak" don't know the proper name, was cracked off and lost? I think it was on here, I was told it was WWII vintage. Then at another farm auction I found another Collins. It was in a cheesy sheath and the Collins logo looked like it was laser etched on. The sheath had leather tassels with plastic beads, and I think it said made in Mexico. I know Collins had plants in Mexico? This one looked like a cheap tourist trap trinket. I tried whacking some Autumn Olive trees with it to scar the barks to spray with Garlon 4 Ultra. The blade wobbled like Chuck Conners saber on the reruns of Branded. I'm more into Collins axes, so these two get to hang with the axes.

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I think it said made in Mexico. I know Collins had plants in Mexico?

I know that Collins was making axes in Mexico, at least in the recent past.

[charlierooks]

heres some of my machetes..

they got it made,

gunna have to post up my boat and lawn mower ones....poor things lol

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heres some of my machetes..

they got it made,

gunna have to post up my boat and lawn mower ones....poor things lol

Nice!!!! Is the bottom one a Cattaraugus?

[charlierooks]

its a camillus

a wwII air force survial folding survial machete, great shape and locks solid

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its a camillus

a wwII air force survial folding survial machete, great shape and locks solid

Nice!!! A few years ago, at a swap meet a guy walking just up ahead of me grabbed one off a table and beat me to it by a few seconds...