a decent Collins machete WW II era
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:34 pm
Found this one at the Syracuse NY gun show a couple years ago. Thought it was pretty nice.
One dark mark on arm of logo is evident. The rest is near mint, including the sheath. These were shipped in shipping containers to Canada during the war, without sheaths, sheaths were made by Robco Ltd. in Canada. Sheath dated 1941, machete dated 1944. A few very light scratches on blade from container shipping, they've never been cleaned up. It even has a little cosmoline still evident around the edges of the grip. Never sharpened, never used. A couple of military collectors / sellers who saw it said that to find a better one I would have to go to a museum.
One dark mark on arm of logo is evident. The rest is near mint, including the sheath. These were shipped in shipping containers to Canada during the war, without sheaths, sheaths were made by Robco Ltd. in Canada. Sheath dated 1941, machete dated 1944. A few very light scratches on blade from container shipping, they've never been cleaned up. It even has a little cosmoline still evident around the edges of the grip. Never sharpened, never used. A couple of military collectors / sellers who saw it said that to find a better one I would have to go to a museum.
