Machetes!!

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Machetes!!

Post by monty3006 » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:02 am

Ppl,
wanna know if machetes require a license? Got an old 1 on the farm thats rusted and pitted but still shows the name and date of manufacture. Its Collins and Co, made in USA and the year of manufacture is 1944.

There is also another 1 thats broken in half ..... make Sheffield England the year of manufacture is 1915. this 1 has brass blosters. Will post pics soon.

The smallest is by Cattaragus and has a folding handle.

Does any 1 here collect machetes or am I the only fool ?

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Re: Machetes!!

Post by Mack The Knife » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:13 am

So long as it stays on the farm and is used as any other farm implement, I don't see why it needs a licence.

On the other hand if you were to stick it in your cummerbund and pretended to be Captain Jack Sparrow.....

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Post by monty3006 » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:51 am

Rusty,
Thanks and tell me do u have any machetes?
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Post by Mack The Knife » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:34 am

Nope but you can get locally made ones at the hardware market.

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Post by Mark » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:20 am

I have a few here but I tend to use them as a tool similar to an axe. They work nicely on moderate size grass, however if there is a lot of clearing I'll fire up a chainsaw and use that.

Chainsaws! Now those are great cutting tools!

Collins is a good brand BTW, and being marked 44 it is a US WW2 issue model. Lot of history there!
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Post by monty3006 » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:19 pm

Thanks Mark,
the other one is older. circa 1915.
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Post by Mark » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:09 pm

See you have a matched pair, one from each war!
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Post by monty3006 » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:14 pm

Hey mark
I also have one from the Korean war. this one is a folder. Make is cattaraugus USA.
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Post by Mark » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:13 pm

Korea wasn't a war, it was a "police action"

Ya gotta love politicians!
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Post by monty3006 » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:55 pm

Pics of my machete taken by my friend a professional photographer
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Post by monty3006 » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:56 pm

another view of the same machete
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Post by eljefe » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:12 am

Anything from Vietnam and Iraq, Monty?
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Thats a great collection.How did it start? I had an old admirality issue jack knife-abt 4 inch blade, looked as ugly as a machete-used to call it my mini machete...
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Post by monty3006 » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:51 pm

eljefe,
I'm not too sure how it started. I've always been fasinated by anything sharp. Guess the makes of Sheffield and Collins USA and the one posted above, Disston USA 1943, make me weak in the knees.

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