Machete

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poppypiesdad
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Re: Machete

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British army issue machete , yes the handle is a bit pants with some wood with three brass rivits , but meh for £20 what else would be usefull

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Madsquad
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Re: Machete

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well got my 2 gerber one today and they have a very nice weight good grip sharp blade had a little bash at a 7inch tree 5-7 mins not to bad blade still sharp will give it another bash on somthing bigger 2mrow
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piglet
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Re: Machete

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If for light timber cutting etc, why not a Billhook?
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Re: Machete

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piglet wrote:If for light timber cutting etc, why not a Billhook?
I agree. The billhook is much under rated. Finding a good one may be a challenge.
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Re: Machete

Post by Darktide »

As mentioned earlier heine haines is great. I got a tramontina from there for £12, it's from Brazil so they must know about hacking jungle with it!

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