Machetes

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New designs, what do you think?

Billhook - Ancient design but I like this one model. Not popular in US.

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US Army 1904 Bolo

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Would like to see the sharpening scheme on the bolo, and the blade thickness of both. Billhook may be ok for a cleaver. I personally never liked bolos, but I've never actually used one so I have nothing to base my opinion on. Just personal bias.
 
I was always partial to the square ones, I feel like they put more weight at the tip and help to cut into things. I find the standard thin long machete can have a hard time cutting the hardwoods that are around here.

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[cerberus];2704869 said:
I was always partial to the square ones, I feel like they put more weight at the tip and help to cut into things. I find the standard thin long machete can have a hard time cutting the hardwoods that are around here.

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Now I really like that one a lot!!!
 
Are you developing these?

Yes like all my machetes, I have designed them based on the actual knives that were once available. The Bolo is [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]based on the M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife[/FONT] which was [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]made for use by the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Over 40,000 Hospital Corps Knives were made at the Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA between 1904 and 191[/FONT]4. Few survive.

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The Billhook is an ancient weapon/tool and this design like most all originated from the UK. This particular one is the Harrison Billhook.

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I'm sure I'll catch all sorts of holy hell for this, replete with "are you gonna kill zombies with it lololol", but I'll throw.it out there anyway. Is anyone familiar with a machete with the enclosed fingers-style handle of a trench knife? I think that would be pretty bad ass.
 
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