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Over 60 years old. Gift from an uncle. Supposedly from the Phillippines. Still sharp after decades of neglect (kept in garage).
What brand is it?? (Martindale, Crocodile brand?)
I thought there were no identification marks but after a bit of light sanding I found a name stamped near the handle. That blows the Phillippines origin
?ORETMULE & SONS
BIRMINGHAM
ENGLAND
MADE IN ????
To the right of the name is a steam ship logo and close to the handle at right angle is - No3501
The letters are very faint but maybe someone can help identify the maker more certainly. Thanks. Tony
?ORETMULE & SONS
BIRMINGHAM
ENGLAND
MADE IN ????
To the right of the name is a steam ship logo and close to the handle at right angle is - No3501
The letters are very faint but maybe someone can help identify the maker more certainly. Thanks. Tony
I think I found it. Positive ID. I misread the very faint letters.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROBERT-MOLE-BRITISH-WWII-FIGHTING-MACHETE-KNIFE-No-3501-BIRMINGHAM-ENGLAND-/111562437422
My uncle gave me this machete in the early 1950's. He told me about the Phillippines origin. Thanks to this thread and a bit of light sanding I have the correct name and country of origin. I can now investigate further.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROBERT-MOLE-BRITISH-WWII-FIGHTING-MACHETE-KNIFE-No-3501-BIRMINGHAM-ENGLAND-/111562437422
My uncle gave me this machete in the early 1950's. He told me about the Phillippines origin. Thanks to this thread and a bit of light sanding I have the correct name and country of origin. I can now investigate further.
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My first rehabilitation it only took six months lol
I have Tramontina machetes in three sizes: 10", 12" and 16".
I've made sheaths for the 10" and 12" out of heated and shaped polyethylene water pipe. The sixteen-incher lives in a commercial sheath made out of synthetic fabric.
Here is a ten-incher with a leather sheath and a home-made pipe sheath. I prefer the pipe sheath by far. I gave the leather one away, even though it was really expensive.
The 16" is my choice when I have to cut lots of prickly scrub, but for an everyday companion when hunting or trapping I like the 12"... although the 10" will do most things the 12" can do. I have modified the points of these machetes to make them more useful for sticking a pig if necessary.
A couple of months or so ago I was setting some pig snares. I walked back the way I came, and found a feral billy goat in one of the snares. I used my 12" to despatch the unlucky animal which was caught in a snare I'd set maybe an hour earlier. The adult goats I've been getting around here have been fairly tough, but it is good meat to feed the dog.
I kept the goat horns, and I took a photo of them so I'd have a dated record of the hunt on my computer.
I've made sheaths for the 10" and 12" out of heated and shaped polyethylene water pipe. The sixteen-incher lives in a commercial sheath made out of synthetic fabric.
Here is a ten-incher with a leather sheath and a home-made pipe sheath. I prefer the pipe sheath by far. I gave the leather one away, even though it was really expensive.
The 16" is my choice when I have to cut lots of prickly scrub, but for an everyday companion when hunting or trapping I like the 12"... although the 10" will do most things the 12" can do. I have modified the points of these machetes to make them more useful for sticking a pig if necessary.
A couple of months or so ago I was setting some pig snares. I walked back the way I came, and found a feral billy goat in one of the snares. I used my 12" to despatch the unlucky animal which was caught in a snare I'd set maybe an hour earlier. The adult goats I've been getting around here have been fairly tough, but it is good meat to feed the dog.
I kept the goat horns, and I took a photo of them so I'd have a dated record of the hunt on my computer.
