5pc Colombian surplus military machete assortment ?

Hickory n steel said:
Those long ones on top are interesting, I do not think I would really like the handles though.
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I wonder about those, if they would fit the hand like an Asian parang if you gripped them way back. If not, there’s always sandpaper. You will recall I had the same question about your ax handle. Shows you how little I really understand about those handles.
 
Henry Beige said:
I wonder about those, if they would fit the hand like an Asian parang if you gripped them way back. If not, there’s always sandpaper. You will recall I had the same question about your ax handle. Shows you how little I really understand about those handles.
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It could probably be filed to a similar shape as a good vintage American fawns foot axe handle like I put on my 22" Latin ( works well actually, and of course you'll find nothing better for an axe ) but as is I just know I would no like it at all.
Someone might or they wouldn't make it but I don't get it.
 
I just got mine, and they have no edge whatsoever. One weird looking thing was as thick at the blade as the spine. Its a weird piece made from an end cut I think. I'll get a photo tonight or tomorrow. Never seen anything like it.
 
W. Anderson said:
I just got mine, and they have no edge whatsoever. One weird looking thing was as thick at the blade as the spine. Its a weird piece made from an end cut I think. I'll get a photo tonight or tomorrow. Never seen anything like it.
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Most machetes made by tool companies and sold as working tools don't come with edges because they're often hanging openly in hardware stores, it's only those made by or for knife companies who sell them to outdoor enthusiasts which come with edges and sheaths.
 
I just ordered 5 more, and with the $25 " gift card " I received for taking that 20 minute survey from sportsman's guide I payed a whopping $16.81 shipped.

Even if I get the same exact machetes I received before that's a damn good deal right there.
Definitely worth 20 minutes of my time that's for sure.
 
I hope the neighbors don't see all these machetes and think I'm gearing up to go looting or something :D
 
I decided to modify the tapanga and ended up with a narrow panga.



Still not sure if I'm going to keep it, but I was bored.
 
Here’s my shipment.
I just had to get in on this!
I have really no idea about machetes. Around the yard I have a Kershaw camp I’ve been using but it gets a little heavy.
the hooked one is a “corneta”
The shorter darker blade is a Gavilan
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cnm123 said:
Here’s my shipment.
I just had to get in on this!
I have really no idea about machetes. Around the yard I have a Kershaw camp I’ve been using but it gets a little heavy.
the hooked one is a “corneta”
The shorter darker blade is a Gavilan
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Very nice.
All of these are made by Gavilan de Incolma.

I'm hoping I get one of these little grass hooks when my next set arrives.
Too bad you got two tapangas,i sure hope I don't.
At least you got two slightly different versions.

I don't know how I feel about that colima pattern you got with the orange handle, but I wouldn't mind trying one of those little bolo machetes.

I'm willing to bet you like one of these better than that Kershaw.
I prefer my machetes made by machete manuufacturers out of carbon steel, not made or designed by a knife company out of Chinese stainless steel.
To me any machete that caters more to the knife community ends up being a bit fancy and just not what I'm looking for in a no nonsense working tool.
 
I finally got my second assortment in and this time was a big disappointment for me.
I really didn't get anything of interest to me.

Maybe having a 2nd hawkbill would be nice, but beyond that I'll be giving the rest away if not all of them.
 
I just let my neighbor choose a couple.
He chose the red handled colima for rattlesnake duty and the hawkbill for his dad.
He offered to pay me $10 but I told him not to worry about it.
Still says he'll pay me $10 whenever so I can buy some more machetes :D
If he does great, if not that's fine too because I wasn't selling them to him anyways.
 
My $20 random selection, supposedly by Gavilan. . I thought I posted these a couple of days ago, maybe in another thread. There is one ringer, a 28” Corneta bush blade. I never thought I would have use for the length, but I kind of like it.
I am not really wowed by the slection. Would have liked a billhook instead of a second Panga. I like the pull-cutting blades more and more as I clean up next to buildings and along fence lines.
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I gave the JKM Tapanga to another neighbor across the street, so now all I have left is the one I modified and the J.K Files Sunflower brand Tapanga.
I'll see ask my uncle if he want's that one.

I definitely got a better batch the first time around.
Love the little Barrington pattern, and the billhook.
That long Latin I rehandled really seems a bit to flexible.
 
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