man, i love machete threads.
i can't find many pictures of my big favorite, the full-sized Cold Steel Bowies, but here's one of its little brother that road with me in my
Get Outta Dodge Kit, on a road trip a little while ago - great knife, the
12-inch Cold Steel Bowie Machete - why do they always stop making your favorites?!! - i am gonna be forced to turn trader and go look at Condor.
i reckon modified Old Hickory 14-inch butchers count.
i like this grip mod. it's similar to the ECO Hawk's profile, and lets me give the machete some snap,
like brother joezilla shows in his machetes 1 video. its a nice profile for holding the machete in an icepick hold too.
i want to paint them with Gun-Kote or something similar.
a little wire-breaker back edge.
pardon the cheesy picture. here are some Ontarios and Imacasas that i was doing handle and coatings research on a couple years ago. the top one has a sawback and an axe grind on the tip, with an ambidextrous reversible-hold handle. i like machetes that are swept back like that.
let's see what you cool cats are doing
for sheaths, please.
brother canterbury has my old machete that i gave him at DirtTime 2009. he shows how he modded it and did his thing with his sheath.
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that's the weak spot with machetes to me,
sheaths - not so important in jungles where i have been, where the machete doesn't rest too much, but i've been fiddling with some concepts for what i want for myself in more arid climates where i like to carry a machete with my hawk.
i like this packframe idea
(so far) for wrapping a tarp and a blanket around, and for usiing as a camp table. they feel real good on a shoulder strap that i can just ditch easily.
some
composite sheath/packframes i tried out on Cold Steel and Ontario machetes.
they've got a rough finish so things that are bound to them don't slip around.
okay, i showed ya mine, brethren - let's see some more machetes!
i bet brother joezilla doesn't really own any.
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vec