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I've got a couple of these:

're pretty well made and if you do a careful wrap of the grip area with para cord it's downright good handling.

Most any surplus store worth their salt will have a GI issue machette. Have you tried a google search?

I have a brazilian military machette that is really nice........and also a few GI types. Handy to have especially when clearing vines and bamboo thickets. Visit my website:

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Just to add my $.02. If you can find anything, that says "Collins Co.", not just "Collins", buy it. These were made in Collinsville Conn. & are rare. Much better than the ones made in Brazil.

My grandfather worked for the Collins Co., & I grew up in Collinsville. I have a rather large collection of machetes, axes, & hammers, made by the Collins Co.

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In my youth I spent a summer in East Texas on a survey crew and most of that time was cutting lines of sight. So I like a machete with a wood handle. Plastic is too slippery when you are sweating and the plastic handles are usually a bit small and uncomfortable.

I also do not want one that has metal that is too hard to file. Much better to carry a file in the scabbard and sharpen the machete several times a day. You also need to remove a lot of metal when you first sharpen the machette so that the tapered area is about an inch wide.

I think the size and handle are much more important than the steel used.

Dan

Andy Asberry wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

When we visited Guatemala in 2000 there were machetes everywhere. Saw lots of people even using them to cut grass by the highway. Near as we could figure each Guatemalan was issued one at birth!

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:26:07 GMT, Andy Asberry calmly ranted:

I saw lots of official US Army-issue (Brits, too) 'chetes on *b*y last week. I think they wanted $10 for them.

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I've heard that before but never saw a US made one. Karl

Look around for a copy of Shotgun News (news stand, etc). Someone probably has them for sale at a reasonable price.