Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
What, and miss all the fun? I guess I enjoy optimizing a good piece of kit. I've been looking for something like the CS shovel for years. Digs, pries, cuts, and doesn't look like a weapon. I just need to reprofile the handle a bit.

I like machetes as well, and have several. A couple are junkers, at least for the conditions up here. The other two are marked USMC 1943 -- they have great steel, and they have the mass to deal with solid wood.

I like the look of those Meyercos, and the short-and-stout Ontarios as well.


You will probably find that the two marked USMC 1943 are Ontarios. Ontario is the only manufacturer of USGI machetes that I know of.

Take a look at the SP-8 if you like short and tough. I have had one for years and love it.


Edited by Desperado (12/11/08 07:06 PM)
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