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Too crude to be a Machete ?

8th November 2023, 08:23 AM

kronckew

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... The Cuban machetes known as guanabacoa have even narrower blades in some examples.
...

My examnple:

A 'narrow' Spanish military machete model 1881, made in Toledo 1895, a 'souvenir' of the Spanish-American war, used by the Spanish troops in Cuba.
slightly recurved.

Makes me think of Teddy Roosevelt & San Juan Hill...
Also, another spanish pioneer machete from the same era...

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