Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Can someone help with origin/age of this old machete

katana · 20th May 2007, 12:53 PM

Thankyou,
for all your imput, Henk and Carlos. I agree that this machete has the look of a Collins US issue. Thanks for the translation, I did assume it meant 'guarantee(d)' but the wording given to me was incorrectly spelt and the 'Babelfish' translator had no answers.

Hi Jim, thanks for the information ...are you saying that this is a Solingen blade or.....possibly ?

I know that machetes are not 'top of the pile' with regards to weaponary....but they are interesting. A working man's tool and 'sword'. AFAIK most machete designs were copied from ethnic 'patterns', manufactured in the Industrial countries and then sold/traded with the peoples that 'inspired' the design in the first place. From an African point of view...many were adapted and 'Africanised'.
Martindale machete (British) often turn up as Masai Seme blades after they are reshaped/re-hilted.

I was hoping that this machete could be older than WW2 ....but can find no information on P C SCHULTE as the manufacture or supplier. The sheath offers no clues either.

20th May 2007, 12:53 PM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thankyou, for all your imput, Henk and Carlos. I agree that this machete has the look of a Collins US issue. Thanks for the translation, I did assume it meant 'guarantee(d)' but the wording given to me was incorrectly spelt and the 'Babelfish' translator had no answers. Hi Jim, thanks for the information ...are you saying that this is a Solingen blade or.....possibly ? I know that machetes are not 'top of the pile' with regards to weaponary....but they are interesting. A working man's tool and 'sword'. AFAIK most machete designs were copied from ethnic 'patterns', manufactured in the Industrial countries and then sold/traded with the peoples that 'inspired' the design in the first place. From an African point of view...many were adapted and 'Africanised'. Martindale machete (British) often turn up as Masai Seme blades after they are reshaped/re-hilted. I was hoping that this machete could be older than WW2 ....but can find no information on P C SCHULTE as the manufacture or supplier. The sheath offers no clues either.