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 Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 01:50 AM
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Blacksmith Andrew
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Hey guys, here is a machete that I just finished for a friend of mine. It was forged out of 5160 carbon steel, that's the same stuff that leaf springs on cars are made out of. The handle is Cocobolo and it has stainless steel pins that were peened over. This bad boy has some authority, this ain't no wimpy, flimsy piece of import that you get from... well... some factory in Asia. It is a total 25in long, Blade is 18-3/4in long and 1-1/2in wide, The handle is 6-1/4in. It weighs 2Lb 4oz. The blade is just over 1/4in thick.   
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
[Re: Hard Knocks]
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08/10/11 01:58 AM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 03:07 AM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 03:43 AM
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Great work as usual Andrew.
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 03:54 AM
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Now THAT is a Machete. Great job Andrew.
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
[Re: MikeC]
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08/10/11 04:03 AM
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that looks like a ninja blade on a short version nice machete amigo!!
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 07:05 AM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
[Re: DIME BOX DEER CAMP]
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08/10/11 08:54 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 09:08 PM
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Great job Andrew, your friend should be very happy with it.
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 10:36 PM
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Never look a monkey in the eye
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 10:52 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 11:12 PM
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What would somthing like that cost?
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/10/11 11:18 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/11/11 02:40 AM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/11/11 02:50 AM
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Blacksmith Andrew
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Thanks guys for all of the kind words. that looks like a ninja blade on a short version nice machete amigo!! When I was thinking of a design for this machete I was kind of thinking of a Katana, which is a Japanese Samurai Sword. All I did was shorten it and I made the blade straight instead of the gentle backwards curve that the Katanas have.
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/11/11 07:06 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/11/11 07:06 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/12/11 05:45 PM
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
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08/12/11 07:46 PM
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i watched hobo with a shot gun the other day and a guy in it has a sword that is like that
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Re: Just Finished this Forged Machete
[Re: 512blaster]
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08/15/11 07:04 AM
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Hey great work,I just saw you on tv. On texas country reporter ,now your famous.
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