MacheteSpecialists.com Hot Pick in Tactical Knives Magazine

Hey, we haven't been updating our blog as much as we'd like, we spend all our time packing.

We are excited and honored to announce that Tactical Knives Magazine has us featured as one of Randall's Hot Picks at the end of an article about machetes in their most recent issue. In it the author argues the relative merits of a machete as compared to a knife or ax in survival situations.

We know where we stand.

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Machetes and Survival

I was reading the Army Survival Manual FM 21-76 today, and came upon several interesting machete-related excerpts.

"Knives" are mentioned more often than "machetes", but if we look at what the field manual says about knives, one of the three outlined uses are best accomplished with a long knife or machete, as it is difficult to slash and chop with a pocket knife.

"A knife has three basic functions. It can puncture, slash or chop, and cut"

"If you are the victim of an aircraft crash, the most important items to take with you from the crash site are a machete, a compass, a first aid kit, and a parachute or other material for use as mosquito netting and shelter."

"Chop Fishing
At night, in an area with a good fish density, you can use a light to attract fish. Then, armed with a machete or similar weapon, you can gather fish using the back side of the blade to strike them. Do not use the sharp side as you will cut them in two pieces and end up losing some of the fish."

Machetes for the Survivalist

I tend to believe there is no tool more essential than the machete. In fact, one of the first items that primitive tribes added to their toolkit was the metal machete. Arab traders brought machetes to Southeast Asia, and Europeans brought them to South and Central America. So important were machetes that missionaries in the 1970s, when trying to contact jungle tribes in Ecuador, would drop machetes from helicopters as gifts to attempt to make contact, and ironically, civilize them.

Best New Survival Machete

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