If you’ve ever walked past that $25 “knife” in the garden aisle at Home Depot, you might have dismissed it like you did Blade 3, as just a dull blade; you’re not wrong… about either. You’re just not entirely correct… about the machete.
That basic-looking blade was not only made iconic by Pamela and Jason Voorhees; it is the grandfather of the one you’ll find in a modern combat kit, and it has cut a bloody swath through history, as well as through vegetation, across the globe.
This isn’t a sword, a rapier, or some nobleman’s weapon either. It was only an appliance until the noblemen got too pushy, which is precisely what made it so much more dangerous. So, sit back, and let our community take you through the eventful evolution of the machete.
Any time I see anything to do with machetes, I immediately think of Joe Flowers. I have spent as much time with a machete in my hand as I have with any other blade.
Read the whole thing at WeAretheMighty.com
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/machete-weed-whacker-to-weapon/