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A machete (/ m ə ˈ ʃ ɛ t i /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 in) thick.
The navaja is a traditional Spanish folding-blade fighting and utility knife. [1] One of the oldest folding knife patterns still in production, the first true navajas originated in the Andalusian region of southern Spain. [1] In Spain, the term navaja is often used to generally describe all folding-blade knives. [2] [3]
A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". [2] Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian, which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades. The ...
The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clift at Bowie's brother Rezin's request, resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife. [20] The blade, as later described by Rezin Bowie, was 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (24 cm) long, 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.4 mm) thick and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (3.8 cm) wide.
Seax: shortsword, knife or dagger of varying sizes typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons, whose name derives from the weapon. Small sword; Spadroon; Stiletto; Viking sword or Carolingian sword: early medieval spatha; Zweihänder: 1500–1600 Germany
Barong - a leaf-shaped sword or knife favored by the Tausug people. Batangas - a single-edged bolo of the Tagalog people that widens at the tip. Garab - a sickle used for harvesting rice. Guna or Bolo-guna - A weeding knife with a very short, wide, dull blade and a perpendicular blunt end. It is used mainly for digging roots and weeding gardens.
At that time, another man came out of the encampment and put a machete blade to Romero-Milan's neck. During this altercation, Olvera came out of the woods where the encampment was located, pulled ...
As a fighting knife, the facón is the main article of combat in an indigenous style of knife fighting known as esgrima criolla ("Creole fencing") [3] When used in this context, one hand holds the knife, and a poncho or coat is wrapped about the opposite arm to absorb cuts and stabs in a manner reminiscent of traditional Andalusian knife ...