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The blade is thick, flat, and double-edged. The tumbuk lada is sometimes called a lading but this term properly refers to a knife made from an old spearhead. Both weapons have blades ranging from 8 to 16 in (200 to 410 mm). Badik. The badik or badek is a small, straight knife originating among the Makasar and Bugis people. They may be double or ...
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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.
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The use of a billhook is between that of a knife and an axe. It is often used for cutting woody plants such as saplings and small branches, for hedging and for snedding (stripping the side shoots from a branch). [3] In France and Italy it is widely used for pruning grape vines.
The woman accused of stabbing a postal worker to death over a spot in line at a Harlem deli has a long history of knife violence — and once threatened “to cut” one of her previous victims.
The knife was primarily used for domestic purposes, although it could be used in battle—some warriors used a mid to large-sized scramsax instead of a sword. This scramsax knife was different from other knives; it had a unique length and single cutting edge. It varied in length from 4–20 in (10–51 cm), and typically had a long wood (but ...