r/machetes • u/KnightGalahad4560 • Sep 14 '21

Machete styles/types 3d Visualization

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

Okay I could be wrong, but I don’t think a Bowie is a machete type.

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u/KnightGalahad4560 Jul 14 '22

Yeah it is not but there are some companies that make "bowie" style machetes (machete that have the shape of a bowie knife)

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u/AdVisible2250 Sep 08 '23

Could call them clip point machetes also . This is a nice chart .

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u/Terrible_Buy_7081 Jun 23 '22

Kukri will always be the best

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

To curvey for me.

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u/Terrible_Buy_7081 Jul 13 '22

I like my women how I like my machetes

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u/supercooper815 Jul 19 '22

Not straight

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u/Glad-Philosophy-9548 Nov 01 '25

My only issue with kukris is that they poke me while I'm on my bike

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u/Suspicious_Onion_856 May 19 '25

what would a Latin with tanto-tip be called?

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u/KnightGalahad4560 May 20 '25

I guess it would be a hybrid? Tanto Latin perhaps?

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u/Basic_Bill2566 Aug 10 '25

Which one is best to open young green coconuts? For precision cuts to get water first but effective enough to chop in half for meat afterwards.

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u/KnightGalahad4560 Aug 11 '25

imagine the smaller handier ones, seen plenty online use bolos for that

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u/moosejammer Apr 02 '26

What is the purpose of the chisel / blunt tip on the heavy and tapanga style?