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pbleed · 18th June 2005, 03:18 AM

Dear Friends,
As a member new to the forum, please allow me to make my first posting.
In March, I traveled to Santiago Cuba to survey the research potential of battle fields associated with the Spanish Cuban-American Way of 1898. While there and visiting museums, I discovered the wonderful variety of Cuban fighting machete. As a long time collector (nippon-to and rapiers, mainly) I have seen Span-Am vintage machete, but never paid them much attention. I'd like to get more serious.
And so let me ask the forum, are there any sources that describe Cuban blades? What is their availability? Where do they surface? Who are the players?
PBleed

18th June 2005, 03:18 AM	#1
pbleed Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Posts: 88	Cuban Machete Dear Friends, As a member new to the forum, please allow me to make my first posting. In March, I traveled to Santiago Cuba to survey the research potential of battle fields associated with the Spanish Cuban-American Way of 1898. While there and visiting museums, I discovered the wonderful variety of Cuban fighting machete. As a long time collector (nippon-to and rapiers, mainly) I have seen Span-Am vintage machete, but never paid them much attention. I'd like to get more serious. And so let me ask the forum, are there any sources that describe Cuban blades? What is their availability? Where do they surface? Who are the players? PBleed