Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Markings on a D-Guard Bowie knife

Rick · 22nd June 2021, 05:52 AM

It's a Machete that widens toward the end.
Looks like a good candidate for the knife blade in OP's picture.
It's an export with a crude handle wrapped in wire; I've had a lot of these over the years; invariably the hilt would loosen fairly quickly. I would expect they were re-hilted often.

22nd June 2021, 05:52 AM	#10
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,263	It's a Machete that widens toward the end. Looks like a good candidate for the knife blade in OP's picture. It's an export with a crude handle wrapped in wire; I've had a lot of these over the years; invariably the hilt would loosen fairly quickly. I would expect they were re-hilted often.