May we therefore tag the Machete Cubano as a most heterogeneous species ?
Starting by the particularity that Calvó always addresses its Cubano attribution between " ".
We have as origin of this discussion, Mahratt's first posted example with a Solingen (Beckman?) blade, then the actual models assigned to Cuban forces, then the 'Morocconized' decorated versions in Montjuic, not to forget the 'Berberized' possibility, the cherry on the cake would be the Collins (Hartford) version, stamped in Spanish and equipped with a shell guard, as pictured in 1895 in the hands of Cuban Army Officers.
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