Can someone help with origin/age of this old machete

katana · 19th May 2007, 01:22 AM

Hi,
bought this machete and wondered if anyone could help me with possible origin and age.

68 CMS. (26 3/4 IN.) QAL
BLADE MEASURES 55 CMS. (21 3/4 IN.) LONG AND IT 5.5 CMS. (2 1/4 IN.) AT THE WIDEST POINT.

THE BLADE IS MARKED WITH THE WORDING "P C SCHUITE GARANNTADO No.1".

Henk · 19th May 2007, 08:08 AM

Hi Katana,

It is marked with P C SCHULTE. The word GARAN is clearly visible followed by possibly a T. The next two caracters are not visible followed by ADO.

Schulte is a Dutch or German name. The machete looks to me as a military machete. I've seen that kind of machetes that belonged to the equipment of the US soldiers in WWII. But I'm not sure it is a machete around WWII and of US origin.

carlos · 19th May 2007, 08:09 AM

MAYBE IS A MACHETE USED BY THE SPANISH IN CUBA, AND IS " GARANTIZADO", THAT MEANS GUARANTEED.
REGARDS
CARLOS

Jim McDougall · 19th May 2007, 03:31 PM

Keep in mind that Solingen was a major supplier of edged weapons, from fully furbished swords to machetes, blades, bayonets etc. to virtually all of Latin America from latter 19th century and into WWII in the 20th.
Best regards,
Jim

Henk · 19th May 2007, 08:44 PM

Carlos and Jim made a point. GARANTIZADO was probably the complete word, you can see the faint slash of the Z. And Solingen with the name SCHULTE wich in this case is a German name. The pronouncation in Dutch differs from the German pronouncation.

katana · 20th May 2007, 12:53 PM

Thankyou,
for all your imput, Henk and Carlos. I agree that this machete has the look of a Collins US issue. Thanks for the translation, I did assume it meant 'guarantee(d)' but the wording given to me was incorrectly spelt and the 'Babelfish' translator had no answers.

Hi Jim, thanks for the information ...are you saying that this is a Solingen blade or.....possibly ?

I know that machetes are not 'top of the pile' with regards to weaponary....but they are interesting. A working man's tool and 'sword'. AFAIK most machete designs were copied from ethnic 'patterns', manufactured in the Industrial countries and then sold/traded with the peoples that 'inspired' the design in the first place. From an African point of view...many were adapted and 'Africanised'.
Martindale machete (British) often turn up as Masai Seme blades after they are reshaped/re-hilted.

I was hoping that this machete could be older than WW2 ....but can find no information on P C SCHULTE as the manufacture or supplier. The sheath offers no clues either.

19th May 2007, 01:22 AM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Can someone help with origin/age of this old machete Hi, bought this machete and wondered if anyone could help me with possible origin and age. 68 CMS. (26 3/4 IN.) QAL BLADE MEASURES 55 CMS. (21 3/4 IN.) LONG AND IT 5.5 CMS. (2 1/4 IN.) AT THE WIDEST POINT. THE BLADE IS MARKED WITH THE WORDING "P C SCHUITE GARANNTADO No.1". Attached Images

19th May 2007, 08:09 AM	#3
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 731	CUBA? MAYBE IS A MACHETE USED BY THE SPANISH IN CUBA, AND IS " GARANTIZADO", THAT MEANS GUARANTEED. REGARDS CARLOS

19th May 2007, 08:08 AM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Hi Katana, It is marked with P C SCHULTE. The word GARAN is clearly visible followed by possibly a T. The next two caracters are not visible followed by ADO. Schulte is a Dutch or German name. The machete looks to me as a military machete. I've seen that kind of machetes that belonged to the equipment of the US soldiers in WWII. But I'm not sure it is a machete around WWII and of US origin.

19th May 2007, 03:31 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,738	Keep in mind that Solingen was a major supplier of edged weapons, from fully furbished swords to machetes, blades, bayonets etc. to virtually all of Latin America from latter 19th century and into WWII in the 20th. Best regards, Jim

19th May 2007, 08:44 PM	#5
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Carlos and Jim made a point. GARANTIZADO was probably the complete word, you can see the faint slash of the Z. And Solingen with the name SCHULTE wich in this case is a German name. The pronouncation in Dutch differs from the German pronouncation.

20th May 2007, 12:53 PM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Thankyou, for all your imput, Henk and Carlos. I agree that this machete has the look of a Collins US issue. Thanks for the translation, I did assume it meant 'guarantee(d)' but the wording given to me was incorrectly spelt and the 'Babelfish' translator had no answers. Hi Jim, thanks for the information ...are you saying that this is a Solingen blade or.....possibly ? I know that machetes are not 'top of the pile' with regards to weaponary....but they are interesting. A working man's tool and 'sword'. AFAIK most machete designs were copied from ethnic 'patterns', manufactured in the Industrial countries and then sold/traded with the peoples that 'inspired' the design in the first place. From an African point of view...many were adapted and 'Africanised'. Martindale machete (British) often turn up as Masai Seme blades after they are reshaped/re-hilted. I was hoping that this machete could be older than WW2 ....but can find no information on P C SCHULTE as the manufacture or supplier. The sheath offers no clues either.