Machete
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A machete is a broad blade originating from Central America. It is used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 ce
Machete/saw combo
Mexican artisan Agustín Cruz Tinoco using a machete to carve wood
Mexican machete, from Guerrero, 1970. bull horn handle, hand forged blade (hammer marks visible)
Using a DT Ape
Bolo knife
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A bolo is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small- to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function both as tools and weapons. Bolos are characterized by
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…The upper inclined portion of the blade may be sharpened. In the Philippines, the various indigenous swords and knives (known under the general term bolo) are commonly incorrectly described as a type of machete (as "bolo machete"). But bolos are unrelated to the machete. They are pre-colonial and hand-forged…
Top: A typical bolo from Luzon; Bottom: Lumad bolos with sheaths from Mindanao in the National Museum of Anthropology
Bolos and related tools: (1) An all-purpose bolo; (2) A haras or lampas scythe; (3) A punyál knife; (4) A small bolo; (5) A guna; (6) A garab sickle; (7) A pinutî sword; (8) A súndang or iták sword (also "tip bolo")
The Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan depicting the Katipunan and the Philippine Revolution
Bolo given to Captain Lewis A. Kimberly, Commander of USS Beneica by the Governor of Cebu