A machete is a very useful tool if you are in a survival situation – not only to clear brush, but also for self-defense.
Most machetes are jade using power tools – grinders, presses and machine tools, but you do not have to have a lot of money, skills or a professional shop to make a functional machete, or any other knife for that matter.
While it would be nice to have the tools necessary to make one, in a survival situation, lack of power, tools or even a place to work may force you to be resourceful.
As long as you can heat up your base piece of steel and can expend a little elbow grease – using hand saws, files, drills and hammers, you can make your own machete or any other knife.
The video on the next page shows will show you how its done!
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Dig the video. I really like this kind of stuff since I am limited on power tools since there is a lack of plugs in the woods.
Anything made without power is helpful in a survival situation.
I have one made by an ex college roomate from Guatemala. Blades only 20″ long with a 9″ handle (for two handed swings). Blade is more than a 1/4″ thick and heavy. But it’ll slice threw just about anything and could easily double as an axe.