Here are the machetes. Notice one is 30 inches long and the short one is twenty four inches long, but that one has a saw blade edge AND it came with a scabbard, so if I wanted to, I could wear that one on my hip. Probably even more intimidating than the .45 Colt I usually carry (lots of punks carry guns, but having the balls to walk around with a fucking machete on one hip might and the perennial, constant Colt on the other might be cool). I can see both at once as "the way to go."
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... but honestly, I have vines to contain this season and basically always have, but I retired my old WWII era Philippine surplus machete, with honors. It has served me well for more than thirty years. I plan to put it in a shadow box with a few patches from the era and display it as a part of my WWII memorabilia.
A new era begins.
Edit:
Did you notice that the shorter one, which included the scabbard, sports a kind of hilt that most machetes do not. This thing could be used almost as an ancient Greek or Roman warrior might have; a basic (horrible, if you need to go there) fighting weapon. Kind of cool!
Oh, the short one is Chinese manufactured and the long one is a South African import, engraved "Latin Style." Probably made for cutting cane.