This message is for Benjamin Bouchard. I am new to this sight I hope my question finds you. I red a post you sent out about describing what you would be using a machete for and you would be able to help narrow down my search. A little about me I was raised in Fairbanks Alaska, 11years in the Army National Guard 2 tours to Iraq. I am looking to build a small live in area for a month at a time or through the winter if needed. l am looking for an all around tool for chopping wood or making kindle for a fire, fighting and defending myself with if only to conserve ammunition. I have been told carry an ax or both, I understand the concept except for two issues, 1 weight control: I will need to conserve energy and go long distances hiking the less I have to weigh me and my pack down the better. 2 fighting: an ax is good for all the reasons as a machete but as for me an ax is good for throwing all thow I know in the right hands it is a deadly weapon I am much better with a machete. I will have it sheathed in a hard case on my pack between my ruck and frame. Two things i have yet to try perhaps you have done this. Putting a button snap on the handle for easy release and it holds the machete in place or filling the sheath with liquid hardaning to add better fitting and protection from the weather. One final note I have no need for a saw back machete since I already own a ring saw. Thank you and I appreciate any advice you may give.
