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Dorel Corel
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 Posted: Thu 15 Nov, 2018 12:03 pm Post subject: CCB 46 Vintage Machete - Help to Identify |
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Dear Colleagues,
Please help me with some advices.
I just bought this Machete. It has a engraved "CCB" and the number "46"
• Can you please look at the pictures and tell me your opinion about this model ( dating, value and other characteristics )
Thanks for helping me with these answers !
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Dorel Corel
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What can "CCB"mean ?
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Dan Howard
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My guess is that it was originally a sword that had been broken at some stage of its life. It was subsequently recovered, ground to shape, and had that grip added to it.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Dorel Corel
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| Posted: Fri 07 Dec, 2018 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| Dan Howard wrote: | | My guess is that it was originally a sword that had been broken at some stage of its life. It was subsequently recovered, ground to shape, and had that grip added to it. |
The person who sold me this macete, told me it can be from Indonezia/Philippines ...
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Dan Howard
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That blade has been ground down from something else; it wasn't originally made like that. It should be decent steel if it was originally a longer sword but it wouldn't make a good machete because the balance looks off. I can't think of a use for it off the top of my head. To function as an effective machete it either needs to be longer or to be wider at the tip.
 
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Fri 07 Dec, 2018 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Dan Howard wrote: | That blade has been ground down from something else; it wasn't originally made like that. It should be decent steel if it was originally a longer sword but it wouldn't make a good machete because the balance looks off. I can't think of a use for it off the top of my head. To function as an effective machete it either needs to be longer or to be wider at the tip.
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The bend near the tip is puzzling if it came from most swords ? That is unless the blade was reworked at the forge and that bend hammered in for some reason and re-heat treated ?
Could be a butcher knife ? CCB could be someones initials, could be the maker's mark and 46 might mean that someone made at least 46 knives.
Maybe forged from a leaf spring ? In any case it's somewhat crude but probably functional if well heat treated ?
Anything crudely made in a small shop is not something of a pattern easily identified.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Fri 07 Dec, 2018 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| Dan Howard wrote: | That blade has been ground down from something else; it wasn't originally made like that. It should be decent steel if it was originally a longer sword but it wouldn't make a good machete because the balance looks off. I can't think of a use for it off the top of my head. To function as an effective machete it either needs to be longer or to be wider at the tip.
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The bend near the tip is puzzling if it came from most swords ? That is unless the blade was reworked at the forge and that bend hammered in for some reason and re-heat treated ?
Could be a butcher knife ? CCB could be someones initials, could be the maker's mark and 46 might mean that someone made at least 46 knives ?
Maybe forged from a leaf spring ? In any case it's somewhat crude but probably functional if well heat treated ?
Anything crudely made in a small shop is not something of a pattern easily identified.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Dan Howard
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| Posted: Fri 07 Dec, 2018 7:07 am Post subject: |
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The initials combined with the number suggests that it was originally part of a mass-production run for the military.The shallow fuller and the position of the number suggests that it was originally a lot longer than it is now.
It is hard to tell but I think the fuller looks like this.
If true, then the blade was broken and reground. I think it was originally a cavalry sabre or perhaps a naval hanger. It isn't worth anything unless it has a special story tied up with its provenance or it originally belonged to someone famous.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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