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Modified Vietnam era Ontario machete


Bob Hudson
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This blade has a shape I think I've seen before, but I can't find online another Ontario-made blade like it. Based on what I've see elsewhere on the forum, this style of marking was used during the Vietnam era, but I don't know for how long before and after.

 

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IMO; it was modified. If it was a known model the Son Tay raiders would not have had to modify theirs; if I remember correctly.

 

Resembles a DAH as used by Allies in CBI.

 

A nicely done and very usable modification. Could possibly have been in-country but I lean to it being a home shop job.

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It came in this canvas case which provides good proptection but has no belt loop or hooks: I imagine the case was made for something else: it appears to have had straps that were cut off (see backside photo):

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Maybe it was meant to be worn on the back, on either the rear straps of a pair of M1956 suspenders, or possibly on a USMC M1941 suspender.

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