Machete pic, ID help please - The Firearms Forum

Jackman · 12-03-2011, 10:03 PM

Anyone recognize this Machete ? Family hand me down, probably 100 years old ball park, bone handle, steel blade that says Collins and Co. Hartford 1005 the sheath is leather with brass enforcement and says Co. F, blade is very sharp and heavy too.

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cpttango30 · 12-03-2011, 10:23 PM

That is the Collins Heartford 1005 Engineer Machete from around WWI.

$300 on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Engineer-Mac...-/150592034067

Looks to have some interesting History.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...howtopic=15844

http://www.worldbayonets.com/Bayonet.../us_wwi_2.html

http://website.lineone.net/~hollis_w...b/weapons.html

Jackman · 12-03-2011, 10:27 PM

Hey thank you Wow

, I be reading those links!

Possibly this was my Grandfathers he was a WWI Balloonist/ aerial surveyor.

jack404 · 12-03-2011, 10:37 PM

Jackman was reading a ballonist then had a 95% chance of being killed or a average of 4 trip up before the enemy got em , they where big targets for planes then

Big Brass ones there eh

Respect!

Jackman · 12-03-2011, 10:49 PM

Jack404 I remember Grandfathers story, the balloon flights were very short they went up on a tether did some really fast surveying for enemy targets then got pulled back down ran the survey report to the field artillery units and then the shtf

jack404 · 12-03-2011, 10:58 PM

My grand father ( mothers side) was a Vickers MG'er

bagged 4 german balloons and got a medal for it

ballonists on both sides where hunted with a passion

Bill DeShivs · 12-04-2011, 02:13 AM

Jackman,
The handle is cow or ox horn, not bone.

whymememe · 12-04-2011, 02:26 AM

They don't make them like that anymore. You better hang on to that.

permafrost · 12-04-2011, 07:17 AM

Thanks for sharing! Great machete and the provenance to go with it! Doesn't get better than that for me.

okie headhunter · 12-18-2011, 06:13 PM

i resently got one my self. this ww2 vet was having to go into a nuresing home, so i asked him what he wanted for the bolo, he wanted a carton of cigerittes, and a lighter. i offered him 200 cash but he still just wanted the smokes. he said that he had money but they won't let him have smokes in the home and no one would buy them for him. so i got him the ciggerttes and gave him my card and told him to let me know when he was out.
so to day i smuggled anouther carton in to the home.
here is the bolo, the collins book said that the first troops to use this bolo was the marines in 1899 during the boxer rebellion in china.
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JLA · 12-20-2011, 05:17 PM

Me want..

Grizz · 12-21-2011, 01:14 PM

Those are cool

12-03-2011, 10:03 PM	#1
Jackman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 446	Machete pic, ID help please Anyone recognize this Machete ? Family hand me down, probably 100 years old ball park, bone handle, steel blade that says Collins and Co. Hartford 1005 the sheath is leather with brass enforcement and says Co. F, blade is very sharp and heavy too. [IMG] -->

12-03-2011, 10:23 PM	#2
cpttango30 Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stafford, VA Contributor Posts: 3,071	Re: Machete pic, ID help please That is the Collins Heartford 1005 Engineer Machete from around WWI. $300 on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Engineer-Mac...-/150592034067 Looks to have some interesting History. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...howtopic=15844 http://www.worldbayonets.com/Bayonet.../us_wwi_2.html http://website.lineone.net/~hollis_w...b/weapons.html

12-03-2011, 10:27 PM	#3
Jackman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 446	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Hey thank you Wow , I be reading those links! Possibly this was my Grandfathers he was a WWI Balloonist/ aerial surveyor.

12-03-2011, 10:37 PM	#4
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Jackman was reading a ballonist then had a 95% chance of being killed or a average of 4 trip up before the enemy got em , they where big targets for planes then Big Brass ones there eh Respect!

12-03-2011, 10:49 PM	#5
Jackman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 446	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Jack404 I remember Grandfathers story, the balloon flights were very short they went up on a tether did some really fast surveying for enemy targets then got pulled back down ran the survey report to the field artillery units and then the shtf

12-03-2011, 10:58 PM	#6
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Machete pic, ID help please My grand father ( mothers side) was a Vickers MG'er bagged 4 german balloons and got a medal for it ballonists on both sides where hunted with a passion

12-04-2011, 02:13 AM	#7
Bill DeShivs Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Contributor Posts: 1,467	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Jackman, The handle is cow or ox horn, not bone. __________________ Bill DeShivs www.billdeshivs.com

12-04-2011, 02:26 AM	#8
whymememe Former Guest Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: FEMA Region IV Contributor Posts: 1,445	Re: Machete pic, ID help please They don't make them like that anymore. You better hang on to that.

12-04-2011, 07:17 AM	#9
permafrost Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma, USA Contributor Posts: 1,771	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Thanks for sharing! Great machete and the provenance to go with it! Doesn't get better than that for me. __________________ Stand and Fight

12-18-2011, 06:13 PM	#10
okie headhunter Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: tulsa ok Posts: 44	Re: Machete pic, ID help please i resently got one my self. this ww2 vet was having to go into a nuresing home, so i asked him what he wanted for the bolo, he wanted a carton of cigerittes, and a lighter. i offered him 200 cash but he still just wanted the smokes. he said that he had money but they won't let him have smokes in the home and no one would buy them for him. so i got him the ciggerttes and gave him my card and told him to let me know when he was out. so to day i smuggled anouther carton in to the home. here is the bolo, the collins book said that the first troops to use this bolo was the marines in 1899 during the boxer rebellion in china.

12-20-2011, 05:17 PM	#11
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,305	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Me want.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

12-21-2011, 01:14 PM	#12
Grizz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 648	Re: Machete pic, ID help please Those are cool