¡Mi primera restauración¡ (Más o menos) My first restoration work! (More like just a deep cleaning) late last year I got this German made Cuban Machete as a kind gift from the great Mike Kasper, this week finally I manage to bringing back to life again. I'm so happy about it as I didn't expected it to look so good - for that reason I didn't got much before pictures. These machetes, usually made at Spain, Solingen (Germany)or by Collins in the US were widely used in Latin America both as tools or weapons during the tumultuous late XIX and early XX centuries. To the point that the makers and exporters started marking the blades in Spanish. They are frequently referred as "Cuban" as they were regulation for Spanish colonial troops at the time of the Spanish-American war. They were also common in Venezuela and Panama reason why I have a particular interest on them. Regarding to this particular one -seems- made by Fernando Esser has the blade is extremely thin but has a slight distal taper in contrast to modern machetes, very suitable for cutting but still capable to hurt with a trust. The hilt is made with horn scales and brass fittings witha a removable brass guard, which has now been fixated with a nail. This nail gave me a headache as I was originally planning to remove it and refix it again, however after the cleaning I found out the process would have been more complex than expected. I'm debating about sometime fixing the edge and sharpening it again for testcutting but not for now. Also thanks to Maxime Chouinard who advised me during the process as well as Matt Easton's videos which I used as guide. #machete #sword #LatinAmerica #HEMA #Reatoration #Preservation #weapons #bladedweapons #knife #antique #espada #AmericaLatina #History #Historia #Militaria #ArmasAntiguas #XIX #Solingen #Madeingermany #CubanMachete (en Panama, Panama)
