How viable is a machete in combat?

>>31008283
It's great when you have a shit ton of your machete wielding fellow gay men wearing sport gear charging at Californians.

Depends on the adversaries weapon and abilities with and your ability with a machete. Always remember to point the blade away from you

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>>31008283

Worked pretty well for the Hutus.

>>31008301
Is that a Fallout: New Vegas Reference?

>>31008283
That's a bolo knife anon
Think before you misgender, bigot

>>31008283
Combat is overwhelming the enemy's defense while circumventing their strength. If your enemy has a missile weapon, any halfway decent armor, is in a very restricted area like a tunnel, or has a heavy blade or bludgeon, a machete is counterindicated. Otherwise you're good.

>>31008283
step one, rush a nigga and throat chop him
step two, run like hell
step three(optional), clean your blade or drop it

All you really can do for machete combat. Overall it is just a short sword with all the weight and powerful follow through that implies

>>31008283

Depends on who and where you're fighting.

But just generally speaking, hitting someone with a machete is gonna fuck their whole day up.

>>31009047

Machetes are light and you're retarded.

>>31009047
>>31009149
Machetes are light, but have terrible balance for sword-y usage. That's what makes them feel "heavy".

anything capable of cutting down small trees and brush will make short work of the more vulnerable pieces of a man
I saw a retard plant a machete into his own shin once to the bone, shit was laffs

>>31009222
>penetrate shin to bone

So he cut through all of 1/8 inches of skin? Killer.

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>>31009222
i came close to lodging a machete in my shin.
>innawoodsing after school.
>mom got me a machete from her recent trip to costa rica doing nurse medical shit.
>blazing trails. trying to widen out a new path.
>chopping down a sappling. blade deflects, shakes and wobbles, loosening my grip.
>blade flies off sapling and hits my shin. luckily because of its angle its not a strait shot and glances off.
the jeans i was wearing also saved my legs from some damage. still had a nice bruise and some scuffed skin but nothing too bad. went back to using my hatchet for innawoodsing. still have machete but never use it.

>>31008337
Yes but they were going against a mostly unarmed populace.

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>>31008283
Not as viable as a shotgun. Get a shotgun.

Take it from an expert.

>>31008283
Very. They can cut the shit out of people with very little effort. Don't underestimate the blade.

>>31008283
>Dat handle

That cannot be comfortable to hold.

>>31009619
Noice knife. Who made yours?