 Woodman's Pal Premium Machete is our best selling tool! Spring clean your backyard! The Woodsman's Pal machete is made for clearing brush, just as it did in the jungle during WWII. The long reach model is especially made to take care of springy vegetation such as vines. Chop, trim, slash, prune, and tame your landscaping quicker and easier when you use this fine outdoorsmen's tool. But don't stop there— take it camping and backpacking with you, too. Will handle lots of camp chopping chores in a flash. Get the best prices on Woodman's Pal here! Add Comment  Woodman's Pal Machete Here's a brief summary showing the quality construction of an original Woodman's Pal Machete: 1. The specially annealed, 1/8" thick, high carbon steel blade (hardened to Rockwell C47) will not crack or chip even in sub-zero temperatures. 2. The concave axe blade is convex ground for extreme strength and offers superior edge holding capabilities. The blade will cut wood up to 1 1/2" in diameter with a single stroke. 3. The chisel sharp sickle hook slices through stubborn vines and briers, and removes unwanted sprout growth at ground level. 4. The line of balance runs precisely from the grip through the sickle edge creating a natural momentum for efficient, accurate, and comfortable swinging motion. 5. Resin bonded fluorocarbon coating prevents corrosion. 6. The safety toe extending one inch up the axe side of the tool reduces risk of deflective injuries. To order any Woodsmans Pal tool, please visit http://www.GoldRushTradingPost.com/woodman_s_pal History of the Woodman's Pal Machete 04/07/2010
Frederick Ehrsam was not only an expert on edge tools used throughout the world, but by the time he settled in Pennsylvania in the 1930s, the Swiss National was also an experienced architect, artist, engineer, manufacturer, and woodsman. Over the next 10 years, all these skills would be used in the creation of a tool that would eventually influence modern forest and land management. Professionals in the forest and field relied heavily on the machete for clearing brush and blazing trails. Other tools were also needed to thin, trim, chop, and prune. Frederick Ehrsam saw the need for a single implement that could not only perform the task of each as well or better, but could eliminate drawbacks like awkward weight or bulk, lack of balance or versatility, and designs unsafe for the inexperienced user. In 1941, Frederick Ehrsam introduced the Woodman's Pal. Professionals in forestry, agriculture, and horticulture quickly recognized it as a historic achievement. This new tool did not go unnoticed by the US Military. The Woodman's Pal, or "LC-14-B" in military terms, was standard issue from the early part of World War II through Desert Storm. GIs and the US Army Signal Corp. relied heavily on the Woodman's Pal for land clearing operations. At the time of the Vietnam War, the Woodman's Pal was designated the "Survival Tool, Type IV" and was issued in air crew survival kits. Today, the Woodman's Pal machete is still praised by each new generation of forest and land managers, surveyors, campers, outdoorsmen, and those looking to clear unwanted brush from their own backyard! Throughout six decades of modern marvels, one thing has remained consistent, steady, reliable and enduring: the Woodman's Pal. It's a uniquely shaped axe-and-machete combined in one utility tool, and it's still handmade in Pennsylvania with the same quality and traditional craftsmanship as when it was known in 1941 as the LC14-B Jungle Fighting Knife, issued to Marines and other GIs in the Pacific Theater. Pro Tool Industries still crafts the Woodman's Pal with the same 23-step operation. Second-generation workers carry on traditions handed to them by their fathers. Each blade is hand-sharpened and, at the end of the line, an American flag emblem is affixed to the shipping box. The Woodman's Pal is an amazing tool, and not just because it's unchanged since hacking its way through palm fronds on Guadalcanal. Just as the Marines found on Iwo Jima and Tarawa, the Woodman's Pal has a natural-feeling heft with the blade-heavy balance that makes chopping, brush-clearing and general camp maintenance an easy job. Go ahead, hold it in your hand, give it a swing. You'll see how perfectly balanced it is... and you'll wonder how you ever did without the Woodman's Pal machete for backyard brush clean-up to camp chores. |
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