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Home Products Original Collins & Co Hartford No. 1005 Engineers Bolo Machete 1898-1918

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Original Collins & Co Hartford No. 1005 Engineers Bolo Machete 1898-1918

by Collins & Co.

SKU 1105454

Date Added 11/15/2024

# Available 1

Price $295.00

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Overview

Original Horn Handled Collins & Co. Hartford No. 1005 Engineers Bolo/Machete. Collins made these from the Spanish American War until just after World War 1. 1898-1918. This one having horn handle scales likely puts it on the earlier side of those dates. By WW1 they were almost all wood handles. Huge heavy blade, nice stamp still mostly visible. Horn handle scales have some chips/dings/holes, has some separation from the tang,but overall solid. Really wild and rare piece, and one of the strangest blades ever issued by the U.S. military. 

Collins made these from the Spanish American War until shortly after WWl. They were issued with smooth leather scabbards, as well as tooled leather scabbards (THIS ONE DOES NOT COME WITH A SCABBARD). 

In general these Machetes were not US marked. Some of the more earlier ones exhibit a Green Horn handle opposed to wood. The horn had a greenish color and tended to be susceptible to insects/worms. (this one does have some insect holes)

This example is in fair condition, and would make a great addition to any edged weapon collection. It has some rust and pitting, some insect holes in the horn scales. This one has an "E" carved into the scale by the original user. 

Product Details

Blade Length 15

Overall Length 20.25

Weight (oz) 41.4

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Knife Type Full Tang, Tapered Tang

Blade Material Carbon Steel

Blade Details Upswept/Trailing

Handle Material Horn & Antler

About the Maker

Collins & Co.

The Collins Company was founded by brothers Samuel Watkinson Collins and David Collins and their cousin William Wells in 1826. Purchasing a property along the Farmington River in the town of Canton, Connecticut, later renamed Collinsville. The Collins Company line of products would grow over the years to include not only axes, but also machetes, hatchets adzes, brush hooks, picks, shovels, knives, swords, bayonets and plows, making them the world’s leading manufacturer of edge tools. The Collins line of machetes was so popular in Central and South America that they were referred to as a “Collins” and 90% of the machetes sold in these countries were made by The Collins Company. The company operated several manufacturing facilities in Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia and Brazil. Collins bayonets were used during the Civil War, axes and picks and other tools made their way to the California Gold Rush, Admiral Peary brought numerous Collins products on his trek to the North Pole, and Collins tools were used almost exclusively for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The Collins Company manufactured shovels, picks, axes and machetes for World War I and over 1 million machetes were purchased by the U.S. Military for World War II. 140 years after the inception of the Collins Company, the factory closed its doors in 1966.

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