this is a machete made in Guanabacoa ,Havana,Cuba, all machetes and swords were imported into Cuba  from the U.S.and Germany during the ten year war and the Spanish American War. There was only one family in Cuba    that had been makeing edged wepons for five generations that lived out side Havana in Guanabacoa ,There are only two in the Havana museum and the Cuban museum in Miami does not even have one,this could be the only one out side Cuba, this machete is hand forged steel with a brass ,iron and ebony wood handle,this is the rarest machete in existence right now and very valuable,i measures about 36 inches in length and is very heavy    no one has this in there collection   ,i brought this back myself a long  time ago and now have decided to sell it,i will have more information on it in a few days

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On Aug-27-14 at 07:08:05 PDT, seller added the following information:

 these were also used during the Spanish American War