This reminds me of when my brother made nunchucks from mum’s broom handle, a chain and some electrical tape.
Comment on Discussion Thread ⛵ Wednesday 28 May 2025
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 5 days agoThis has to be one of the least effective and stupidest knee-jerk reactions I’ve yet seen. It would be more to the point to ban shopping centres imo. Or teenagers. Machetes are really really easy to make - long grass slasher machine blades make the best ones. This is traditional in the bush for clearing scrub and butchering deer/sheep and opening Queensland Blue pumpkins if you can’t find the bow saw. Just screw the blade to a handle of some sort and sharpen. And I don’t think they’re going to ban council grass mowers anytime soon. Or Bunnings. Or pumpkins.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 days ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 5 days ago
All of which can be bought easily from Bunnings.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 days ago
You can still buy cleavers, axes etc. Ill thought out kneejerk law I agree!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Why can’t they just use a scythe instead? My Stardew Valley player makes it work! /s
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Scythes are a bit different - really thin blade at the end of a long pole. Very specialised for it’s purpose - mowing grass really low. A machete is a thickish chunk of metal and quite heavy.