Imagine the scene, you are an intrepid explorer travelling through a dense jungle. You are hacking away at the undergrowth, flailing around like a lunatic, all the while wasting your valuable energy. You should probably invest in a Motorised Machete. The handle of the machete is at 90 degrees to the blade, and the blade is held into the handle by a bearing, which is connected to a motor. You press a button, and the blade starts whirring around in a circle in front of you, meaning all you have to do is hold it out in front of you and walk.
-- quaero curvus, Aug 14 2005

You call that a knife? This is a knife! *Swish*
-- quaero curvus, Aug 14 2005


for some reason or another, I read this as Motorbike Machete. I'm slightly disappointed, but I don't know why.
-- hidden truths, Aug 14 2005


chainsaw?
-- Zimmy, Aug 15 2005


Sounds like an excellent way to slice limbs and things off one's fellows - I'll take four for my next battle chariot.
-- DrCurry, Aug 15 2005


Presumably this has a 'manual' mode for when the battery runs out... Hopefully it also has some sort of kill switch for when you drop it and desperately try to avoid the whirling, flashing blade...?
-- Mash, Aug 16 2005


This is suspiciously reminiscent of the auto-truncheon thing the police had on The Simpsons.
-- pooduck, Aug 16 2005


When I used my 'weed whacker' at the weekend I was continually showered with debris... but at least that was only garden debris. I wouldn't be keen to stand near anyone using a motorised machete in the jungle. Too many stinging bugs and poisonous thorns coming at you high speed for my liking. I guess you'd need to add some sort of protective suit to the tanks of fuel you're already lugging into the jungle! As an aside - you'd still need to carry your machete with you anyway, as it's pretty much the ultimate tool for survival (making shelter, making fire and cooking).
-- Mash, Aug 16 2005


I was trying to find a link to one of those tractor-mounted brush-clearing whirling-blade thingies, but I couldn't find one.
-- DrCurry, Aug 16 2005


I think this is more of a weapon for a futristic gladitator moving. Dun Dun Dun Dun Dudadada Dundadada...
-- Tangora, Dec 19 2005


"I think we should go that w...ArGH!!!!"
-- Minimal, Dec 20 2005


"I think we should go that wargh"?

Whats a wargh? Which direction is it in?
-- DesertFox, Dec 20 2005



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