So I hobbled out back with the BWM on Saturday and attacked some weeds that were growing a bit too close to my garden plot. It worked really well as a short machete, but that's the problem--it's about 4" too short. An extended BWM would be the way to go <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
If they gave it a distal taper to keep the weight down.....but machetes are cheap.