Why am I reminded of old Looney Tunes?
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My Schwartz is bigger than your Schwartz!
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A lot of people here have machetes; at first they were for cane field work, but then use broadened and many landscapers use them for cutting and trimming. When the palm tree trimmers go aloft to trim back the palm fronds and nuts, a machete is a common tool, although I usually see them using one that has a more triangular blade, with a small hook at the back:
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That there’s a billhook.
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…which, incidentally, is something that I’m occasionally required to use professionally.
They’re a pain in the arse to use, and not very effective for clearing brush; we only pull 'em out when there’s some reason why we can’t use our normal chainsaws.
But the pole-mounted versions apparently worked fairly well on Frenchmen back in the day. Hook 'em behind the knee, then start hacking once they’re down.
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#SHHHHHHHH!
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Don’t you mean crush garlic?
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Brazil? Apparently that’s a “cane machete”. At least according to the Internets, I’m not speaking from personal knowledge.
Styles of machete (with seax misspelt).
Before the term “machete” became commonplace in North America, we called our version of the tool a “corn knife”.
@GilbertWham, @Wanderfound, here on the East Mid-Atlantic Coast of the USA what you guys call a billhook is called a brush hook (if short handled) or brush axe (if long handled). We use the term billhook for the medieval weapon, a type of guisarme, that was derived from the English agricultural tool of the same name.
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I believe you’re in PA? Down here in FL the regionalism I’ve always heard is billhook. And to beat them all to the punch, it’s Florida so there’s your answer.
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Cutless western sailor sword different tradition.
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Thinking more of this sort of jobby, actually:
Khopesh are nifty, but I tend to think of them more as unusual axes rather than real swords.
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That will slice well.
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Well, if you trust wikipedia… 
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Looks like an indian saber. Could be wrong
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Definitely a -1 Scimitar of Scaring. Can’t do much more than d6 damage, but many opponents fail the saving throw against screaming like a little girl and running away.
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A cloaked figure in the corner lifts his Big Gulp™. “Bravo,” he says. “Care to put that scimitar to use and make a few bucks?”
The man’s cloak is mud-spattered and worn, but you notice its shoulder is emblazoned with the seal of Blibdoolpoolp. He opens a cylinder of Salt & Vinegar Flavor Pringles® Brand Potato Thins and watches you, expectantly.
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