...and every thing else, too! Well...no.. Not really. Well you see I have a lot of Latin American customers and the same to have this affinity for the machete. Nothing against anyone from South America, but it seems they'd swear by the ole' machete for just about everything  ...even though it might not be the most ideal thing for the job. Me? I never found that tool to be too terribly useful, myself. Yeah, I'm sure if I had to slash a path through the Amazon, it'd be one heck of a tool to have! But hey! If ever have to do that, I'll be sure to have one handy.
I've had to take out tree stumps and cut down tree branches that were more than 12 inches wide. I'd be sawing away merrily and some guy from the Dominican Republic would pull out this dull, rusty machete and wonder why I wasn't using it. 
Now, when I have to strip a portion of someone's lawn of sod, a shovel will do just fine, in the absence of a tiller, which would remove it in a heart beat. Unfortunately, I didn't have a tiller, so I had to depend on my trusty ole' shovel and some manual elbow grease to get it done. However, this particular customer (from Venezuela) wanted me to use some other tool to do it. Can you guess what that tool is? Hint! Hint! It starts with an “m”. Yes! She actually was expecting my to hack out an 18 foot portion of grass with a machete! I told her I'd just use my shovel, but she swore her machete would be ten times better! Nah, more like time times worse. Let's face it, it's a large heavy knife with a broad blade, that's met for cutting through vegetation, not grass on a lawn. With my golfing skills, I'd do better with a golf club.  Geez! Some people would try to open up a can of garbanzo beans with a machete if you didn't tell them that a can opener might work better.  Sheesh!!!
- the Fuchian
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