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Will carrying a machete or axe on the bike cause problems with police ?

Hey.

Without this turning into the gun thread im after some advice.

Im planning on camping and travelling through South America. Argentina to Colombia to be precise and spending most of my time camping.

Well, for bush craft I like to use a small machete or a small forest axe. I would like to carry this strapped onto the OUTSIDE side of my luggage box (but concealed on the inside next to the wheel)

To me these are only tools and are never to be used in anger and I belive that they are also everyday tools in South America.

Will the police be bothered ??

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Hee Ted,

I never had a problem and many (mostly customs) officials have seen my machette.
But, I always had it strapped to a luggage-roll on the back, so not ready for grabs...
As you say yourself, it's just a camping-tool.
Only in Australia they made some comments... it had some dirt on it
They almost wanted to quarentine it

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I carried a large machete from northen Mexico to the bottom of Argentina, it was strapped on my bike in full view, in all the time i had it i had no problems, mind you one Chilen customs guy told me not to take in to a night clubs...... I used it for camping, very handy. Skip
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I'm unsure of going to this UK meeting - do i need to come tooled up lol
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I'm unsure of going to this UK meeting - do i need to come tooled up lol
I dont think ill be needed it at the UK HU meet
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A very valid question, one I am pondering myself. In his book Traveling South, Dr. Greg Frasier suggests a machete (and ax if I remember correctly) as required camping tools, whereas Chris Scott in his book recommends against it. I think I'll pack a hacker after reading MMarten's comment. We'll see how far it gets...
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