Many reasons:
A machete is not a sword because it isn't harmonically/dynamically balanced like one, is made for a different purpose, is thinner, lacks a guard and pommel, and is usually a different profile.
A machete.
a machete
its like one but its really a knife
A machete is a sword-like tool most commonly used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion.
A machete.
A machete is a sword-like tool most commonly used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion.
He has a gun, knife, baseball bat, sword, lightsaber, machete, or a poison apple. And that, is a fact.
Either can be "better" than the other, depending on what it is used for. If you are harvesting the agave cactus to make mescal or cutting your way through a jungle, the machete is better. If you are in hand-to-hand combat, a Japanese sword (katana) is probably better, as long as you are trained to use it correctly and effectively.
A rapier is a long, slim, straight, two-edged sword, whereas a cutlass is a short, heavier constructed single-edged sword more like a machete.
Thresh took a curved sword. That i would think is a machete called a "kukri."
Well, it depends on th technique you are using and the kind of sword it's self. For instence, a machete is a slashing weapon.
A kodachi, a machete, a corn knife, a brush knife, a bayonet.