I want a very specific machete for chopping thin brush at the roots, any recommendations? Something along these lines, (ok so the drawing is probably a lot thinner than it would need to be so just think of it as an exaggerated example), basically just
>Small blade, big enough to chop into wood if you need to but it's not intended for chopping anything bigger than an inch around at most
>Long enough you can chop things at their roots without leaning over
>Absolutely as light as possible, anyone who's had to swing a machete for 8 hours a day in the sun knows this is essential
>"shaft" is springy steel or maybe fiberglass, so it can be swung back and forth at rather high speed and use the springiness to chop harder like a knife on the end of a whip
Obviously this is a very purpose-built tool and would be shit as a general purpose machete, even if the blade was extended down the rest of the way.