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Posted: 5/17/2013 9:54:19 PM EST
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Cold steel kukri.
This is not a well-finished blade like some of the ones you see for hundreds of bucks. It isn't something you will regret when you mar the blade. It's plainly meant for cutting down rainforests. It is made of VERY hard steel, and is rather difficult to sharpen; however it holds an edge well. I have used a hand-held angle grinder, then a coarse/medium stone to sharpen it. I have the 18" model and have used it for brush clearing. eta It's also very cheap inexpensive; at ~ $25 or so for blade and sheath, it's a pretty good deal. |
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Posted: 5/18/2013 5:56:08 AM EST
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Posted: 5/19/2013 3:45:50 PM EST
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You might take a look at the offerings from
Woodsman's Pal |
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Posted: 5/19/2013 6:51:31 PM EST
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I've never owned one, but have heard good things about Woodsman's Pal.
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Posted: 5/19/2013 7:33:02 PM EST
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All of the knives above and the Junglas will work well but none of them will come close to a machete... you didn't give a size range so I figured I'd through that out there, a 14" machete probably weighs less than some of them too.
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Posted: 5/20/2013 4:20:19 AM EST
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If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade.
This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok 
You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR |
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Posted: 5/20/2013 6:06:24 PM EST
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I've got a Cold Steel Jungle machete. Needs a quick deburring with a file out of the box, but for $35, you get one badass chopper. Down here in Texas, pretty much all we have is super tough mesquite which is torture for most choppers, but my Jungle Machete chews through it like nothing with few and very far between edge touch ups
 . It also makes the stereotypical "shing" noise when you draw it. 
I also baton seasoned and fresh mesquite logs with it. pic: 
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Posted: 5/21/2013 12:07:53 PM EST
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Quoted: I am looking for a big knife that can easily be used for cutting small trees, splitting the occasional log etc. I already have an Esse 5 and want something a little longer, a little thinner that will hold up to heavy use. How are the Junglases? the junglas is c ool |
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Posted: 5/22/2013 5:00:34 AM EST
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I like the Condor line of machetes. I own both the golok and parang, and paid like $55 with sheath for both from amazon.
If you want something longer, check out their Thai Enep Machete...it's damn near a sword. The Viking is probably next on my acquisition list. |
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Posted: 5/22/2013 5:36:09 AM EST
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Quoted: If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade. This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/DBAR/BWEBONY022.jpg You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR who made your sheath shoulder holster? |
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:38:09 PM EST
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Quoted:
If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade. This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/DBAR/BWEBONY022.jpg You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR That handle is beautiful. What material is it? |
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:50:51 PM EST
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Quoted:
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If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade. This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/DBAR/BWEBONY022.jpg You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR who made your sheath shoulder holster? You can get the Baldric rig at DLT as well. The sheath came with the knife, and it's made by Sharp Shooters Leather. I think you could have Great Lakes Leather Works make you a sheath, they do great custom work at a reasonable price too. http://greatlakesleatherworks.com/ I hope this helps you, DBAR |
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:51:26 PM EST
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If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade. This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/DBAR/BWEBONY022.jpg You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR That handle is beautiful. What material is it? Black and White Ebony, it's tough as nails too. DBAR |
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Posted: 5/23/2013 6:52:39 PM EST
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Ontario Kukri is a whole lot of steel for under 100 bucks.
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Posted: 5/25/2013 7:35:27 AM EST
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ontario rtak II
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Posted: 5/25/2013 2:56:22 PM EST
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What's reasonable?
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If you're looking for a chopper, don't go thinner. If you spend $210 you can get yourself a great chopper, designed as a chopper with a 11" convex blade. This one cost more because of the handle material, but a plain black canvis Micarta handle runs around that $210 mark. These have a life time warranty as well. Bark River Golok http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/DBAR/BWEBONY022.jpg You can find a good selection of them here. They are great people to do business with. DBAR who made your sheath shoulder holster? You can get the Baldric rig at DLT as well. The sheath came with the knife, and it's made by Sharp Shooters Leather. I think you could have Great Lakes Leather Works make you a sheath, they do great custom work at a reasonable price too. http://greatlakesleatherworks.com/ I hope this helps you, DBAR |
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Posted: 5/25/2013 7:30:08 PM EST
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Custom work is never the same, you'd have to call them to talk about pricing. If you contact them, I think you'll find they are very reasonable with their prices. They have excellent production sheaths that look better than some custom sheaths I've seen, and they were only $50 to $60 for a sheath for a Bark River Bravo 1.
DBAR |
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Posted: 5/26/2013 12:48:29 PM EST
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Thanks for the info. It looks like they are in the process of building there web site. I will contact them.
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Custom work is never the same, you'd have to call them to talk about pricing. If you contact them, I think you'll find they are very reasonable with their prices. They have excellent production sheaths that look better than some custom sheaths I've seen, and they were only $50 to $60 for a sheath for a Bark River Bravo 1. DBAR |
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Posted: 5/26/2013 2:55:13 PM EST
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The Grayman mega pounder 9 is what I bought for hard use knife. Can't say enough about it chop pry dig whatever you need it to do it is a tank!
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Posted: 5/26/2013 3:36:18 PM EST
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Tramotina machete. Ten bucks buys alot of blade.
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Posted: 7/11/2013 12:24:38 PM EST
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I have used a Woodmans Pal quite a bit.
It sorta bridges the gap between a Machete, and a Hatchet. I have found it most useful. The back side circular curved blade is great for clearing thin weeds and brush when making a ground blind/firing lanes, etc. The very end of the main blade has a flattened section that work well as a light duty hammer. It is a very good tool, IMHO |
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Posted: 7/11/2013 12:35:07 PM EST
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Cold steel kukri. This is not a well-finished blade like some of the ones you see for hundreds of bucks. It isn't something you will regret when you mar the blade. It's plainly meant for cutting down rainforests. It is made of VERY hard steel, and is rather difficult to sharpen; however it holds an edge well. I have used a hand-held angle grinder, then a coarse/medium stone to sharpen it. I have the 18" model and have used it for brush clearing. eta It's also very cheap inexpensive; at ~ $25 or so for blade and sheath, it's a pretty good deal. I have a couple of these as well. One of the newer ones and an older LTC kukri, which I like better than the new ones. |
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Posted: 7/31/2013 11:21:17 AM EST
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Those are some pretty knife pictures.
I'll try to get some pics of my Jungales on here tomorrow. I have not been gentle with it. I don't abuse, but I use it a lot. It is amazing. Battoning, chopping, draw knife (made a Euro style practice sword from maple), even some rough whittling. It has not dulled. I'm even having a hard time wearing through the finish.
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Posted: 7/31/2013 1:24:14 PM EST
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Can't go wrong with the king !
KaBar becker BK9 
Also I need to add that the Junglas is a bad boy but is a little $$$ I bought the Ontario RTAK II it is slightly longer and a few ouces more in weight. I bought my RTAK for 75.00 on Ebay. |
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