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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Man, I bought their Kephart. More like Kep-Hah! Nice sheath, the edge was non-existent, the finish was terrible. I sorted it out and never used it.I have a few and ALL needed a LOT of work to get a good edge on them.FortyTwoBlades says they have improved, however, I would only buy them from Forty (Baryonyx) since he refines the edge at no charge.
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Awesome! Parangs are great for huge chops!I like my Duku Parang, it came to me with a very sharp edge.
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My Condor Kephart was essentially the same deal.Man, I bought their Kephart. More like Kep-Hah! Nice sheath, the edge was non-existent, the finish was terrible. I sorted it out and never used it.
Loose sheaths? I suspect they wear loose and there is probably a reasonable amount of variability during the manufacturing process.Condor is my favorite value machete. I have the Golak, 18" El Salvador, and the Bushcraft Parang. I like to use the El Salvador for light yard work. The other two I mostly just admire. The craftsmanship is great for what you pay. Does anyone know why Condor's leather sheaths are so loose?
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The Baryonyx machete is another one that I have found very effective. It relies on its weight and thinner blade to bite deep rather than throwing chips. Iit is too heavy for me to make snap cuts. I have to get my whole arm moving, and leave the wrist out of it. I think of it as a smatchet with a bill hook, effective against a broad range of vegetation.
I just got a warlock recently. It's great! Comfortable micarta handle, nice recurve shape with good weight forward behind the belly, batons very well. It's a champ.Any users of the Warlock or Dundee? If so, thoughts.