Bit by my Boom Parang

JohnTheTexican

JohnTheTexican

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I finally got around to using my Boom Parang. First observation: It's sharp. Very sharp. Kudos to Beef on that.




I didn't do any serious chopping; mostly just chopping off small branches and palm fronds, which it did very well indeed.





It cut through the green palm fronds very easily. Sliced right through them with very little effort.




Green wood takes a bit more effort, and while I was was chopping through a weedy sapling, it bit me. (The knife, not the tree.) Not really a bite so much as a tiny nibble. Barely more than a paper cut. Not even worth a pic. But it might be worth a slight modification of the design.

The problem is that when holding it thusly:




and chopping with a loose grip and no gloves, the index finger can creep up past the choil and onto the sharpened edge, thusly:




resulting in the Band-Aid® in the picture above.

I hate to mess with the blade, but I think it's going to need a bit of grinding to dull edge a bit where it meets the choil. Anyone have any other suggestions of a better way to deal with this, other than to just wear gloves or be more careful?
 
Mate nice work. I love mine. This is something I have been aware of too. I think just being aware of it and employing the right technique when using it should be all it needs. But as you said, dulling off that corner could be useful.
 
If your not using that talon hole, some creative paracord braiding might create a guard of sorts.
 
I took the dremel to mine. I put some dull to the leading edge there. Scotch brite would probably work too.
 
Sounds like some good bonding time :thumbup: :D

Haven't been bit by mine, but have been close a couple of times.

The Bossman himself suggested running some paracord on this one:

Jerry Busse said:

This super chopper is a throwback design of mine from the 1980s.

The rounded butt of the Boom Parang facilitates an extreme forward grip which greatly increases leverage and chopping power. Running a piece of paracord from front to back secures this magnificent chopper to the hand under the heaviest impacts.
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Plan to add a d-guard to mine but haven't done it yet.
 
Damm I love that knife. I would love to see a satin version in INFI
 
Those ones sting pretty good! I got bit by my tglb in the exact same spot .
 
I actually thought about making a small guard to go on the bottom near the choil to stop the finger from moving up. Odd that other large busses have a "stop" to prevent this.
 
I think this sort of blade is intended to be held closer to the pommel when chopping/clearing, hence the increased circumference at the pommel making it unable to fly out of your hand at the rear.
 
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