Gerber Bear Grylls Compact Parang Machete, full tang?

[bowieknifenick]

Hi all.

Have a Gerber bear grylls compact parang machete, cheap I know, stuffed in my bug out/disaster bag. Cheap enough I can leave it in the pack and forget about it.

I don't have the tools to remove the handle, looks like a Torx screw on both sides, one near the front of the handle and one near the rear.

Does someone know if the tang runs all the way through the handle and isn't just a partial 2-2.5" tang like the Gerber gator machetes? Doesn't have an exposed pommel so I can't tell.

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Thomas Linton]

"Full tang, high carbon stainless steel blade"

 

[bikerdave47]

sounds nice!