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Grind in a cho, maybe a sword of shiva and it would be a fair impression of a real knife. Doesn't look too bad actually.
 
I like the big machete style hilt. Even with thick gloves you have a lot of space. If the blade holds up to a beating I'd say it's a pretty good tool.
 
I made a little progress with the Barong blade. I wasn't getting anywhere with lemon juice. I coated it with diet Dr. Pepper, let it sit for 15 minutes, and the entire blade was covered in thick orange rust! It looked like a circus peanut. Fortunately it wiped right off.

Vinegar seems to be the most popular etchant so I gave that a try. I heated the blade up a bit and gave it a wipe down. The laminations came out, but they're very blurry and you can only see them in certain light. It'll need a few more treatments I think.


The edge is looking better, you can clearly see where the hardened steel begins and the laminated iron ends.
 
The Atlantic Cutlery barong arrived today. Seems pretty well made. Stainless steel blade made in Pakistan, the sheath is thick but really low quality leather. The edge is serviceable and the whole thing feels heavy and sturdy. The hilt is huge, my whole hand could fit on the brass bolster alone.

I'm not sure what to do with it now... I need to test the edge and see how deeply seated the tang is. I don't know if it would stand up to a beating or fly apart.
 
Well it looks nice. That's the one you mentioned you got pretty cheap right.
 
20 bucks before shipping. I'm just not sure what it'd be good for. When you look at at the blade shape I don't think its good for anything but slicing people up. It's too heavy to get up enough speed to slice through brush and I think branches would just slide off the blades belly

Cold Steel makes a barong machete so the blade shape must be good for something... Maybe with a thin light flexy blade could work up enough speed to be a good brush cleaner
 
blue lander said:
20 bucks before shipping. I'm just not sure what it'd be good for. When you look at at the blade shape I don't think its good for anything but slicing people up. It's too heavy to get up enough speed to slice through brush and I think branches would just slide off the blades belly

Cold Steel makes a barong machete so the blade shape must be good for something... Maybe with a thin light flexy blade could work up enough speed to be a good brush cleaner
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At least according to my sources the Barong is meant as a weapon and not a machete. And Cold Steel also makes a gladius machete, which I don't expect is good for use as a machete or an axe, so really I think their machete line is just their way of saying "budget big blades".
 
Yeah, this isn't a tool /weapon hybrid, its just a weapon. An incredibly effective weapon. It'd be a great butchers knife if you were trying to field clean a rhino or something. As a machete it probably works okay but the edge beyond the belly is probably useless. The cold steel and condor versions have a more elongated shape giving you more of a cutting edge.
 
I bought a real puuko a few weeks ago, hopefully it'll arrive today or tomorrow. I'm sure it's no better than a $10 Mora, but it sure as heck looks nicer.
 
That's similar to the Swedish knife I have that I thought was cheap but might actually be something.
Did shavru call it a puuko? It looks like that. Not as refined but sheath is similar.

Got pictures around here somewhere.
 
Father in Law had it most of his life I'm told. He was in his 90's when he passed. I can't confirm but I think he got it in Sweden, they were Swedish, moved here in the 60's I believe.

Pretty old. It was mixed in with a bunch of stuff we ended up with. Glad I didn't toss it.
 
Nope. Never used a Mora. Not positive I know what it is but I think I've seen em. I don't get out much.
 
It arrived! Beautiful

I read the Finns used these knives to cut the tongues out of the Soviets during the winter war. They'd slice 'em out from beneath their jaws and pull them out by the root
 
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Bought me a pinahig. These are the traditional knives of the igorot people in the Philippines. The hilt is integral to the blade and it's hollow so you could mount it on a pole or something
they have a pointier version but I thought this one looked more useful.

Hand forged spring steel blah blah blah
 
blue lander said:
Bought me a pinahig. These are the traditional knives of the igorot people in the Philippines. The hilt is integral to the blade and it's hollow so you could mount it on a pole or something
they have a pointier version but I thought this one looked more useful.

Hand forged spring steel blah blah blah
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I like the wooden, minimalist (almost) sheath. Nice knife - is it convexed, or an optical illusion on my part?
 
great looking additions Blue, pair of nice traditional knives from almost polar opposite peoples. I love Puukkos they are one of my favorite traditionals and the pinahig is fascinating. Looks like it has a lot of various ways it can be used, and designed to do a lot of things well.

I have a pair of Moras too they are really very simple blades very much Ikea in a blade to my mind, Simple, clean lines, good quality at a fair (or better) price.
 
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