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Post by justin520 on Nov 7, 2014 7:30:04 GMT
Tactical swords and machetes often cross lines and one becomes the other, especially with Filipino blades, but this one is one I never see a modern production version of (except the TFW). I was just wondering why. I'd love to see a polypropylene handle or g10 scale panabas.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Nov 7, 2014 9:00:58 GMT
Pics would be helpful
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Nov 7, 2014 9:13:37 GMT
I'd be willing to bet that there's no "tactical" version of the panabas for the simple fact that it's a really obscure weapon.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Nov 7, 2014 10:04:56 GMT
Cold Steel's two-handed kukri and/or panga machetes might be close enough for some. There's a big range in blade sizes and types among panabas, and these sort-of fall in that range. Otherwise, the JFCC on www.americankami.com/sword.html
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Nov 7, 2014 10:06:48 GMT
Which style, some of them look like a boonarang.
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Post by justin520 on Nov 7, 2014 16:21:52 GMT
Lol, they kind of do. Uhm, Idk enough about the different types to give you a name, but the pointy ones, not the squared off ones.
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Post by justin520 on Nov 7, 2014 19:54:49 GMT
Yeah those CS options are similar for sure, it also begs the question, why aren't there more two handed machete and camp blade designs in production from all companies.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Nov 7, 2014 22:39:40 GMT
They're not that useful in practice. For most machete tasks, one-handed is better.
Cane knives have long handles, but are used one handed. The are other long-handled machetes (some SE Asian designs) that are intended for one-handed use. The long handle lets you hold near the end for big high-velocity swings, and up close to the blade for precision work. And when wood is cheaper than steel, it saves money. I've never met a long-handled one-handed machete I felt would be useful to use two-handed as anything other than for planing wood.
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Post by justin520 on Nov 7, 2014 22:48:35 GMT
Maybe log splitting chores, I don't know if a dha chops and handles wood, but something of that configuration could split in one swing with two hands. This removes the time required for batoning (though as far as caloric and energy expenditure I'm not sure) also like you said the uses of "long handle." Not to mention I think two handed use could be effective in SD situations, you could argue that short blades make that a no, but the entrenching tool training videos I've seen show those used two handed in combat and they are short as heck in terms of their blade.
So I guess I see the "long handle" as having various uses. It's why I ordered an mbb.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Nov 7, 2014 23:23:11 GMT
In fighting, two-handed short-bladed weapons have their place. They can be good for armoured fighting. They can be good for cramped spaces, offering better leverage and hard-hitting when there's no room to swing (which is the point of using them for hand-to-hand fighting in trenches at night). Sure, less reach than some weapons, but better than a typical knife, so they work in the modern world.
If you want something for two-handed chopping to split logs, bring an axe or splitter. Sometimes it's better to have two specialised tools than one tool that tries to do too much.
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Post by justin520 on Nov 8, 2014 0:04:50 GMT
This is true but there's weight considerations, sometimes tools can be perfectly designed to do too much.
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Post by bigpete on Nov 16, 2014 5:41:10 GMT
Wow some very interesting blades on that site !
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Nov 16, 2014 7:40:08 GMT
Some wild designs, oddly all are one sided ground -
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Post by bigpete on Nov 16, 2014 7:55:26 GMT
Yeah I noticed a bit weird that :-)
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