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I grabbed one of the ZK series currently on sale. The Swabbie is a huge blade but suffers (in my opinion) from a serious case of the mall ninja uglies.
After some planning I decided to create a US made parang. I own several Maylasian made parangs which served as a guide.
After about two hours I have this, and I am happy. I only shortened the blade .6 just enough to remove the stabbing point and round the nose.
I'd love to see Kabar produce this exact knife but make it a high saber grind as opposed to the full flat grind it has. Is would be a chopping beast.
Compared to a real forged parang
After some planning I decided to create a US made parang. I own several Maylasian made parangs which served as a guide.
After about two hours I have this, and I am happy. I only shortened the blade .6 just enough to remove the stabbing point and round the nose.
I'd love to see Kabar produce this exact knife but make it a high saber grind as opposed to the full flat grind it has. Is would be a chopping beast.
Compared to a real forged parang
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