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KuKulzA28 · 6th June 2012, 05:14 AM

I think durability and versatility is key with these blades. Not quite as an effective glaive or spear as a real glaive or spear... A little oversized to be a kitchen cleaver... Somewhat hefty for a jungle machete... Not ideally balanced as a wood chopper... and not as long nor well-balanced as a proper sowrd or saber... But it can fulfill all those roles..

And I feel that's the name of the game with many ethnic blades that fulfill both machete and sword roles.

Taiwanese Aborigines, Taiwanese Han settlers, and Luzon Cordillerans seem to all like socket handles for their work blades though.. which didn't seem to really catch on elsewhere.

6th June 2012, 05:14 AM	#3
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	I think durability and versatility is key with these blades. Not quite as an effective glaive or spear as a real glaive or spear... A little oversized to be a kitchen cleaver... Somewhat hefty for a jungle machete... Not ideally balanced as a wood chopper... and not as long nor well-balanced as a proper sowrd or saber... But it can fulfill all those roles.. And I feel that's the name of the game with many ethnic blades that fulfill both machete and sword roles. Taiwanese Aborigines, Taiwanese Han settlers, and Luzon Cordillerans seem to all like socket handles for their work blades though.. which didn't seem to really catch on elsewhere.