Martildale Golok

[Anthony]

Anyone here have any experience with this model?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

That was my first ever fixed blade

A bit rough and ready, and will need a bit of work to make it comfy (ie not a hand shredder as it as stock ) But once it's done it'll be a good, brutally tough knife

[Anthony]

Cool, what was the steel like?  Did it roll/chip easily?

I've been watching a bunch of Ray Mears shows on youtube the past few days and he's got a traditional looking parang/golok he uses in almost every episode.  The closest thing I could find onle that was a produciton machete was this Golok.  The one Ray uses I'm estimating the same dimensions as this..

[Zed]

I like this model, isnt it also called the Crocodile  Golok .

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Cool, what was the steel like?  Did it roll/chip easily?

I've been watching a bunch of Ray Mears shows on youtube the past few days and he's got a traditional looking parang/golok he uses in almost every episode.  The closest thing I could find onle that was a produciton machete was this Golok.  The one Ray uses I'm estimating the same dimensions as this..

Oh it definetly rolled

At a guess I'd say the rockwell was only about 54-55 so the edge will need a fair bit of maintenance

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

Isn't that Golok nicknamed the "Tree-Beater" for it's poor performance?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Isn't that Golok nicknamed the "Tree-Beater" for it's poor performance?

Could be

I do remember (going back nearly 20 years now) it needing the bevel's being steepened, and it never really held it's edge terribly well

But I was very fond of it

[Anthony]

I might go with this at some point, the Condor Golok;

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I might go with this at some point, the Condor Golok;

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Now that is lovely

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

I've been wanting one of those too. I believe they had a Parang prototype at SHOT.

[Anthony]

I've been wanting one of those too. I believe they had a Parang prototype at SHOT.

Yup, it's on www.condortk.com...I don't like the thin width it has near the handle though.