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Ive owned a Martindale british army issue Golok for many years now, I've posted about on the forum but never posted up a full review on it. The martindale golok is a cross between a machete, parang and a kukri it was designed and made for issue to British armed forces. this new cross design large knife was developed so that the tool would be suited in all world wide environments from the jungle to Europen woodland and just about anywhere in between. In my opinion it is the best machete, parang and kukri I've ever used that's because it's taken the best from all three of them, forget machetes, parangs and kukris get the martindale. They are still available from as little as £20! I'm not sure that they are still current British armed forces issue so they won't be around for sale for ever. There are copies out there so make sure the one you get is date stamped as the one below is, mine arrived very rough and needed the blade sharpened, some light surface rust removed and the handle wasn't finished to my liking so I sanded it and sealed it with yacht varnish, I also added a landyard.
I needed to chop some wood for kindling and fuel for my fire box, it was a mix of logs and milled timber, the martindale comes into its own for chopping and slitting wood by battoning my 2x2 batton gave way about half way in lol. I very rarely use a hand axe now as the martindale will do everything and more that a hand axe can do without the possibility of failure by way of the axe head coming loss and coming off!
If the martindale or any knife gets stuck in a piece of wood halfway through buttoning due to a knot, drive a wooden wedge into the cut to free the blade
As with the use of any cutting tool I recomend wearing thick protective gloves even 30* this knife will cut deep if you make a mistake, it will also save you from blisters in prolonged use.
Even after all the work the martingale done today it was still cutting paper afterwardos not through a whole page but still cutting never the less, however after a quick touch up with the metal rod and strop got it back to cutting cleanly through a whole page of paper
hope you enjoy the review and pics
I needed to chop some wood for kindling and fuel for my fire box, it was a mix of logs and milled timber, the martindale comes into its own for chopping and slitting wood by battoning my 2x2 batton gave way about half way in lol. I very rarely use a hand axe now as the martindale will do everything and more that a hand axe can do without the possibility of failure by way of the axe head coming loss and coming off!
If the martindale or any knife gets stuck in a piece of wood halfway through buttoning due to a knot, drive a wooden wedge into the cut to free the blade
As with the use of any cutting tool I recomend wearing thick protective gloves even 30* this knife will cut deep if you make a mistake, it will also save you from blisters in prolonged use.
Even after all the work the martingale done today it was still cutting paper afterwardos not through a whole page but still cutting never the less, however after a quick touch up with the metal rod and strop got it back to cutting cleanly through a whole page of paper
hope you enjoy the review and pics