Bear Grylls Parang N' Stuff

[JonathanD]

About one minute in....

[video=youtube;eJFchJtYHiE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJFchJtYHiE&feature=player_embedded#![/video]

Looks liek a variation of the native SA one Ray uses, but with all Bear stuff going on with it.

 

[JonathanD]

And more...[video=youtube;5JmP5RnicQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JmP5RnicQs&feature=player_embedded[/video]

He's going to need some sherpas to carry all that lot for him. That parang has a weird handle angle.

 

[trekkingnut]

the parang looks pretty boring... but i do like the sheath with bits built in.... reminds me of some of the other gerber knives to be honest though....60usd would be a very impressive asking price for all of that considering a fire steel is expensive enough on its own.....

i will stick to the parang i get issued through work and the mora clipper for the time being... never had any problems and never wanted anything else... apart from a better sheath for the clipper... mine ALWAYS falls out. so annoying.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I quite like the look of it, i would actually like to see it in the flesh.

 

[JonathanD]

The handle angle looks all wrong, the point of impact if chopping a large item would have the wrist in a very strange angle that looks to me like it would cause injury. Obviously never tried or held it, so could be very wrong though. I'm happy with my ParangXL, but I would like to try that out, a bit of friction tape over the handle would sort the aesthetics out.

 

[trekkingnut]

at work we are banned from taking survival knives because they are usually rubbish, heavy and everything falls out just when you need them...

 

[trekkingnut]

http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-31-000...ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1281535495&sr=8-1

can actually pre order the knife with sheath. it is actually less than 60usd... it might just be worth a punt to check it out.

 

[JonathanD]

http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-31-000...ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1281535495&sr=8-1

can actually pre order the knife with sheath. it is actually less than 60usd... it might just be worth a punt to check it out.

Ginormous thread on it here....

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59422

 

[trekkingnut]

fair enough, random question... can you drill a hole in the handle of a clipper? im getting sick of it falling out.

 

[trekkingnut]

found the answer to my question, im just off to get the drill out.

 

[JonathanD]

fair enough, random question... can you drill a hole in the handle of a clipper? im getting sick of it falling out.

Why don't you get a kydex sheath? Or one of these leather ones...

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_...13&_nkw=mora+sheath&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Might seem a bit daft spending so much on a £8 knife, but a lost one isn't going to be any use.

 

[trekkingnut]

if a cheap one comes up on here, ill buy it... because i like to support that hand made stuff from this site. but im not going to spend that much money on a sheath. i can buy a blade, scales and sheath leather in a kit for less than 30 quid and make my own if i really want to do something like that...

thanks for the link though.

 

[JonathanD]

I thought they were upgrading the clippers sheath recently, making it more robust and secure.

 

[trekkingnut]

i have no idea which mora i had originally, it was similar to the clipper, but had a hole in the handle and an infinitely better sheath, got given it as a present when i joined the army, but left it on a mountain in the andes. i loved that thing to pieces. shame they dont make them anymore.

 

[JonathanD]

Lawrence seems to be open to trades on his sheaths. Now they are cool....

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59129&highlight=mora+clipper+sheaths

 

[Whittler Kev]

I'm impressed. Good make, looks good. I think I'd buy both. What is it.....about a quarter of the price of an RM knife?

 

[trekkingnut]

I'm impressed. Good make, looks good. I think I'd buy both. What is it.....about a quarter of the price of an RM knife?

less than 60usd for the survival knife on amazon us preorder. not bad i have to say... probs means itll be 60 bloody gbp over here though. grrr.

 

[Wayland]

Did you hear him say there are going to be ten knives in the range.

Sounds like a comedy series to me.....

 

[John Fenna]

Did you hear him say there are going to be ten knives in the range.

Sounds like a comedy series to me.....

All in the "Tron" colour scheme? WOW!
I realy must......not make any more disparaging remarks.....

 

[Jonsky]

For 60 bucks, you could probably buy 5 of these parangs. 10 without the fancy carvings.

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