View Single Post
Old 19th September 2011, 02:16 PM   #17
harimauhk
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 88
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePepperSkull
Definitely. It's got a deep distal taper as well which also makes it feel lighter. I find that many SEA blades that are specifically made as weapons have a more profound distal tapering than the SEA blades intended for agriculture or general bushtool use, which have an almost uniform blade thickness.
Dave, virtually all of the Filipino agricultural blades I've handled over the last two years have distal tapers: go figure! Interestingly, the two modern piras I picked up do not taper much.
harimauhk is offline   Reply With Quote