Bolo origin

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Originally Posted by JeffS

Ah of course. The distinctive profile is why I bought it, I knew I was remembering a thread. Apalit would have been the correct search term. Do others of this form also sport relatively thin blades? Compared to itak and tabak variants I have, this is very light. Tang only goes halfway down handle.

Hi Jeff,

My one, and I guess yours as well, was very recent like Ian stated also, so I think that this is the reason why the blade is relatively thin and the knife doesn't have a full tang. Just my humble opinion. This was also the reason why I have resold my one again.

Regards,
Detlef