Philippine knife (panabas shaped blade)

Ferguson · 15th May 2007, 01:34 AM

The knife finally arrived today. A quick polish and etch revealed a well forged laminated blade. The wood handle is made in two pieces and bound together with rattan and leather. The wood is dark brown with thick black streaks. Very pretty. Black palm? The blade is sharpened on the convex side.
I couldn't find anything similar in Stone's. Don't know what is is, but I like it.

Steve

ariel · 15th May 2007, 01:58 AM

A huge problem with this one and the other Panabases ( Panabi?

) is the way their handles and blades are attached to each other. There are no rivets and no cementing substance to prevent the tang from moving up or down within the handle with each strike. My son wanted once to "use" a Panabas to chop off a pretty thin branch ( < 1 inch in diameter). The branch was easily cut with a single stroke but the rattan binding on the handle got torn by the tang.

15th May 2007, 01:34 AM	#1
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	The knife finally arrived today. A quick polish and etch revealed a well forged laminated blade. The wood handle is made in two pieces and bound together with rattan and leather. The wood is dark brown with thick black streaks. Very pretty. Black palm? The blade is sharpened on the convex side. I couldn't find anything similar in Stone's. Don't know what is is, but I like it. Steve

15th May 2007, 01:58 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	A huge problem with this one and the other Panabases ( Panabi? ) is the way their handles and blades are attached to each other. There are no rivets and no cementing substance to prevent the tang from moving up or down within the handle with each strike. My son wanted once to "use" a Panabas to chop off a pretty thin branch ( < 1 inch in diameter). The branch was easily cut with a single stroke but the rattan binding on the handle got torn by the tang.