The SAK stays, very useful. Maybe this one as dinner knife.

that a barkie wet enviro?

Yes, with a "penetrator point" I added. 12C27 steel.

Now that is a sexy knife. I love the penetrator point as well. I think it was Ironballs who did a very nice pen point on his DFLE. The DFLE and Wet barkie both with modded pen points and matching sheaths would make a fantastic set.

I have to admit I like the Wet Barkie much more than the Bravo1. It just seems more elegant. It fits my needs for a companion although it is as big as I would want to go. The Wet Barkie is what you would get if you wanted a German to make a Mora. Beautiful finish ,high quality and comfortable handle same basic blade(a little beefier) ,the same steel and 10 times the cost.

Horn Dog, now's the time if you want a Bark River Golok. They have scheduled a run of them, and you can pre-order now. I’m afraid it will be a long time until Mike makes any more. The last dry spell for Barkie goloks lasted for years.

vic, do you have a golok?
you said it was a good chopper, so I thought you had one.
if you do, do you think you could do a chop off with the DFLE?

I might have misunderstood you.
but if you do have one it would be great.
I don't have any barkies and I happen to have 150$ set aside for a big chopper and if this could outdo a DFLE I would consider getting one.
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Horn Dog, now's the time if you want a Bark River Golok. They have scheduled a run of them, and you can pre-order now. I’m afraid it will be a long time until Mike makes any more. The last dry spell for Barkie goloks lasted for years. [/quo
Ive been wanting a BRKT golok for a while. How do you go about preordering one?

I have a Sheffield golok. I already did a chop off last year. It beat every knife I owned. The only knife I have now that could out chop it is the FFBM, but both it and the golok are too heavy bladed to use all day like the machete or DFLE.

ohhhh man.
I'm sorry.

it's the same golok that bark river is selling right now right?

and does anyone have a link to that chopoff?

I think we're talking about a different one though bewcause the regular "Golok" I'm looking at only weighs 16 ounces.
???

No, mine is NOT the Bark River Golok. Mine is heavier. The BRKT Golock weighs about 16oz, close to the DFLE. My Golock, a British SAS model weighs over 20 oz, like the DFCG, but is much more blade heavy due to the saber grind and the shape of the blade.
Here is my golok next to the DFLE.

I know it gets confusing. One company's panga looks like another's barong, looks like another's bolo. I just call them all choppers.
Some are called Pangas, which is what Africans call a machete.

Some are called bolos or bolo machetes, after a large knife used in the Phillipines.

What the heck is this one? Becker calls it a "Patrol Machete". It looks like some goloks I've seen but more like a cross between a kukri and a bolo.

Then there is the Barong, a tool/fighting knife used in Indonesia.

And one of my favorites, a kukri/bowie hybrid Cold Steel called the MTC or mini terrain chopper.

And there are the more familiar latin style machetes that most Americans use.
I have used all these and more, and my choice is the DFLE Bowie for my next swamp trip. Done.

I too have a brkt golok, nice blade. the steel rusts easier than S7 from what I have seen but it came with a wicked convex edge.
I did not care for the sheath.

Vic,
that prototype is cool.