Condor Golok Pack Machete Test and Review

[@perrylaw7011]

Excellent honest review with pros and cons. Thank you for sharing.

[@3riverblades]

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[@richardweilandt3315]

Black Hills Steel made that pack Golok out of Stainless Steel, a couple years ago and called it the wide belly. They also made a Stainless version of the El Chete. Both cost around 30 bucks apiece.

[@snesleywipessqueegeeservices]

With a reprofile and using a Lofty Wiseman style lanyard I find this to be excellent, though the sheath allows that inch or so of slip. Regrinding is easy on 1075. It's soft and tough to allow swift touch ups and low chip factor, simply rolls if over challenged,readily sanded out.

[@minnesota-hk1vp]

Thank You for sharing! Would you consider the condor north machete?

[@paul7754]

What do you make 'equivalent'? I'm all Semper Fi on you but can you touch this capability at this price? I can sharpen an edge. For me it's about weight, task and ability. The desert howls at night.

[@jamesholmes9683]

This was 40-50 bucks a few years ago

[@marcinos303]

Unfortunately, machetes are mainly useful in the bush, where they cut large green plants. In European or American temperate forests, plant stems are woody and an ax is more useful. It's a pity that the large Golok Condor does not have a convex cut, because it would probably work better. I live in Poland and I can't decide which of the Condor Goloks would be better for me - large or small? I use a small Gedore ax every day, but the ax doesn't cut well and the machete is still useful, even as a very large knife. As a knife, I use a Finnish army knife, Sissipuukko M95, designed by Mr. Peltonen.

[@mem7048]

I have never had good luck with 1075 steels in the Adirondacks. The blades seem to be more prone to chipping and edge turning.

[@WoodsmanHobo777]

On a machete a convex edge is the best edge

[@luthfisidik001]

Golok - "G O L O K" is a name from my county, Indonesia, also Parang - "P A R A N G"