Based on a traditional Malaysian Parang design, this blade is an excellent, affordable choice for a bushcraft kit, bugout bag, or as a truck machete. With its grippy, green polymer handle and ballistic nylon sheath, it’s impervious to weather as long as you keep the blade oiled. This blade is a great option if you’re a property owner and clear a lot of brush… its weight-forward design helps make chopping easier, and its comfortable handle with a well-designed finger guard and flared butt make it easy to keep a good grip, even after hours of work. And its 1075 carbon steel, convex grind blade is easy to touch up with a Lansky Puck or file if you do damage it. If you’re looking for a tough, affordable, large utility blade… this one is tough to beat.