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If you can carry only one blade on your adventures, it may have to be the long knife, variously called the parang, machete, golok, kukri, bolo or several other names. The various names refer to long ...

Always strike green bamboo with a parang at an angle away from you. Meaning, if you are right-handed, slash to your right, away from your body. “Green bamboo can be so tough that it can deflect a ...