i just treated myself to a little parang (which arrived today) from 'valiant knives'.
i hope that someone can answer me my(stupid) questions:
1.: the handle is made from buffalo horn. what's the best treatment to keep it in a good shape(under tropical conditions)?
2.: is there a trick to keep the blade from gettin' rusty(apart from oiling it; as i usually do'nt carry a drom of oil around...)- some sort of coating maybe?
3.: how do you keep a big blade sharp "in the field"? - i've seen people (and read about doing it this way)sharpening machetes with files, but that seems a bit brutal to me(+machetes are softer steel); and also pictures of people sharpening big blades on sandstone boulders, but there's no sandstone here either...
thanks!
i hope that someone can answer me my(stupid) questions:
1.: the handle is made from buffalo horn. what's the best treatment to keep it in a good shape(under tropical conditions)?
2.: is there a trick to keep the blade from gettin' rusty(apart from oiling it; as i usually do'nt carry a drom of oil around...)- some sort of coating maybe?
3.: how do you keep a big blade sharp "in the field"? - i've seen people (and read about doing it this way)sharpening machetes with files, but that seems a bit brutal to me(+machetes are softer steel); and also pictures of people sharpening big blades on sandstone boulders, but there's no sandstone here either...
thanks!