I've been poking around at some of your older vids. You do some good, practical vids. Thanks much and have a happy new year.

Miss you man. RIP

If you ever watch old movies, look up Bombers B-52 (1957) and you will see a spax pulled out for an inflight emergency fire. I believe this tools original usage was for cutting yourself out of a plane wreck. I was surprised to see it there, but there it was.

This really helps me:) thanks for the video, I put a lot of thought in to this stuff and a lot of trial and error, these odd tool sre hard to learn about without just going out and buying one of everything LOL.. thanks brother

You make some good points,,,especially about the Kukri and Nepal,,,✌

This is a very accurate review. Thank you.

The SPAX absolutely has a history as a weapon. To that point, it was standard issue to the mechanized Infantry, at least of the 4th ID. The hex is useful for breaking Bradley tracks, the breaker bar for opening your door against your will, a purpose I used it for many times in Iraq, and the edge is great for opening you. To say that its less intimidating to someone, in my experience, is off.

I own the older CS Kukri machete, really thin, but ok as a machete. Did your kukri come with an edge? Or did you have to grind one on it? I own the SPAX also, great work horse. Really good video.

The parang out of Borneo is a great chopper. Good in pine forest too

Cold steel is actually 1055 high carbon

The spax sp16 is the better overall tool of those two presented. It is like a mini tomahawk almost. Which is great.

Nice comparison, in my view spax has more utility in survival situation...

TO SAFELY SPLIT (down, as opposed to across the grain) SMALL CIRCUMFERENCE WOOD, gently “tap-set” the axe head into the end grain (the axe should be able to hold the wood after setting) then strike the back (poll) of the axe with a stout but manageable branch. Never swing a blade towards your other hand.

look up 13 in 1 multi purpose axe on amazon. hammer, prybar and axe in one solid compact unit

Cold Steel's kukri isn't a real kukri. It's a machete with thin metal. A real kukri made from a quality Nepalese company is much heavier, made out of tool steel and carbon steel. Unless you leave it to rust and you take minimal care of it, it will end up in the hands of your grandchildren, long after you die. Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, the Gurka who held off 30 Taliban by himself carried a real kukri.

I have no idea what type of Nepalese Khukuri you have experience with but my personal experience is that they are excellent tools and very durable. Cold Steel makes a very good machete but their pseudo khukuri the "Ghurka" has a terrible, goopy rubber handle that tears up your hand if you arent wearing gloves and wears quickly anyway. As for the SPAX, Im not sure you gave it a fair shake. The spike is very good for digging, it can be battoned just like a knife, is reasonably okay at detail work and has a good hard rubber handle. That said, it was a decent comparison over all and I too very much like my Cold Steel machetes.