{"id":3384,"date":"2014-01-27T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T23:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2017-10-18T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T04:13:14","slug":"new-cold-steel-dha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"!New! The Cold Steel Thai Machete"},"content":{"rendered":"

At maelstr\u00f8m,<\/a>we are very excited to discover a training weapon that replaces the hard-to-find traditional training dha from Thailand.\u00a0 And we want to let everyone in the Krabi Krabong world know.<\/p>\n

This is an unpaid and unsolicited promotion of Cold Steel’s new Thai machete.<\/p>\n

Born of open-field combat from a period when\u00a0Thailand (then Siam)\u00a0was routinely at war with the armies of\u00a0Myanmar (then Burma), Krabi Krabong is a traditional weapon art still practiced in Thailand.\u00a0 It features many different weapons such as single and double sword, sword and shield, forearm shields, spear, staff, knife, and sabre.<\/p>\n

Although it is better known as historical performance to most Thais,\u00a0there is tremendous combative applicability lurking behind its cultural theatre.\u00a0 Krabi Krabong\u2019s\u00a0brutal effectiveness and overall intensity<\/strong>\u00a0are unmatched in the weapon arts.\u00a0 Krabi Krabong is to stickfighting what Muay Thai is to kickboxing: it takes weapons fighting up a notch (or three) in ferocity and technical refinement.<\/p>\n

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At knife manufacturer Cold Steel, taking inspiration from Thai swords in his personal collection and from his extensive training in the Thai Martial Arts, Lynn Thompson began exploring his own interpretation of a Thai sword in their new Machete format.\u00a0 Cold Steel has been producing a variety of inexpensive stamped steel forms in one- and two-hand sizes.<\/p>\n

Lynn has been an active practitioner of Thai Martial Arts since the early 1980s. Studying Thai Boxing with Bill Berg and the late Ernie Franco before exploring Muay Thai and Krabi Krabong in greater depth with his current training partner and instructor of over 13 years, Ron Balicki.<\/p>\n

The Thai Machete represents the culmination of over 4 years of development and refinement. Like the Thai swords that inspired it, our Machete is beautifully balanced, with a keen cutting edge and sharp tip. Though most commonly seen used in pairs when practicing traditional Thai fighting arts, these long curved blades are amazingly versatile. Light enough to swing one handed, but with a long enough handle to employ a two handed grip for extra leverage and cutting power.<\/p>\n

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The Thai Machetes wide blade and curved cutting edge make it an excellent brush cutter. Slicing grass, vines and light foliage with ease. Its fully sharpened blade is made from the same tough 1055 Carbon Steel as the other classic blades in our incredibly popular Machete line up. Its tough, traditional looking polypropylene handle has a flattened oval grip that won\u2019t twist of turn in your hand, while its steel reinforced guard offers surprisingly good hand protection.<\/p>\n

THAI MACHETE
\nSpecifications:
\nWeight: 29.4 oz
\nBlade Thickness: 2.8 mm
\nBlade Length: 22″
\nHandle: 14 1\/2″ Long Polypropylene
\nOverall: 36 1\/2″
\nSteel: 1055 Carbon Steel w\/Black Baked-On Anti Matte Finish
\nSheath: Cor-Ex\u2122 Sheath<\/p>\n