DentonDoc wrote on Sep 24^th, 2009 at 5:43pm:

Don't have any experience with this knife, but I used a Philippine Bolo as a kid growing up.  It had enough mass to do some significant chopping.

Let me clarify.

My dad brought the bolo back after his "adventures" in the Pacific Theater during WWII.  The knife was re-crafted from a VERY heavy file.  Not exactly what I'd call a "lite" implement ... it would have weighed in at about the same heft as a smaller hatchet.

dd