The martindale golok is a cross between a machete, parang and a kukri it was designed and made for issue to British armed forces. this new cross design large knife was developed so that the tool would be suited in all world wide environments from the jungle to Europen woodland and just about anywhere in between. In my opinion it is the best machete, parang and kukri I've ever used that's because it's taken the best from all three of them, forget machetes, parangs and kukris get the martindale