OFTEN FUNCTION DETERMINES DESIGN, SO IN JUNGLE AREAS WHERE A HEAVY CHOPPER IS NEEDED THERE IS MUCH SIMULARITY IN THOSE UTITILATARIAN TOOLS. EVERYONE LIVING IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS NEEDS ONE OF THESE TOOLS AND IT ALSO SERVES AS A WEAPON IF NEED BE.
A INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP MAY DEVELOP WEAPONS FROM THESE TOOLS, THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT TO SET THEM APART FROM THE MORE COMMON CHOPPERS. FOR EXAMPLE THE TIBOLI SWORDS HAVE BEAUTIFUL ART WORK ON THE HANDLES AND SOMETIMES THE SCABBARDS BUT THE BLADES ARE PRIMARLY WORK BLADES. THE KANPLIAN IS TOO LONG TO BE A GOOD TOOL AND HAS A GAURD AND OFTEN A METAL GAURD AS WELL SO I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A WEAPON ONLY. KLEWANGS COME IN THE PLAIN WORKING VARITEY AND THE STATUS TYPES (WITH BEAUTIFUL SILVER WORKED SCABBARDS AND SHEITHS AND PARMOR BLADES) PEOPLE WEALTHY ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM HAD WORKERS OR SLAVES TO DO ALL THEIR WORK CHOPPING IN THE JUNGLES. I WOULD IMAGINE IN AREAS OR GROUPS WHERE THERE WAS CONSTANT FIGHTING WEAPONS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED FOR A BETTER WEAPON. PEACFUL FARMING COMUNITYS WOULD MOSTLY HAVE STANDARD TOOLS PERHAPS WITH SOME LOCAL TRIBAL DECORATIONS.
A BANKUNG WILL STILL FUNCTION AS A GOOD JUNGLE CHOPPER BUT STILL MAKES A GOOD WEAPON ALSO.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF HEAVY CHOPPING SWORDS IN DESERT AREAS AS THEY ARE NOT NEEDED, JUST A SMALL AXE FOR FIREWOOD PERHAPS. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS RIGHT OR WRONG
