Sam Cade
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Fellow knife dorks, Behold the mighty Parang.
...an actual Parang made in Bidor, a quaint township in Malaysia well known locally for the production of fine blades and agricultural implements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidor
Most Parangs are in the 10-14" range, this one is much larger at 20" OAL. I have a plan.
The grip is of the common southeast Asian "handshake" style and made of some gooey soft purple PVC and ribbed. <assumption deleted>. I feel dirty just looking at this thing.
As far as I can tell, the tang is heated and just unceremoniously jammed into the solid grip and a single soft aluminum pin is driven into place to secure it. Since the traditional method of handling a Parang is to drive the tapered end of the tang into a bit of root (seriously) this is a premium feature to your average Maylay blade-swinger.
The grip itself is quite small by western standards.
I'm a little guy and wear a size medium glove and it is to short for me to get a full hammer grip on.
You dudes what got fingers like a buncha bananas would be SOL.
...an actual Parang made in Bidor, a quaint township in Malaysia well known locally for the production of fine blades and agricultural implements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidor
Most Parangs are in the 10-14" range, this one is much larger at 20" OAL. I have a plan.
The grip is of the common southeast Asian "handshake" style and made of some gooey soft purple PVC and ribbed. <assumption deleted>. I feel dirty just looking at this thing.
As far as I can tell, the tang is heated and just unceremoniously jammed into the solid grip and a single soft aluminum pin is driven into place to secure it. Since the traditional method of handling a Parang is to drive the tapered end of the tang into a bit of root (seriously) this is a premium feature to your average Maylay blade-swinger.
The grip itself is quite small by western standards.
I'm a little guy and wear a size medium glove and it is to short for me to get a full hammer grip on.
You dudes what got fingers like a buncha bananas would be SOL.
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