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I'd check it. If they got in late in the process no problem just strain. If they got in early they would have probably spoiled the wine already and it won't taste any good. So generally taste a sip or two of the wine if it seems ok you are probably fine. In the tropics we see small ants everywhere, including sealed sugar packets on the store shelves.

Where do you find it? I haven't seen any, but in Malaysia now so would be interested to see how they are made.

I don't have it with me currently so not precise, but it is between 50 and 55 cm long including the tang inside the handle. This particular blade cost 34 Malaysian Ringgits, but keep in mind this was made more than 10 years ago. Most prices in Malaysia have doubled since, so perhaps 60ish is what I would expect now? This was the prices just for the blade since the rest I made at home. The blade came from a blacksmith in Serian.

Do you mean a specific one? They can be quite a wide range of sizes. Smallest perhaps less than 30 cm but I have seen some more than twice that length as well. Smaller ones tend to be for evryday use and basic needs in the forest while the largest ones were those used for chopping down trees and some which were used in war. Including some which are two handed.

Shame you did not go into detail about the stick. Type of wood thickness length.

@@tomsuica8731 Oh dear, an ommision on my part. It is Rhapis excelsa, also known as broadleaf lady palm or bamboo palm. People in Sarawak often use the stalk of the plant to make a cane for walking.

I've visited Annah Raid and some of the other Bidayuh villages in the area. A couple of times during Gawai as well. But this was quite a long time ago and I don't have recordings. In the future I will record if I visit. Another really good place to visit in the Bidayuh areas is the Bengoh valley. I really like the Bamboo bridges, although the dam spoiled a lot of the views.

I'm not sure if this particular one is old enough to be a "real" war parang. I suspect it may have been made the same way but just more recently.

@@lifeinsoutheastasia Probably one made for show but it fits the description of an Ilang.

Time for shopping?

I usually see them cooked with garlic or belacan.

If I wanted to use the steel machete I certainly would. But I prefer to use the parangs now. There is also a whole "ecosystem" of blacksmiths, sheath makers And other craftsmen. So it was just a comparison. I don't really feel the need to switch to a machete.

But very hard to cook and film at the same time 🤣

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Not sure about the regulations. Best to just buy one when you get there.

@@lifeinsoutheastasia Indeed the regulations are very unclear. But the problem is solved. My Thai gf went to the market and showed me some and I picked the one I wanted. No decorations but just an all steel work machete for 6 euro my currency. So my machete is waiting for me. I will have no problem bringing it back home. I will buy her one she likes when I'm there. Thx for responding.

I use a machete when traping possum's ( introduced pest) in NZ. I got it from a old guy I think it's ex army from the Vietnam era ,it's a bit more solid than the ones I see in shops these days and it doesn't hook at the tip like one in video it swells out like a butcher's knife or the skirting knife in my picture and kinda brings the tip online to point. I have to carry a hammer to nail my leg hold traps to the base of trees then I use machete to cut out a grove to hold the bait .I also use it for clearing and marking my path , most trappers I learned from use a hammer to dispatch the possums but I found using the back of the blade swell works better, you swing is faster and more accurate plus more reach so it's faster and more human..... last winter we had a few big rain storms and I had to go check traps in the rain one day, I was traping on this track just wide enough for one foot in front of the other that zig zags up this like 70-80 degree steep hill , I walked up to a possum in a trap on a tree on a ridge in-between two old slips on this hill . I lined up my shot took the back swing and this possum was only held by a toe so it managed to jump out towards me and just at that moment it's toe popped off and it ran straight around my legs . I freak out lose my balance land on my back on the down side of this track and go shooting down this muddy slip straight towards a drop off ten meters straight down into a rocky swollen creak . I had a heavy bag on a walking stick and bottle of bait in one hand and machete in the other . My life started to flash before my eyes and I was thinking like really this is how I'm going to die what a let down as I'm gaining speed and then last like second I rememberd I had the machete and the old movies about mountain climbers I'd seen, I ditched the walking stick and bottle swung myself onto my stomach and drove the tip of the machete into the ground at 90 degrees and managed to stop my slide just as my feet went over the drop off. Lol I rolled into my back laughed and then started freaking out that , that was almost it for me it would've taken a day for anyone to notice me not come home , and I would have been in a creak covered by full canopy and even though they new about where I was they didn't know what direction I'd gone in or anything........ anyway really sorry about the rambling it was just somthing like out of a survival movie or something,and it's random if my machete had a different shape I don't think it would have worked especially with the weight of the traps and stuff in my backpack and it's one of those things you read about happening to people but you think no way it'll happen to you because you grew up in the bush and you've been in more dangerous places before . Just damn 😅

Not right now. I used to live in Sarawak, and still visit. But living in Singapore right now.

@@lifeinsoutheastasia where did you live, and where are you from? I’m living in Bintulu, I’m British

A golok is a style of parang if I’m not mistaken, parang just means machete, cleaver, chopper or big knife. I am pretty sure it’s correct to call it a golok parang or indeed a parang golok, and of course you can use either word on its’ own.

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I think the one at minute 5.44 is a bit like that in that it has a convex blade. But it is a small one. In Sarawak The Bidayuh and I think the Orang Ulu tribes use them. The Ibans less so in my experience. But if fine a nice one I can explain the difference between it, and a "normal" blade.

Greetings back.. i was there about 30 years ago... lived for a month with dajaks. Sleep eat and hunt with them. Seeing the fresh water dolphins.. ( mahakam river going up stream... ) it was a long time ago. I asume everything is. Changed . Regards jeff

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​@@carlossalomonsabajaliaga1844 for parang it is hard to get cut from forward slip, because the sharp part actually start after the curve. The straight part around 4inch of the blade before the curve normally blunt and also use as a handle for splitting rattan. I am more familiar with semenanjung parang, but i believe borneo parang have similar concept with different design.

This is definitely a food I would recommend to people visiting Sarawak.

@@lifeinsoutheastasia 😁😁😁👍👍👍lamideng@kamiding also good

These ones mostly belong to my parents in law and all of them are intended for use in the garden/forest. I own one of the ones I showed and a couple of others I didn't have with me there. But I take the opportunity to buy more in places I visit where they have different designs.

Yes, most of these are tools for active use. The blade is often made by one person, the handle by another and the sheath by another. They can also be re-used quite a bit. So the sheaths tend to be slightly bigger than the blade and can fit other similar sized blades.

HI :)