Thanks for the upload of this video. I can just hear the people in the UK and America saying, "I can't do that because I do not have the tools or the fire skills?" They certainly put almost all of the west to shame when it comes to their skills from such a basic method. Take care. mrbluenun
In America come to the southern states out in the rural areas where backwoods country people can make anything by hand with ingenuity. You may speak for your country but you don't speak for America. America is extremely diverse.
I'm an Englishman living in the Philippines and I spend as much time as I can both fishing with my home made boat and in the jungle. I use my parang in both circumstances. I use a stainless Oxhead one. It is possible to buy parangs quite widely here.
With their slender blade and even narrower choil they always look fragile, but centuries of development from hard use shows it's a proven and effective design.
These people could make millions giving rich people from Los Angeles a primitive "wilderness" experience for a couple days. Thousands of them would take advantage of it so they could brag to their friends that they made their own spatulas alongside the native people of Borneo. lol
I'm embarrassed to say I'm one of the ones who kept saying "I don't have the right tools" for starting my forging, wow. These guys don't even have an anvil, and I keep complaining the one I have isn't flat & true (it's about 150 years old and WELL used!) All I have is a fireplace (at the moment, setting up my real forge) they do have a bellows, I don't, just one of those decorative fireplace things you work like a concertina. Nice bunch of guys, bet they would still put me to shame forging a parang anyday!
+MrRugercat45 First step is realizing. My forge is a ceramic flower pot, I got lucky with the anvil though it's very small and I use a hair dryer directly down onto the coals (it gets hot enough for making small blades).
For anvil you could use any flat surfaced stone you found in the river, it must be strong and sturdy stone, and can be used to sharpen your machete and swords too.
Thanks for posting....I love seeing this stuff....I have spent a lot of time in SE Asia, mainly Indonesia...pretty much from Nth Sumatra through to West Papua and up to Nth Sulawesi....these people use their parang and golok daily and there is no fancy steel....people get hung up on the best most fantastic super steel but really will never use it to its potential...for 90% of people a decent stainless like 440c or Aus8 is more than what they will need, but they have to have SV3 or VG10 or some other exotic....yes..maybe if you are a special forces soldier you might have use for it.....
Couldn't agree more mate. I also spent some time in Indonesia going through most of it from west to East and on a lot of uninhabited islands too. Also had a traditional parang made for me "while I waited" in a forge not to much different to the one in the above video. I also carried a well used coconut parang bought from some guys for 5 bucks US in a small coconut dehusking operation. They thought I was crazy, but we used that knife every day for months for getting coconut water, cooking etc etc. The parang I had made I even saw them take it from an old truck spring. It gained us a lot of "street cred" there when they saw we actually had and were using a traditional blade.
Aiiyaaa....parang bengkok(the longer version of the machete as shown in the middle of the video). Not only the ibans used it. The Bidayuhs also used it. They called it 'Bukuo'. It's a common machete used by the natives in borneo especially for jungle works.
agak Sikit berbeza Antara Parang Iban dan Parang Bidayuh. perbedaanya adalah Parang Iban itu lengkung Sempurna sedangkan Parang bidayuh agak terlihat seperti patah bagian Antara Bilah dan gagangnya.
Nice video. Wow! Must point out however, that a parang or machete IS an Everyday Tool to virtually Every single local or Native other than those relocated to cities. I also use them in my daily life and work too since I hate power tools really; although not always I can comparably compete with power tools often plus they don't require fuel-are more eco-friendly- and aren't as noisy. Not that one person is really relevant, just, it isn't only these Iban who use Parangs daily, as I'm sure you know...I was last year in Malaysia and wish I'd got photo's of Semelai woman coming home from work, tough en's them! Nice post though
Yeah...the parangs are used extensively all over this part of the world. It is an everyday tool, almost akin to a pen to a city dweller. You were in Lake Bera? That's awesome! If every you swing by again, let me know!
Thanks for sharing! Very interesting to see them in their daily tasks with out a spotlight hugging presenter in the foreground;o) I will contact you when my budget allows it. -ROB
@hobbexp hey freddie where does a guy buy one of these parangs i cant find any place that sells them in the us and i have been trying to get my hands on one for a long time
Hello, I like your video so much. Iwould like to order a traditional handcraft parang with it's wooden sheath like this. You know some one to make one for me. Thank you..
@@madcatzkenz1619 Thanks for your message dear friend.. Let me know if you have DHL or Aramex couriers there... My country is Cyprus in Europe...Thanks a lot
"Ray Mear's style parang". Lol. Let's claim these people's traditional survival knife that's existed for thousands of years is Ray Mear's design. Europeans never fail to appropriate someone else's culture or technology then take credit for it.
ray mears styled parang my ass. he doesnt even have an asian blood on his DNA . im from indonesia . and indonesia has 34 provinces . wich mean just one provinces come with many style of edge weapon . proudly said we are the biggest edge weapon outturn of the world
Great video!
Thanks for the upload of this video.
I can just hear the people in the UK and America saying, "I can't do that because I do not have the tools or the fire skills?"
They certainly put almost all of the west to shame when it comes to their skills from such a basic method.
Take care.
mrbluenun
In America come to the southern states out in the rural areas where backwoods country people can make anything by hand with ingenuity.
You may speak for your country but you don't speak for America.
America is extremely diverse.
I'm an Englishman living in the Philippines and I spend as much time as I can both fishing with my home made boat and in the jungle. I use my parang in both circumstances. I use a stainless Oxhead one. It is possible to buy parangs quite widely here.
come visit us in the island of head hunters the Borneo, we don't do that any more, but you can find parangs sold almost every retail shop.
@hobbexp Hi Fredde! Thank you so much for putting that parang into good use. It is a definite user and I am very happy that you are using it :)
With their slender blade and even narrower choil they always look fragile, but centuries of development from hard use shows it's a proven and effective design.
These people could make millions giving rich people from Los Angeles a primitive "wilderness" experience for a couple days. Thousands of them would take advantage of it so they could brag to their friends that they made their own spatulas alongside the native people of Borneo. lol
I'm embarrassed to say I'm one of the ones who kept saying "I don't have the right tools" for starting my forging, wow. These guys don't even have an anvil, and I keep complaining the one I have isn't flat & true (it's about 150 years old and WELL used!) All I have is a fireplace (at the moment, setting up my real forge) they do have a bellows, I don't, just one of those decorative fireplace things you work like a concertina. Nice bunch of guys, bet they would still put me to shame forging a parang anyday!
+MrRugercat45 First step is realizing. My forge is a ceramic flower pot, I got lucky with the anvil though it's very small and I use a hair dryer directly down onto the coals (it gets hot enough for making small blades).
For anvil you could use any flat surfaced stone you found in the river, it must be strong and sturdy stone, and can be used to sharpen your machete and swords too.
so brilliant- I love the sheaths too and the bamboo containers
What is fun is how they do things with nonchalance :D
Thanks for posting....I love seeing this stuff....I have spent a lot of time in SE Asia, mainly Indonesia...pretty much from Nth Sumatra through to West Papua and up to Nth Sulawesi....these people use their parang and golok daily and there is no fancy steel....people get hung up on the best most fantastic super steel but really will never use it to its potential...for 90% of people a decent stainless like 440c or Aus8 is more than what they will need, but they have to have SV3 or VG10 or some other exotic....yes..maybe if you are a special forces soldier you might have use for it.....
Couldn't agree more mate. I also spent some time in Indonesia going through most of it from west to East and on a lot of uninhabited islands too. Also had a traditional parang made for me "while I waited" in a forge not to much different to the one in the above video. I also carried a well used coconut parang bought from some guys for 5 bucks US in a small coconut dehusking operation. They thought I was crazy, but we used that knife every day for months for getting coconut water, cooking etc etc. The parang I had made I even saw them take it from an old truck spring. It gained us a lot of "street cred" there when they saw we actually had and were using a traditional blade.
Aiiyaaa....parang bengkok(the longer version of the machete as shown in the middle of the video). Not only the ibans used it. The Bidayuhs also used it. They called it 'Bukuo'. It's a common machete used by the natives in borneo especially for jungle works.
agak Sikit berbeza Antara Parang Iban dan Parang Bidayuh.
perbedaanya adalah Parang Iban itu lengkung Sempurna sedangkan Parang bidayuh agak terlihat seperti patah bagian Antara Bilah dan gagangnya.
... very interesting documentation! Thx, Tim
In Borneo we also used Cell phone and Parang
should not be name as Ray Mears styled parang. We call it as candung (chun dong) exist in borneo even century before ray mear was born.
seihaz
Probably he called it that in the title just so it would be picked up more by search engines. But yeah, these TV guys and their producers...........
Jay M Fuck you gringo
Nice video. Wow! Must point out however, that a parang or machete IS an Everyday Tool to virtually Every single local or Native other than those relocated to cities. I also use them in my daily life and work too since I hate power tools really; although not always I can comparably compete with power tools often plus they don't require fuel-are more eco-friendly- and aren't as noisy. Not that one person is really relevant, just, it isn't only these Iban who use Parangs daily, as I'm sure you know...I was last year in Malaysia and wish I'd got photo's of Semelai woman coming home from work, tough en's them! Nice post though
Yeah...the parangs are used extensively all over this part of the world. It is an everyday tool, almost akin to a pen to a city dweller. You were in Lake Bera? That's awesome! If every you swing by again, let me know!
So sorry Keong! yes, I was with Jamri last year!
Fantastic. He was asking about you!
@Andersbork No worries Rob. The first sample piece is due in a couple of weeks. Will update all when it is ready with pics.
Hey thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed watching ur doco :)
nice to see,, thanks for showing,, now im using my parang to make a bow to friends daughter
fredde
that's one hard rock
Yes it certainly is.
Thanks for sharing! Very interesting to see them in their daily tasks with out a spotlight hugging presenter in the foreground;o)
I will contact you when my budget allows it.
-ROB
awesome machetes i intend on picking one up
x pernah pergi batang ai. best juak kat sia owh..
What is the type of steel being use ? My dad ask them to forge one customize. Leaf spring was use to make parang.
reminds me of when I went to the Philippines.
@hobbexp hey freddie where does a guy buy one of these parangs i cant find any place that sells them in the us and i have been trying to get my hands on one for a long time
Are you still selling these?
muito top você conseque manda uma dessa aqui pro Brasil?
what are stats tang blade thickness and blade length and overall length of ray mears style parang
How may I purchase one or support them? Their websites are down. Does anyone know?
would have been interesting to have lent them a rm parang , and see what they made of it
i got one and i just love it.
martin sweden
😁😁😁. Some of them say"why are they taking the pictures? It is not really good."
hey thanks for sharing ! i've made a parang( in my vids) and i will make one like the ones in your vid! (longer than mine)
Hi there I was wondering how a person could go about ordering one of these parangs?
i /tried to follow link to buy but it ddnt work probably cuz im on a tablet :(
checked out the website. it appears that they are out of business.
Iban pride
Where can I get one!?
bad ass parang!!! pa caw
VG10 steel?)
Hello, I like your video so much. Iwould like to order a traditional handcraft parang with it's wooden sheath like this. You know some one to make one for me. Thank you..
i have but i do not know how to courrier all those thing to your country, im from borneo, the land of hornbill
@@madcatzkenz1619 Thanks for your message dear friend.. Let me know if you have DHL or Aramex couriers there... My country is Cyprus in Europe...Thanks a lot
In america instead of parangs we have cell phones lol
ketuk atas batu ?
Ya bos. Berkurun lama dah ketuk atas batu. Kena pilih batu yang sesuai.
This is traditionally pretty common in south east asia. well not that common these days
@fire1169101 :) Thanks
and i did'nt use glu for mine ... ;)
@steintanz :)
"Ray Mear's style parang". Lol. Let's claim these people's traditional survival knife that's existed for thousands of years is Ray Mear's design.
Europeans never fail to appropriate someone else's culture or technology then take credit for it.
ray mears styled parang my ass. he doesnt even have an asian blood on his DNA . im from indonesia . and indonesia has 34 provinces . wich mean just one provinces come with many style of edge weapon . proudly said we are the biggest edge weapon outturn of the world
parang from dayak. not from melayu
+Khairul Syafei actually thats correct,but hey some people want to move from one place to another
wrong. parang originaly from southeast asia, the end.