Went out today to the hardware shop to pick up 2 parangs. Wanted to prepare it for my father's use in the farm 
Here they are, compared to a Frost Mora
The shorter one measures 415mm overall. The blade is 290mm long and 4.5mm thick but tapers to the tip. You can see the forge mark on the blade and it's there's a maker's mark in it that reads "222 LEE SHENG". Makes a nice ringing sound when you tap it
The handle and sheath are rubbish! Handle is a piece of plastic and the sheath is made from some sort of soft plastic and the belt loops held in plade by 4 bend nails and 2 rivets. The weld's stitching have already been cut through when I look at it in the shop. That's the 2 items I have to change and then re-profile the whole blade.
The longer one measures 675mm overall. The blade is 545mm long and 4.5mm thick but tapers to 3mm at the tip. Less forging mark on this one and is marked with something that looks like "222". Dull sounding "tug" when tapped.
The handle is plastic and looks like the tang was heated and pushed into the handle. Should fall off after a little bit of usage Will have to change that to wood and drill a hole in the tang to hold the handle in place. No sheath on this one.
The thing is.... they are RM15.50 and RM15 respectively. With the current rates, that's less then GBP3!! Now that is value for money
singteck
Here they are, compared to a Frost Mora
The shorter one measures 415mm overall. The blade is 290mm long and 4.5mm thick but tapers to the tip. You can see the forge mark on the blade and it's there's a maker's mark in it that reads "222 LEE SHENG". Makes a nice ringing sound when you tap it
The handle and sheath are rubbish! Handle is a piece of plastic and the sheath is made from some sort of soft plastic and the belt loops held in plade by 4 bend nails and 2 rivets. The weld's stitching have already been cut through when I look at it in the shop. That's the 2 items I have to change and then re-profile the whole blade.
The longer one measures 675mm overall. The blade is 545mm long and 4.5mm thick but tapers to 3mm at the tip. Less forging mark on this one and is marked with something that looks like "222". Dull sounding "tug" when tapped.
The handle is plastic and looks like the tang was heated and pushed into the handle. Should fall off after a little bit of usage
Will have to change that to wood and drill a hole in the tang to hold the handle in place. No sheath on this one.
The thing is.... they are RM15.50 and RM15 respectively. With the current rates, that's less then GBP3!! Now that is value for money
singteck
