Jungle Parang
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forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I'd have to find the right "shovel" type antler piece. Not imposible, but tricky find two such large and *flat* pieces
BOD
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I really like the look of your blades and just love the creativity of the sheaths. Haven' t seen anything this interesting for years, its been so Ho Hum.
I agree with Jonathan not just for fine work but also for weight. How does your parang compare weight- wise with the local one used as a template?
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Hi
Not sure on Johns own for weight and balance but this one does have a thicker neck and obviously the full tang which will pull the C of G back however the handle stop does mean you can grip a little further back which should help a little also the G10 is probably heavier than the wood tho doesn't have the usual large lump stop
here vis the Original profile John sent me and with the 1st off handle design i did which got the front smoothed out for more grip options for the prototype run
and the current handle
This is primarily a Army Jungle warfare/ SERE blade so Ive made it a little stronger but am conscious of getting weight down and importantly weight distribution right But it will also need a limit to keep cost down so i cant do lots of tapering etc
John will try it himself and all his instructor team/ students and the have some local jungle experts who have grown up with a parang as a daily tool to test it
then I expect a refining of the design still based on the intended customer.
John is happy for this to be available for me to sell generally ( knife o kit etc) and those sales will help subsidies to a small degree sales to military personnel
the civy jobs can be customized much further if needed as long as it doesn't affect he military version cost wise ie i can grind metal off
If that's similar to the lightest of the ones from Borneo that I have (well, strictly speaking if it's the wife's one) then it weighs something like 425g-450g. It's made from fairly thin stock, about 3mm. The heaviest ones in this style are probably in the region of 850-950g, broader blades from thicker material. Nothing's set in stone because they're all hand-made one-offs and a lot depends on what materials happen to be available.
Weights are excluding sheath. They all punch above their weight, the smallest ones well above.
I wanted to try and add a little more functionality for fine work to the blade you can choke up on the neck and use the edge close to the hand easily as your now holding the balance point in your hand but a point is always a useful thing to have
so i thought about a small beak point which Chris Grant uses on his SFK for similar reasons
[video=youtube;9KtXu7HForg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtXu7HForg&feature=plcp[/video]
So with Chris's Permission Ive put a similar feature on to the parang to see if its any advantage
Holding the front the handle sits nicely (due to the bend) in the crook of your elbow to take the weight
Oh ive also been testing my new sand blaster on this blade its a little crude at the moment
so i thought about a small beak point which Chris Grant uses on his SFK for similar reasons
[video=youtube;9KtXu7HForg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtXu7HForg&feature=plcp[/video]
So with Chris's Permission Ive put a similar feature on to the parang to see if its any advantage
Holding the front the handle sits nicely (due to the bend) in the crook of your elbow to take the weight
Oh ive also been testing my new sand blaster on this blade its a little crude at the moment
John From Survival Wisdom (who I make the DSK Wisdom Edge knife for their Survival tin)
hi fgyt have you got a picture of the obove knife please regards dave
hi fgyt have you got a picture of the obove knife please regards dave
that is a customer design from 6mm 75cr1
hopefully will be available in his shop later in the year once ive finalised a few things
ATB
Duncan
Now, I have no actual NEED for a parang, but my god I want one of those!
Great work Duncan!
Dave
Great work Duncan!
Dave
yes looks similar it is pretty much the customers design on shape for that one ive only tweaked it a little but all kukri based knives have a similar look
Turley does do a very nice progressive Convex grind
Im hoping to do my own DWB kukri design as its a knife I've used for many years but will be using thee handle on this Parang as a starter as i prefer the infinite grip options a simple grip shape gives as apposed to forcing you to use a limited few by over shaping handles .
Just need to decide how much belly to use
ATB
Duncan
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