Parang

[korvin karbon]

Hi

I am looking for parang like the one drawn in " the sas survival manual" by lofty wiseman. Can somebody point me in the right direction.

thank you

 

[MikeE]

I seem to remember it's the basis for the Wiseman survival knife. Just google it and you should find his website. Rumour has it he has stopped production though!

 

[Sniper]

Is that the "Martindale" KK if so they are all over the surplus sites at around £14.

 

[British Red]

I seem to remember it's the basis for the Wiseman survival knife. Just google it and you should find his website. Rumour has it he has stopped production though!

It has. Its was a horror of a knife anyway - I know - I had one

 

[korvin karbon]

I looked at his knife and the advice i got was, stay away. Very heavy, not that versatile either.

So anybody point me in the right direction or know of any knife makers who have made one.

cheers

 

[korvin karbon]

Is that the "Martindale" KK if so they are all over the surplus sites at around £14.

Thanks for pointer. Already looked at it and its not what i am after. A parang has more of a curve and weight to it.

thank you anyway.

 

[British Red]

KK

Try the best makers of "Jungle Knives" that I have come across

http://www.valiantco.com/

Proper parangs, goloks etc. Made the way they should be - by local craftsmen from simple materials

Red

 

[Jared]

Rumour over on BB a few months back is that another lofty knife is in the design stages.

 

[R Doull]

and what a knife it is.. WOW.. no in his shop yet though..

 

[Templar]

I'll second red's recomendation here, I have a couple of their blades and cant recomend them enough... I personally recomend the Potong Golok, you can find a pic of mine along with some of my other choppers in the gallery section under edged tools...

Cheers... Karl

 

[korvin karbon]

and what a knife it is.. WOW.. no in his shop yet though..

right that is just mean, spill what you know

 

[Minotaur]

The one shown in the book is not what I would call a parang, and I have spent a few years using Malay weapons. It seems a strange mistake for someone who has actual been to that part of the world to make.

All the Parangs I have seen and used are like a sword crossed with a machette.

 

[R Doull]

if I spilt what I know the man himself would be after me.. so I'm keeping stum

when it comes out in the shop though you'll see what I mean think it's due out soon too.. so keep your eyes peeled

 

[Minotaur]

Ok, apprently you could have a shorter Parang, but the blade shape in SAS Handbook looks completly wrong.

More like a Golok, than a Parang.

Martindale Paratrooper looks like it might fit what Wiseman is on about.

 

[sam_acw]

Diving Sparrow Knifeworks made one on a limited basis - apparently much lighter and better gorund than the Wiseman version as it was better and thinner stock.

 

[Forest fella]

Have alook at the Special Forces Jungle Machete in Surplus & Outdoors, £55 and it's a very easy job to change the Handle,It's a great Parang but the Handle is well poor.Or I can give you the name of the Blacksmith that made mine,which is based on the description in Lofty's book.

 

[maddave]

The Cold Steel Kukuri is a good golok style knife. I have one and it's OK for the price.

 

[Gwhtbushcraft]

Im getting tier bandol parang, but it been out of stock for months. Aparrently they had some customs trouble getting them from the makers. Hopefully i'll have it for next year as they are meant to be great blades. They are reasonably priced too.
george

KK

Try the best makers of "Jungle Knives" that I have come across

http://www.valiantco.com/

Proper parangs, goloks etc. Made the way they should be - by local craftsmen from simple materials

Red

 

[Minotaur]

Cold Steel.com - Machetes

They make a big long list of them including two different kukri lengths.

 

[crazydave]

ka bar do a good utility kukri blade and also a machete, the lofty knives have been made by half a dozen different makers over the years and yes the new one is in his dvd but they havent got a maker yet as far as I know.