MyParang Village Chandong 10"
Channel: UnkerBuzz
Date: 04/03/2022

Another premium parang or machette from MyParang released in the early year of 2022. A design wanted by MyParang for Duku Chandong is now called Village Chandong.

Village Chandong comes in 10" or 12" blade length with the same fit and finishes and hand-forged and tempered with modern machinery in Pekan Darat, Pulau Pinang rather than in Bidor.

There are many variations of Duku Chandong and I prefer the classic design where the leading unsharpened section transitions smoothly into an arc to the trailing sharpened edge.

A 12" Chandong blade will have a leading 3" unsharpened section for forward or choke-up grip position for detailing work and a trailing arc of 9" cutting edge

Village Chandong blade's arc shape lends to a comfortable handling and easy for detailed work as well as for hard chopping tasks while Duku Chandong gentle sloping blade spine is more for hard use.

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Myparang Village Chandong 10 Specs:

Overall length: 41.3cm (16.2") 
Blade length: 24.7cm (9.7")
Handle Length: 16.5cm (6.4")

Unsharpened/Blunt section length: 8.7cm (3.4")
Cutting Edge Length: 16.5cm (6.4")

Narrowest Blade Width: 2cm (0.79") 
Trailing Cutting Edge Width: 3.5cm (1.8") 
Widest Blade Width: 5.5cm (2.1") 

Blade Stock Thickness: 7mm (0.27") 
Distal Taperred: 3.5mm (0.13") 
Thickness behind the Blunt section: 7.27mm (0.28")
Thickness behind the cutting edge: 0.83mm (0.03")
Thickness behind the distal tip: 0.67mm (0.02")

Features:
– Made in Pekan Darat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
– Stick or rat tail tang construction
– Blade tang is pinned under the copper bolster using 2.5mm Brass pin with epoxy
– Comfortable and traditional handle design
– Handle made of Eco Beech wood from Croatia
– Blade is hand-forged, quenched and zone hardened using 5160 High Carbon steel
– Packed in carton box

Manufacturer Specifications:
Blade length ‐ 25.5 cm
Handle length ‐ 17 cm
Overall length ‐ 41.5 cm
Widest blade ‐ 6 cm
Weight ‐ 440 g

Sheath:
Length ‐ 34.5 cm
Width ‐ 8 cm
Weight ‐ 150 g
Gross weight ‐ 590 g

These products are hand made, therefore there WILL be slight variations within the same model.