MyParang Duku Chandong
Channel: UnkerBuzz
Date: 2021-03-17

MY Parang Duku Chandong is handmade with modern machines. It features a specially hardened 5160 carbon steel blades with eco-Beech wood handle from Croatia. 

 MY Parang blades / blanks are sourced from Bidor, which are then cleaned to remove the protective shellac and black coating left after the forging and hardening process. With the black coating removed, we can now see the beauty of a hand forged blade. The forge marks are left intact and not ground smooth. We believe it gives a natural and unique look to the parang. One of the signs of authenticity .

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We also clean up the spine, which comes from the factory all black and wobbly. We smoothen it down and give it a sharper shoulder so our users can use a fire steel on the spine. The polished spine looks much better and takes away the roughness from the factory.

 The MY Parang handle is made from Beech –  eco wood sourced from Croatia. What we mean by eco wood is that the wood comes from a farm ( planted and renewable ), and not taken off the wild , like many local hardwoods are. Being an imported wood, it does cost a huge amount more to import, cut and shape to a handle, compared to a locally made plastic handle. While the plastic handle comes out the mold ready to be used, the wooden handle still needs work. We still need to do some minor adjustments such as – to fit the collar , install the tang and to dye it to a darker colour. We also add in a much thicker 3.5mm brass pin under the collar to give the parang additional security.

MY Parang wooden handle also has a slightly different shape to it. It has a gentler curve and is much more comfortable to hold , either choking up or extended for power cuts. The handle is made slightly larger to accommodate larger hands, but they work very well even for those with smaller hands.

 MY Parang takes a much longer process using higher quality material – Copper collar, brass pin, dyed wooden handled and industrial strength epoxy to hold it all together and MY parang products are also packed in a presentable box .

Overall length: 47cm / 18.5in
Blade length : 31cm / 12in
Blade Cutting Edge length : 23cm / 9in
Blade Unsharpened Edge length : 8cm / 3in (in-place of a finger choil)
Handle length: 16cm / 6in
Blade Thickness : 7mm to 4mm (0.27in to 0.15in) distilled tapered
Blade Material : 5160 carbon steel 55-60HRC
Widest blade: 6 cm / 2.3in
Overall Weight ( blade and sheath ) : 762g / 26.8 oz.
Blade only weight : 591g / 20.8 oz
Sheath weight : 171g / 6 oz
Sheath length: 23 cm / 9 in
Width: 8 cm / 3 in
Weight: 145 g / 5.1 oz