Hi, i'm from malaysia and i've seen, during the haj season where they slaughtered cows as a sacrificial offering and the meat distributed in 1 kilo packs to the poor and needy and all that were used were these parang/goloks for slaughter, bone cutting and heavier meat slices and a shorter version that is half the length for cutting the meat to a thumb size piece. They are the most versatile piece of blade that has multiple uses. Nearly every malaysian home has at least one. I'm a avid hiking and camping freak and all that i carry on these trips are just a golok for safety to clearing a trek of overhanging branches to clearing a campsite to chopping wood. The other tool is just a swiss army cadet used mainly for opening cans. I am 50 years old and have been carrying one that my grandad gave me at 15 when i was a boy scout. Wouldn't trade it for the world.

@ELMC700

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Quay Abdullah which blade you like more, the golok or chandon paran?

@andrewquayabdullah3064

7 жыл бұрын

The golok.

@nl2935

5 жыл бұрын

Not every home has one.

@arshatarifin7442

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure every Malay household would have one of this blade or a keris..not sure about the other though..anyway golok was design as a side arm for the locals to carry on them daily long time ago..a parang was design to do all the necessary chores around the house and in the jungle.

@futureshock382

4 жыл бұрын

@@nl2935 your home is not complete if it doesnt have one. I have 3, one belonged to my grandfather and is over 50 years old.

One of the best machete type knives you've tested to date, it seems to me. A very solid blade. A solid knife, no question. A good review.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Teachering It definitely impressed me, this is the first blade I've tried by this company, but not the last.

Excellent!...I love the size and shape of the blade. Looks like a good chopper for the eastern hardwoods forests.

This is a great review. How about an update on how the Parang is going after a few years of use? Perhaps show us some other usage, dare I say, some bushcrafting, batoning, juggling etc etc...

Awesome! If you had to choose between this an the E-Nep, which would you pick and why? I got the E-Nep, and this looks impressive and the handle of this seems much better than the E-Nep. But I don't know which would last longer. This handle looks like it would be less likely to irritate your hand than the E-Nep. I wonder how rugged then standard handle would fare against the same wood and would it be more or less comfortable than the E-Nep.

Did you ever do a video of the Bidor Duku Parang you also bought?

WAJK you sir are an enabler! You're helping me further my steel addiction. I'm still recovering from being blown away by Aranyik and you show me this? This!? What are you trying to do to me... Excellent vid as always.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, bro! Yeah these Malaysian blades are great, they are some of the only ones I've found that are equally durable to the Thai blades.

That is quite a hard wood you were chopping into. What was it?

for some reason, I like the kind of roughness of the blades they make a very good and very handy

that machete is pretty cool, I got a question, what camera do you use?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Flawless Torterra Sony Handycam, it's one of the easiest to use.

Beast mode with the Golok! Love the look of that blade, looks so rough & has a great patina. The handle is very nice too. I have been looking for a Machete & this looks like it would serve that purpose well in addition to may other uses.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Evil Droid Yeah I like the "Rambo gutting people" finish too LOL

I own three of these, and love them all.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Brettell Yeah these are top notch!

those blades are very good looking almost sports car like design

The handle looks tough. Nice music!

Awesome video buddy ! Thank you. Also not to forget, it's a hand made parang, not something churned out by the thousands in a factory in CH***.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Outdoordynamics Malaysia Welcome! I really like your high quality working blades!

Nowhere on there website is a product list or a way to buy anything. How did you make a purchase??

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Hanson I got mine at BladeHQ last winter.

bidor is myhometown..tq bro

Crazy this price for the parang, i bought a Bidor Malaysia parang at the Orginal black smith in Bidor (video material available ) for 45 Malaysia Ringgit or USD 10

Very nice parang's, it's common to see great hand forged machetes in SE Asia but with cheap handles and may not even be pinned. So great option if you want to get a nicer one =)

@freenational

4 жыл бұрын

The standard plastic handles is also pinned and uses the same industrial epoxy. But nothing feels like real wood. Especially to sweaty hands.

Say Heah Is, Thanx, I'm impressed, I did bring out some more of knives I want to use soon. I brought my Jeff White French Trade Knife and my Cindor Golok out for some planned trip's, with my Condor Wilderness Tool, I want to haverst dome fatwood, and since I'll be out, a hot cup of coffee and some food, a good cigar it just doesn't get any better, But seriously, I'm impressed Thanx You for sharing.,,.

those are pretty

good quality

Full stick tang, or does it go halfway?

@zzmelayu1

6 жыл бұрын

5-10cm rat tail tang The reason for it is the way the local Malays use the parang. Less vibration feedback to your grip. The technique we use is to loosen our grip upon impact.

I would have been more impressed seeing the flat of the blade slapping the stop. Nevertheless, thanks to the video I am impressed. Thanks for the information about the bolster covering the pin. I would have thought no pin otherwise, although that wouldn’t unduly influence me negatively. The information I was looking for, and maybe I missed it, is the hardness. I don’t know if it was made hard to impress the western market with its excessive HRC or is more malleable. That is, how is it for field sharpening? Or can I expect a severe ordeal if striking a rock? Can you provide such information?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

Жыл бұрын

The blades are differentially hardened, so the edge is hardest to retain sharpness, but the body and spine are less hardened so it won't snap. These are great blades, I just got their Golok Perak (a more pointed Golok) and did a full review, great company!

which blade you like more? the golok or the chandong parang?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

7 жыл бұрын

Well the parang can hit a little farther down the edge, so it chops a little better, so I prefer the parang, except for thrusting or stabbing which the more pointy golok does better at.

@ELMC700

7 жыл бұрын

WeAllJuggleKnives i live in Venezuela, in the mountain jungle? i dont know exactly the biome, but is pretty dence vegetation and i like this machetes, and i need a multipoupose parang. sorry my english is not the best

Great blade, pricey handle though.

nice choice of music

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Gonzales Thanks, Ben

What is your opinion of 5160 vs 1075 vs 1096?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Real Sharp Knives I prefer 5160, then 1095, then 1075. However, sometimes companies mess up their 1095, a few Ka-bars and Schrades have had problems with their 1095.

@stalememe6407

7 жыл бұрын

5160 for toughness but lest edge retention 1095 for edge retention but least toughness 1075 in between

Tk reti guna parang ni

Good blade and test.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Wampler Thanks for watching!

@bobwampler3387

8 жыл бұрын

+WeAllJuggleKnives OK, I'm not going to lie, I'm going to get one (or 2) of these blades. Super good.

how does it compare to kershaw camp 10?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Loke KS - I have both, but the Golok is better than my Camp 10.

@LokeKS

8 жыл бұрын

+WeAllJuggleKnives nice, can you explain a little bit why it is better?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Loke KS - The Camp 10 is tough, but not quite indestructible, but the Golok is virtually indestructible.

@LokeKS

8 жыл бұрын

+WeAllJuggleKnives ok, I will get the golok!

Looks like a Great Tool. Unfortunately not available in Europe.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Buntbär That's rough!

@ryanhojun

8 жыл бұрын

Yes something that hasn't have expensive shipping rates live in Singapore BTW so right next to Malaysia

Kewl Beanz Israel, Thanx for the info, I got a Condor Golok that sort of disappointed me, the handle is a broomstick with the bulb engine ofcource but it's a flat blade that comes to a "V" but there is way more flat dudes then that V cutting edge so it is a Yuck splitting Golok when I baton, but I do have a Fox Hitam Golok that's suburb but it's smaller. Again I defenetly will look into this My Parang especially that Golok of yourrs. Looks sweet, Thanx.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+paulie 4x You bastard, I've had the Fox Hitam on my want list for like years now LOL.

@paulie4x1

8 жыл бұрын

You snooze you lose Playboy, no Israel Cruise

@paulie4x1

8 жыл бұрын

Geez I better proof read my post, I sound like a 3rd grade potlicker posting, I never put the words engine, or dudes what's that all about, it's this mechanical intelligence that's on my keyboard and spell check, grrrrrrrrr, sorry about that.

@Wildwestwrangler

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulie4x1 you should try the pack golok from Condor!!! Mine chops like a beast and is awesome at battoning!!!

Hi

I am Malaysian. l have a lot of parang in my house. it is useful to chop cow meat for cooking.

@ELMC700

7 жыл бұрын

shah m and which parang you like more?

I am glade you got your moneys worth I know the blade is 5160 steel, is this blade made from leaf springs like the Nepali Kukuri? the reason I ask is because the blade has a rugged finish and also the origin of the Golok. I really do not like the sheath it would look better with a custom leather sheath; all in all I think you made a fine purchase WAJK.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+TangSooDoArnis4Life Not sure if it's leaf springs, but the finish is from the blacksmithing.

Golok vs. Stump of Truth. And branches of truth.

@julesthurongi1223

8 жыл бұрын

And cue the Cold Steel testing vid music! 😉 These blades will not be denied!

@D00MTR33

5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I really love this type of blade shape and 5160 steel. In looking to get a good chopper that can do some batoning if needed and I'm stuck between this and the Ontario SP53. Which would you recommend? Thank you.

@freenational

4 жыл бұрын

@@D00MTR33 nothing like a proven tool from the cultured jungles of South East Asia.

You should add more swords to your collection. Still, nice blade.

sell to South America?

@freenational

4 жыл бұрын

You can order online.

@hafizrazak467

3 жыл бұрын

myparang.com

Dollar? For a parang?? Even in ringgit it just RM70 to RM120. Around 35$ to 45$. Who are you selling to. I want in.

@mrmatt936

5 жыл бұрын

That price including shipping tax..

"how to process wood with a golok: hack at it until it's in a bazillion pieces"....oh wait, this ISN'T a video about how to process wood with the Golok. Dangit. Back to the drawing board! Seriously, awesome blade! I like the thickness of the blade.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Armed Rogue It's great for stress relief, too!

My bad 1095.

Is it worth it?...... I say, it absolutely is!!!

@WeAllJuggleKnives

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, this is a very good company, I have my eye on another one of their Goloks (a more pointed model), it is a bit pricey, but I am eventually going to get it.

@Wildwestwrangler

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeAllJuggleKnives it's a good one for sure!!! My favorite for me is the 10 inch duku chandong!!! It's an amazing chopper for how lightweight it is!!! Lot of work capacity without weighing you down, and is still good at knife stuff!!!

Most Malaysian parang are not hard enough. They mostly used leaf spring steel to make parang and only do the minimum hardening technic without tampering. I prefer a high carbon steel with liquid hardening and tampering proses.

@zzmelayu1

6 жыл бұрын

SOK Ganteng Depends what you use the parang for

@arshatarifin7442

5 жыл бұрын

Depending on which blacksmith u go for ur parang or golok and what type of iron they use..some blacksmith use more then 5 type of iron for ur info and of course the price would be heftier then the run of the mill parang, like the bidor factory made.

@zaa2892

4 жыл бұрын

Do you want to cut train ?for your info too hard can effect the rat tail blade .unless full tang but it can bite your grip the handle ...

With the hourly wage being $1.19-1.34 USD per hour, I wonder how much of the $100 goes to the folks that make these?

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeremy Madsen For only 25 cents a day, you can adopt a Malay blacksmith!

@ryanhojun

8 жыл бұрын

Especially when their currency is being lowered to the point of 3:1 with Malay ringgit to Singapore dollar

@Player_Review

8 жыл бұрын

+WeAllJuggleKnives I love it... Then if I can get a picture of my blacksmith and a letter from them once a month, I'll know I'm really making a difference. Thanks for the comment, have to admit it gave me a smile.

The blade seems to be dull

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Faldi Calvin Wijiono It's not dull, I just wasn't trying to cut through the target because it was only a handle test.

@Kus519

8 жыл бұрын

+WeAllJuggleKnives you should have smashed the handle to the target to show its durability i tried it with full tang machete and its still fine

damnit Israel, I just bought the enep off ur last aranyik vid and now i have to buy one of these. the wife's gonna castrate me

Say Heah Is, Looking Good. ,, .

@WeAllJuggleKnives

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Paulie, I keep on truckin' LOL.

@paulie4x1

7 жыл бұрын

You do good. ,, .

What really matter is the person that handling the knives.the knives quality is second thing to consider.

he says Gulahck :)

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+Pareng Ben That is a Polish Golok maybe ...

hi I am here malesiya I want knife

1st

Sorry, i dont trust this type of parang. The blade invariably comes off when you use it hard.

from bidor😂

@WeAllJuggleKnives

8 жыл бұрын

You are or the Golok is? :]

Heavy metal, bang your blade!

The blade is way too thick. You are better off having a thin knife, a thin machete and a proper European style hatchet/axe.

@WeAllJuggleKnives

7 жыл бұрын

I'll tell Malysia

@danadrian2752

7 жыл бұрын

sepp heinz Think of it as a cross between Machete and meat cleaver. It's meant for brute force not delicate woodcarving or something like that. While it might not be as good at being a machete or axe it is better at being a machete than axe is and it's better at being an axe than a machete is. It's for when you can only bring one more tool and no the room for two.

@wanzhaf932

6 жыл бұрын

South east asia grass and wood are thick af...this thick blade will do its job for a while..

@arshatarifin7442

5 жыл бұрын

A thin machete in a country that hosted the oldest rainforest in the world? Wow..smart..very smart indeed 👏👏

@Wildwestwrangler

3 жыл бұрын

You don't know shit!!! You're of course ignorant and think there's only one way to skin a cat!!! Did it ever occur to you that they know what the hell they are doing?!!!