Thanks man! 9 years later and this is still the best parang-sharpening video on youtube

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks a lot that’s great to hear. All the best cheers Ben

Very good sharpening method.

I really like the way you focus on safety. So good. So important.

The newspaper tip is AWESOME!

Excellent explanation. This method is often used for an approach for those who do not intend to spend much, or for those unfamiliar with problems related to sharpening: grits, sharpening angles, risks of injury. And for the record, nice workshop! Thank you very much.

Great video Ben, I just sharpened by Hossom Forrager using this method which has been sat needing attention since I cleared a bramble thicket with it and it's nice and sharp again now! :)

WORLDS better audio, Ben! Excellent video, as they always are!

that's a beautiful parang and a great video! thank you.

Not every day one finds really interesting and useful vids. Thx 4 that. Hope next year will bring more vids from you. Have a very happy new year and thx for all your hard work.

please make some more videos, when following your instructions I am always confident I'm doing the right thing. have been honing on paper since reading an amazing book "whitling whistles" now I can make my mates knives sharp on the table in a beer garden, it also leaves a nicely burnished patch on the table.

Nice knife, and the sheath looks great. I want to get a kydex sheath made in that style for my parang. Thanks for the informative video

Thanks for the great video. I found it very handy. Over time my parang edge was was starting to look like a pocket knife edge after sharpening. I did the marker and took a stone and shaped it back to the convex edge and then repeat the marker and went to the finer grit stone and finally did the 600 grit. Wow! Now that I know resharpening will be simple.

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Ben, this will certainly come in handy.

That's interesting. I think I will try that on my parang.

such reverence for all your practices

Thanks for the information and a great video, you've got another subscriber here. Going to try my hand at making a parang this winter. Your sharpening info will come in handy.

Just got a new parang and really appreciated the video. Also just subscribed.

Fantastic video!

thank you very much!

Great video mate

Great job. I thank you.

great tutorial bud , love the perang btw ..god bless you your family and loved ones and i pray you have a prosperous and happy 2022 .. Lee

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks a lot for your kind words. All the best for you too for a happy and healthy new year. cheers Ben

Spot on GOLD

@BenOrford

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 👍

brilliant. every one one your videos is an absolute nugget of information and experience. how do we get hold krone of your t-shirts I haven't seen them on your website. thanks once again for your awesome videos

Wow , the best

This vid needs louder, more volume. Thanks for all the great vids.

Cheers mate great vid.

Wuw this is a good tip for sharpening all sorts(wet sand paper on stick). Ive used it for many things, cool stuff. I used it to recondition my bike rims.

Great video - it was a pleasure to subscribe. Incidentally, where did you get that great sheath?

yes very nice.

i also found if you add a few drops of autosol on the paper makes it shinier....

nice one

Thanks for those great tips. Most sharpening vids assume high tech or infinite patience.

Absolutely great. Any chance you could kindly do a workshop tour? Please, pretty please ;-)

Works well for the Terävä Skrama, too.

I want one of your parang's. they are good looking tools

Audio levels dude, audio levels. Thanks for the vid

i do exactly the same :D

Got a slight dent on the edge as I was cutting a thick weed popping out of paving stone next to the wood flower bed. How do i correct this, file?

thank you good sir.

I second that workshop tour video. I remember you did one for your old shop. Could we also have a 'bodger making tutorial'? But the workshop tour first including that fantastic view out of the window.

Sometimes I use the jeans I am wearing, or the edge of a cardboard box to strop.

Did you mada that parang ?

powdered iron is commonly used as a pigment in black ink, so that might be why the ink/newspaper trick works

The quality is fine, but it's very quiet indeed (compare it to other videos). But the content is great as always.

can you do one about sharpening a khukri if possible? I chopped some pine wood with my khukri and forgot to clean it. the pine made the blade rust at some spots and the edge. I clean it every few days with wd-40, but the rust keeps coming back somehow. the rust is biting into the blade and has really ruined the edge. Can you suggest something to keep the rust off, since wd-40 doesn't seem to be working.

@fastlifebmx9292

7 жыл бұрын

Abhinav Aggarwal soak in viniger or use baking soda

@coen8323

6 жыл бұрын

Abhinav Aggarwal use oil instead of wd 40

That’s one sharp machete

is sand paper and wet sand paper the same thing?

@Elle201

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter nicola no

We’re can I get one of these parang?

@BenOrford

6 жыл бұрын

2612greg hi there you can get them from us here's a link to our website www.benandloisorford.com many thanks cheers Ben

I use a flat file and I can shave with it after.

Can anyone elaborate what he means by "light spots"?

@johandoes151

9 жыл бұрын

***** if you hold the blade so that the cutting edge points directly to a light source (e.g. the sun) and you see the light gets reflected on some spots on the cutting edge...then these spots are called light spots (as far as i understand it). they indicate spots where the blade is (rather) dull. usually you need to go back to your waterstone or whatever sharpening device you were using and start over again...but sometimes - as ben said - it is worth and can be sufficient to use the strop just once again. hope that makes sense - english is not my mother tongue :-)

@roballen1216

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And I feel you did rather well!

*krone* one

Had a bit of trouble hearing you on a iPad.

What about the fact that a Parang should have 4 different levels of sharpness from the heel to the tip ?? A parang is the multi tool of the SE Asian jungle and it serves many purposes - this is why it's edge is sharpened to different degrees of sharpness along its length. No one has a parang with a razor edge all the way along the cutting edge. Next time you see a parang in the hands of a native thai, malay, fuzzy wuzzy, check out the edge. There's a reason for this.

your parang is small i have more than 19 inches long parang it like a sword

@whynottalklikeapirat

7 жыл бұрын

Mi Yo So you tire out faster ...

5:46 or you can change your hand and use your left hand lol what if you got longer knife? your method is not so safe.

@edgyguy8240

5 жыл бұрын

there's always gotta be a comment from a smartypants like you! he's making a video on the parang that he has! does he have to cover every different knife length in the universe??? so stop being a wiseass, and make some videos, why don't you? LAME!

Not a very good working edge though.

Yours is tiny