Quote Originally Posted by militarymoron View Post
I haven't heard the word 'parang' for years! At least not since I lived in south east asia.
I was living in south east Asia when I was using it. I had a really nice golok as well.

Both were handmade from a truck leaf spring, heat treated and had the appropriate grinds. I loved the golok, it had polished water buffalo horn handles. The parang's handles were made from teak. That was nice, because they would not rot off the blade in the humidity.