Malaysian blade maker...

[sam the man..]

Dudes,

I want to share pictures of a local knifemaker who produces the traditional &quot;golok&quot; [go`lork] or &quot;parang&quot; [pa`rung] <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> This particular maker tempers and ground his blades out of vehicle leaf spring which is high in carbon... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Picture 1

- Taking orders

Picture 2

- Grinding the golok



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[sam the man..]

An unfinished hunter's cleaver fashioned out of leaf spring.. .Note the unfinished black buffalo horn handle.. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

[dePaul]

Very nice samo, I&#180;ve always liked Bowie-styled machetes!

[ftkinney]

thouse look like nice knives

FTK

[The Stare]

Cool pics, Samo! Very interesting. I recently bought an E-Nep from a Thai fellow who haunts Blade Forums. Real cool knife, tho maybe not quite so handy for self defense as the parang. I like the look of the Bowie-type as well.

Can you give us an idea in dollar terms how much such knives cost?

FWIW -- you might try to suggest to your friend, that he's going to be very deaf at a fairly young age, unless he protects his hearing from all that grinding. I think even cotton balls in the ear would improve things. As long as he is grinding 5160, he probably can get by without a respirator. I just read about an American maker who was grinding a steel with only .02% vanadium in it who was seriously poisoned by it. Vanadium is toxic.

I think your friend would live a longer, happier life, and make many more knives, if he took some steps to protect his health.

Sorry, am off my soapbox for today.

[sam the man..]

Thanks for the feedback folks <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> The golok is cheap and widely used in our farms and oil palm estates... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Stare ~ Thanks the for the input dude! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> I'll pass on the safety note to the maker. If you are talking about the e-nep, I think the person in question is no other than Khun Santi Senarat... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> I know this guy as well. For a good working parang, it'll cost you less than $50, but there is a long waiting list cos not many of these makers are active... I have to wait about six months before I could get something out.. Will post some pix as we move along.. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

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[chinook]

Maybe a Spyderco collaboration? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>


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[sam the man..]

Collaboration? Ummmm... I think there are little demand for such large utility blades.. Its quite easy to make a golok actually! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel