I review a mini parang built by my CZcams friend Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle. We use this parang to bushcraft a survival type shelter. Link to Turbo's channel / @turboconqueringmegaea...
Vinnie my friend, you are an absolute diamond. Spreading cream on a bush cooked apple pie with a parang. Thanks for the effort you put into that plug, it's appreciated and valuable but your opinion and advice will always be absolutely priceless!
Oh my god, epic video Vinny. Thought you were gonna go off about foraging and cambium “but it tastes like sh**” (starts a baking show) 😂😂😂 my favorite survival musings on the internet
Congrats man, another great video. Its great to see collaboration videos. The apple tart looked great, my mother is recovering from surgery and I decided to show her the bit when you started making the tart , she thought it was hilarious, and when you had it made she said " it would be nice now with a bit of cream".......... Well done I would say it was a lot of work went into it. Fare play, keep it up.
Good video Vinnie, I like the chopping power of the mini parang. The size is perfect for bush-crafting skills. The Scandinavian grind is my favorite type of edge on a knife, it has worked for me in the past and has excellent cutting abilities. Thank You for another very informative video. I hope you and Dyson are doing good. Take Care!
great video Vinnie, I hope to visit Ireland someday, right now I have a lot of health issues, that prevent me being out in the woodlands myself, so I really enjoy all your videos
Outstanding parang that you certainly took to task; from a shelter to apple pie, wonderful! I'm always amazed at the amount of hard work you put into your videos, thank you for that!
Thanks very much JJ. People theorising about knives annoys me. I want to show what it can or can't do although it would be tempting to just stand there and waffle about scandi grinds etc for five minutes 😆. Life would certainly be easier.
OK, you got me...I've never baked an apple pie in the bush, but yours looked great! I've used a parang for many years in the woods,( with a SAK in my pocket) and depending on the situation, a parang can substitute for a saw or axe. Mine is much like yours as tested, sizewise, and very usefull in a wide variety of bush chores. Thank you for an entertaining video, and say hello to your furry friend (Dyson) for me.
@@vinniesdayoff3968 :- Vinnie, before buying an expensive cast iron Dutch oven, try a simple DIY project. From a Goodwill store or second hand store, buy a medium sized stainless pot with a lid, a bundt pan that fits inside the pot, and get a few of those ceramic BBQ grease catcher " lava stones". Hammer the lid so that the top is concave (to hold embers, or charcoal briquettes) and make a simple eyelet type lid lifter out of a piece of stainless hardware ( instead of the bakelite lid top usually on the pot lid). The BBQ ceramic squares are to prevent the hot bottom of the pot from burning the contents, sometimes a little water can be used as well. The bundt pan should fit inside the pot over the ceramic plates, and still allow the lid to fit properly. Place the (for example) bannock in the bundt pan in a roll, filling the bottom if the pan, but not too high. Experimentation is required as to cooking times, amount to be cooked without burning, etc. Place the lid on, put the pot on the coals or embers and then add some embers to the top of the lid. I've had luck with charcoal briquettes which were already started & burning nicely. I have even done this on a camp stove. Proceed as if you are cooking on a Dutch oven, but be careful of burning the food, especially bread or bannock, stews not so much of a problem. This is the poor man's Dutch oven...and very light weight in comparison. I have not tried this, but some say that a steel steamer basket works as well, and the cooking can be done in those oven safe plastic cooking bags. I put mine together in less than 30 min. and have even used it to make chocolate cake out camping.
Great to see you again Vinnie. This looks a decent tool, made from a good steel and the price is pretty good too. Personally I like a bit more of a belly on a parang, I think it helps to chop better but there was nothing wrong with the way yours was chopping.
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Spain is bloody hot at the moment, but I am getting a few things done on my house, just slowly. The country side where you live is beautiful, all the trees burned down about six years ago here.
Hello Vinnie, Nice to hear from you again. Cool looking blade you have there, gets the job done. From watching you do it, I think I can bake an apple pie. I'm not sure about trying it in the woods yet, so I'll need the womans permission to mess around in her kitchen. I put one thing out of place she'll be all over me. Catch you next time Vinnie.
Thank you for this video Vinnie. Excellent demonstrations and the pie looked delicious. And getting to see Dyson always makes my day! I will definitely check out Turbo's channel. Cheers from the U.S.A!
This Looks like a nice chopper and that apple pie looked good too. Food always taste better in the woods. Thanks for sharing. It always makes scenes to be stealthy with your tools some folks just do not understand.😉👍😉
Thank you sir! The police do weapons searches over in the UK and they have seized such things as a butter knife, a bicycle wheel and a spoon! And they displayed that on television! You don't realize how lucky you are living in the US
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I do know how lucky I am. I have traveled in the UK , Ireland and the rest of Europe I checked the laws before I went and saw how crazy they are. So glad that I can carry just about any knife or gun I would like to in Oklahoma and the rest of the USA. Except California.
Excellent video. I don't know how I missed it till now. I had to share with a friend. I'm amazed at how simple the pie was. It looked great. Apple is my favorite pie. All the best my friend, John.
Another great video Vinnie you do so much with so little I'd love to see what you could do with a proper kit. Actually a video about your kit would be great! Keep making video and I'll keep watching for sure
@@mikefiles2087 I never go without a knife in my pocket 😀 I like hatchets a lot. I don't always bring one but I like to use them. I am trying to improve my axe work and I am going to do the bucking challenge this year. Check out Skillcult and Ben Scott for the cordwood challenge. The year is moving along so I had better get started!
Hi Matthew. I'm finding comments I thought I had answered but obviously never got through, yours included. My apologies. It is indeed a useful blade. Thanks very much for watching.
hahaha your a gas man that's the first time ive seen someone testing a chopper and building a shelter then you pull out your mobile kitchen and make grandmas apple pie .....legendary
Reminds me of an old indonesian parang I have only difference being mine has more of a curved drop to the spine of the blade, where the one in the video is straighter, and the flat point bit has been sharpened so it can also work as a kind of chisel. Of course being a typical local style parang, it's not full tang - as that is generally not considered desirable in that context for a number of reasons. But it's a great design for sort of garden type sweeping slashes, and pruning more so perhaps than heavy chopping. It's not as thick as my Duku parangs, and sharper for that same reason, so sharp in fact it may stick a bit in thicker branches. But it's great for multiple little jobs and general whittling and debarking. This shape is quite rare, I've only seen my version of it in Manado, Sulawesi, and I believe the origin of that style is from an island further north called Sangihe.
They are a pretty powerful tool and much better suited for survival purposes than the knives many youtubers seem to favour. A lot of cultures use rat tail tangs for their choppers. I guess they don't watch youtube 😁
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I agree - my combination is fairly similar to yours. I tend to pair a parang with a traditional mora/scandi type knife and an old swiss army knife for a multitool. As I am usually in the arctic I rarely see the need for an axe or a saw, bigger than what's in the Swiss knife anyway and I need to cut as much weight as possible for what I do. I recently bought a light saw, for when I am in more wooded areas. This is mainly because I recently started using a bush box for some of my cooking - the trangia does not need a fire. But it's nice to make shorter blocks of wood that stay dry but are easy to split with the parang. My old parang is a smaller lighter one, about the same size as yours, but this year I tried out a 10 inch duku which is better made for splitting stuff ... I have a 12 inch one as well, but that would be overkill for hiking. Where the rat tail tang tends to shine is: - Its not likely to break if the parang is used the right way for the intended job. - It's shock absorbant - less or no shock tremors. - Makes for a lighter parang where the mass and balance is in the blade. - the lighter handle affords good balance for extended use and promotes a "minimalistic" energy-efficient technique. - Field repairs are easy.
A world without extreme knife abuse and batoning!? Vinnie for president 2020 On a serious note i do like the different grinds on the same knife, thats a very good idea. I also like the weight forward design, seems to work like a small billhook Very much reminds me of a seax, certainly there is historical use for this kind of tool in europe
Vinnie you made me laugh when you said 'you eat all that but it tastes like shit, i'm going to have some apple pie', Thanks for posting great video as always.
hey vin . the stick u were using to clear the bushes . the traditional trinidadian name for it is a "crook stick " . its usually used together with a "swiper" to clear bushes . ( the swiper is a blade attached perpendicular to a 4ft handle .)
The "swiper" sounds a little like a "slashers" that we use in Ireland Ali. I'll have to look up crook stick and swiper and see if there are any pictures.
Thanks for the (again) very informative video. Liked the bit about the clearing stick (and the bit about the survival food 😂 ). Still the parang is probably not for me. I like my tomahawk and my SAK as a set up. Discreet and "all-round". Kind regards Alain
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Hi Vinnie. The house is finally finished and we moved in last month. That is a huge economy on our budget :-) . Thanks for asking. Hope you enjoyed your holiday ? Kind regards Alain.
I could easily go a slice of that apple pie! Back in the day, I used a moderately heavy 8" knife, together with a penknife, for almost everything around the camp. There’s not much you can’t do with that.
It can slice pretty well thanks to the thin grind near the handle. I did thin the whole edge somewhat. It came with a nice convex edge but a slightly thinner grind helped greatly with cutting and chopping.
Hey vinnie hope your well another good video as always quite interesting, question are those gloves steel mesh or something can ya not feel the thorns through them I've used ivy for lashing before works similar and you have to use the bending and pull through technique as well because it will break of ya treat it like rope or twine. Keep up the good work.
@@vinniesdayoff3968 doing well!!! Was happy to see you posted today because its my day off! Lol cant wait for the next video. Maybe a follow up on the Hayin Helper?
"You can eat all that, but it tastes likes shit" :-D Very interesting tool. Will check out Turbo's channel. Oh, and I need a shirt like that! German army?
I like all knives and I love hatchets too. It's just that I find folders to be the most useful tool and that my channel has charted my journey to find a "good"folder . Turbo is a good and decent guy too. He helped me nice and quietly without looking for any pat on the back and I greatly admire that.
If you love folders you might like to try out cold steel’s pocket bushman. Stated as being the. Closest thing to a fixed blade in a folder. 4116 stainless steel blade and a one piece stainless body. Locking mechanism is foolproof. With only one downside. A little tricky to close once open. But one tough folder. I have four of them. One in my pocket, one in the car, the day pack, and overnight pack. Lol
Hey, Vinnie. Get busy. We ain't seen no new vid from you in quite a spell. Dyson there is gonna get fat if you don't keep him busy with his acting job. I would ask your buddy to put about another 4 inches or so on the end of that parang so you don't have to tire out your arm chopping so much. The thing about a mini-parang is you've got to substitute power and speed for mass and momentum. And finally, unfortunately you could look for the rest of your life around here and never find a stick that's straight for more than about 7 inches. For some reason, crooked is the norm, and any shelter you build from them ends up looking like something built by the witch in Hansel and Gretel.
I would love to and hopefully I will. We are in the early stages of the covid 19 pandemic here. I work in the ambulance service and let's just say that I have lots to worry about at the moment. The weather has been awful too so if I get a fine day I hope to get something done. I wish you and all the guys luck and health in the coming months
I did a video on the 58 pattern poncho that was used by the Irish Army Matthew. It is very hard to get your hands on Irish gear as the don't sell it and they get antsy about people wearing any part of the current uniform.
@@vinniesdayoff3968 OK just saying I got a bit of Irish army gear like a Bergen,suitcase,ration packs,uniform,morale patches,sleeping bags and mats etc
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I got it off a fella who is a quartermaster in the army ( he basically sorts out all their kit ) he said he is going to get me a hexi stove and a mess kit
The channel should be called Vinnie Dundee, 'you can live on it, tastes like shit but you can live on it'. 'You call that a parang that's not a parang - now that's a parang'....keep em coming my friend!
@@vinniesdayoff3968 xD Ha, thanks mate - I'd almost forgotten that video, no it's some friends, from Rajah Empat as I recall, but I have spent a fair amount of time in Indonesia and dove with Mantas in similar locations - which incidentally is also how I got into using parangs. However my parang-related excursions tend to be centered around spearfishing for big halibut in the arctic - so, different story and field of application altogether :D Only disadvantage of parangs in that setting is salt water corrosion can be slightly difficult to completely avoid, but then again mineral oil exists so if you allocate the grams to stocking it, no problem I use it for sharpening as well anyway ... =.O
@@whynottalklikeapirat I was lucky enough to swim with manta's and a great many other types of fish on the Great Barrier Reef. One of the best experiences I have ever had.
That “parang” looks a WAAAYY too thin/light weight for a short chopper, if it was thicker stock it would have more heft to power thru and really bite into the wood more, that blade is just off, instead of being a lot thicker and short like it should be on a wood oriented machete/chopper, it’s really thin like on a LONG South American machete meant for green vines or bushwhacking light vegetation, it looks like they’ve shrunken down the wrong type of machete, that thing would make a much better slicer and traditional KNIFE🔪 than a short “bushcraft” type of machete or parang!!! Also on technique I see you have your elbow tight, and your wrist COMPLETELY locked in, you should try keeping that wrist really loose, treat your swing/arm almost like you are “whipping a whip” loosen that wrist AND grip(but lock in ur pointer & middle finger to thumb) kinda like a “throwing” feeling in your arm/hand…That “whipping” technique IS KEY, treat your arm like a whip or like wave gradually crashing, and try to have the machete/wood lined up positioned to where it cracks into the wood on the whip “snap”…You should be able to hear that nice whooshing air sound even on 1/3 power light swings, and it almost becomes effortless or fluid when you get it down you can chop DEEP into wood like a pro for hours/days and not get worn out! I’m gonna have to get an 8inch duku chandong parang to test out & see if I can get by ok, you’re absolutely right about the longer 12”+ machetes being a pain on the hip!! Great video btw, love that sheath, and the food looked delicious at the end!
I was chopping like that because I was using the thinner grind near the handle. The blade is not as thin as you seem to believe. Indeed I advised Turbo that the grind needed to be thinned all along the blade. In my experience making a blade thicker does not aid penetration. Quite the opposite. I have a Tramontina machete and you can really use a sabering technique with it. With this one I had to adapt my technique to get the best from it. The thing is this little parang is light and easy to carry and it made short work of building a shelter and processing the type of dead wood and shed branches that one would use for firewood in a wilderness setting. The proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Thanks for watching and for your comment. I do enjoy a bit of a debate 🙂🙂
You can buy the TCME parang (Dooley parang) here www.etsy.com/uk/listing/702332652/camp-parang-bushknife-sheath-knife
Vinnie my friend, you are an absolute diamond.
Spreading cream on a bush cooked apple pie with a parang.
Thanks for the effort you put into that plug, it's appreciated and valuable but your opinion and advice will always be absolutely priceless!
Thanks Turbo. I hope things go well for you.
I'll try to get a better thumbnail up tomorrow
Don't mention plugs!
That's an absolute awesome knife you made buddy , beautiful craftsmanship right there
Oh my god, epic video Vinny. Thought you were gonna go off about foraging and cambium “but it tastes like sh**” (starts a baking show) 😂😂😂 my favorite survival musings on the internet
Thank you Seth. As we know apple pie is one of the finest survival foods :-)
Now this is a "feel good" video if ever I saw one.
Glad you liked it Sean. Thanks for watching 🙂
Parang builds shelter and trims pie crust, what else can you say,, ha ha,,
Great video btw,
Thank you John. It has many functions 😀
Congrats man, another great video. Its great to see collaboration videos. The apple tart looked great, my mother is recovering from surgery and I decided to show her the bit when you started making the tart , she thought it was hilarious, and when you had it made she said " it would be nice now with a bit of cream"..........
Well done I would say it was a lot of work went into it. Fare play, keep it up.
Thanks Brendan. Tell your mam I wish her the best. You can't have apple tart without cream!
Good video Vinnie, I like the chopping power of the mini parang. The size is perfect for bush-crafting skills. The Scandinavian grind is my favorite type of edge on a knife, it has worked for me in the past and has excellent cutting abilities. Thank You for another very informative video. I hope you and Dyson are doing good. Take Care!
Thanks Tim. It is a very useful tool for such a small package. We are doing good thanks, and we hope you and yours are doing good too.
great video Vinnie, I hope to visit Ireland someday, right now I have a lot of health issues, that prevent me being out in the woodlands myself, so I really enjoy all your videos
Glad I can be of service Jacob and I hope you get well soon. Thank you very much.
Outstanding parang that you certainly took to task; from a shelter to apple pie, wonderful! I'm always amazed at the amount of hard work you put into your videos, thank you for that!
Thanks very much JJ. People theorising about knives annoys me. I want to show what it can or can't do although it would be tempting to just stand there and waffle about scandi grinds etc for five minutes 😆. Life would certainly be easier.
OK, you got me...I've never baked an apple pie in the bush, but yours looked great!
I've used a parang for many years in the woods,( with a SAK in my pocket) and depending on the situation, a parang can substitute for a saw or axe. Mine is much like yours as tested, sizewise, and very usefull in a wide variety of bush chores.
Thank you for an entertaining video, and say hello to your furry friend (Dyson) for me.
Thanks Richard. I've not had one that size but its useful. I'm fascinated with Dutch oven cooking...It's a long story. Thank you for watching 👍
@@vinniesdayoff3968 :- Vinnie, before buying an expensive cast iron Dutch oven, try a simple DIY project.
From a Goodwill store or second hand store, buy a medium sized stainless pot with a lid, a bundt pan that fits inside the pot, and get a few of those ceramic BBQ grease catcher " lava stones".
Hammer the lid so that the top is concave (to hold embers, or charcoal briquettes) and make a simple eyelet type lid lifter out of a piece of stainless hardware ( instead of the bakelite lid top usually on the pot lid).
The BBQ ceramic squares are to prevent the hot bottom of the pot from burning the contents, sometimes a little water can be used as well.
The bundt pan should fit inside the pot over the ceramic plates, and still allow the lid to fit properly.
Place the (for example) bannock in the bundt pan in a roll, filling the bottom if the pan, but not too high. Experimentation is required as to cooking times, amount to be cooked without burning, etc.
Place the lid on, put the pot on the coals or embers and then add some embers to the top of the lid. I've had luck with charcoal briquettes which were already started & burning nicely. I have even done this on a camp stove.
Proceed as if you are cooking on a Dutch oven, but be careful of burning the food, especially bread or bannock, stews not so much of a problem.
This is the poor man's Dutch oven...and very light weight in comparison.
I have not tried this, but some say that a steel steamer basket works as well, and the cooking can be done in those oven safe plastic cooking bags.
I put mine together in less than 30 min. and have even used it to make chocolate cake out camping.
LOTS of useful, practical staff in your videos!
Thanks very much indeed!
Great to see you again Vinnie. This looks a decent tool, made from a good steel and the price is pretty good too.
Personally I like a bit more of a belly on a parang, I think it helps to chop better but there was nothing wrong with the way yours was chopping.
Thanks Chris. Bigger is better but then you don't carry it I suppose. How's life in sunny Spain?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Spain is bloody hot at the moment, but I am getting a few things done on my house, just slowly.
The country side where you live is beautiful, all the trees burned down about six years ago here.
Hello Vinnie, Nice to hear from you again. Cool looking blade you have there, gets the job done. From watching you do it, I think I can bake an apple pie. I'm not sure about trying it in the woods yet, so I'll need the womans permission to mess around in her kitchen. I put one thing out of place she'll be all over me. Catch you next time Vinnie.
Tis terrible what us poor men have to put up with! Apple pie or apple tart we call it is not too hard at all
Great video Vinny, keep up the good work
Glad you liked it Stewart, thank you and thank you for watching.
Thank you for this video Vinnie. Excellent demonstrations and the pie looked delicious. And getting to see Dyson always makes my day! I will definitely check out Turbo's channel. Cheers from the U.S.A!
Glad you liked it David. Thanks very much for watching 👍
Awesome review brother I love that Bush cutting machine , even the sheath is a piece of craftmanship art
It's all handmade Keith. Well made too
Brilliant as always Vinnie , good little parang excellent shelter and apple pie ! Worth watching for the foraging comments alone, regards Mick
Some people get too wrapped up in the fantasy Mick 😆😆
I use a parang all the time for no other reason than its a lot of fun, great tip you gave with the hooked stick for clearing brush
Thank you Steve. It's not my idea. I saw guys in S America using them
Great video. 👍👍👍
Thank you old friend 🙂
Vinny, yet another great video , respect mate 🤝🍻👍
Thanks Ed. Are you keeping well? 🏆 🏆 🏆
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Yup, looking forward for winter , 👍
@@edg3718 Not too different from winter here, cold and wet at the moment. Are ye getting high temps?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 yes never seen such high temperatures 40 Celsius
This Looks like a nice chopper and that apple pie looked good too. Food always taste better in the woods. Thanks for sharing. It always makes scenes to be stealthy with your tools some folks just do not understand.😉👍😉
Thank you sir! The police do weapons searches over in the UK and they have seized such things as a butter knife, a bicycle wheel and a spoon! And they displayed that on television! You don't realize how lucky you are living in the US
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I do know how lucky I am. I have traveled in the UK , Ireland and the rest of Europe I checked the laws before I went and saw how crazy they are. So glad that I can carry just about any knife or gun I would like to in Oklahoma and the rest of the USA. Except California.
@@thesakguy3852 Most things cause cancer in the state of California
Nice Video this proves I need that Pa-rang from Turbo Man Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and commenting Alex. Much appreciated 👍
Very good video vinnie quite funny haha the essential edc rolling pin 😂
Yes, not many channels will tell you how valuable it is, just remember folks, you heard it first on vinniesdayoff 😄
@@vinniesdayoff3968 you've a great channel, I'm starting to give up on mine I feel stupid haha 😂
Excellent video.
I don't know how I missed it till now.
I had to share with a friend.
I'm amazed at how simple the pie was. It looked great. Apple is my favorite pie.
All the best my friend, John.
It is a superb survival food John 😀
@@vinniesdayoff3968
Yes sir I guess it should be.
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Vinnie, I had to come back and rewatch.
Great video my friend. Even if the wild survival foods tastes like s...!
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@@OKBushcraft I am honored indeed! Thank you very much John
Another great video Vinnie you do so much with so little I'd love to see what you could do with a proper kit. Actually a video about your kit would be great! Keep making video and I'll keep watching for sure
Thank you very much Mike. What kit in particular would you like?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 what you normally take with you to the woods do you have anything you never go without
@@mikefiles2087 I never go without a knife in my pocket 😀 I like hatchets a lot. I don't always bring one but I like to use them. I am trying to improve my axe work and I am going to do the bucking challenge this year. Check out Skillcult and Ben Scott for the cordwood challenge. The year is moving along so I had better get started!
Cool looking blade
Hi Matthew. I'm finding comments I thought I had answered but obviously never got through, yours included. My apologies. It is indeed a useful blade. Thanks very much for watching.
hahaha your a gas man that's the first time ive seen someone testing a chopper and building a shelter then you pull out your mobile kitchen and make grandmas apple pie .....legendary
One tool option? 😁
very nice
Thank you sir 👍
Reminds me of an old indonesian parang I have only difference being mine has more of a curved drop to the spine of the blade, where the one in the video is straighter, and the flat point bit has been sharpened so it can also work as a kind of chisel.
Of course being a typical local style parang, it's not full tang - as that is generally not considered desirable in that context for a number of reasons.
But it's a great design for sort of garden type sweeping slashes, and pruning more so perhaps than heavy chopping. It's not as thick as my Duku parangs, and sharper for that same reason, so sharp in fact it may stick a bit in thicker branches. But it's great for multiple little jobs and general whittling and debarking.
This shape is quite rare, I've only seen my version of it in Manado, Sulawesi, and I believe the origin of that style is from an island further north called Sangihe.
They are a pretty powerful tool and much better suited for survival purposes than the knives many youtubers seem to favour. A lot of cultures use rat tail tangs for their choppers. I guess they don't watch youtube 😁
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I agree - my combination is fairly similar to yours. I tend to pair a parang with a traditional mora/scandi type knife and an old swiss army knife for a multitool. As I am usually in the arctic I rarely see the need for an axe or a saw, bigger than what's in the Swiss knife anyway and I need to cut as much weight as possible for what I do. I recently bought a light saw, for when I am in more wooded areas. This is mainly because I recently started using a bush box for some of my cooking - the trangia does not need a fire. But it's nice to make shorter blocks of wood that stay dry but are easy to split with the parang. My old parang is a smaller lighter one, about the same size as yours, but this year I tried out a 10 inch duku which is better made for splitting stuff ... I have a 12 inch one as well, but that would be overkill for hiking.
Where the rat tail tang tends to shine is:
- Its not likely to break if the parang is used the right way for the intended job.
- It's shock absorbant - less or no shock tremors.
- Makes for a lighter parang where the mass and balance is in the blade.
- the lighter handle affords good balance for extended use and promotes a "minimalistic" energy-efficient technique.
- Field repairs are easy.
A world without extreme knife abuse and batoning!? Vinnie for president 2020
On a serious note i do like the different grinds on the same knife, thats a very good idea. I also like the weight forward design, seems to work like a small billhook
Very much reminds me of a seax, certainly there is historical use for this kind of tool in europe
Thanks Ben. It is my first small chopper. It is useful and it is easy to carry. Thanks for watching 👍
@Vinnie, you mention you like the GEC big jack as the near perfect pocket knife.
Which one, the single blade or double blade?
Vinnie you made me laugh when you said 'you eat all that but it tastes like shit, i'm going to have some apple pie', Thanks for posting great video as always.
I don't take myself as seriously as some on CZcams 😁😁
hey vin . the stick u were using to clear the bushes . the traditional trinidadian name for it is a "crook stick " . its usually used together with a "swiper" to clear bushes . ( the swiper is a blade attached perpendicular to a 4ft handle .)
The "swiper" sounds a little like a "slashers" that we use in Ireland Ali. I'll have to look up crook stick and swiper and see if there are any pictures.
Thanks for the (again) very informative video. Liked the bit about the clearing stick (and the bit about the survival food 😂 ). Still the parang is probably not for me. I like my tomahawk and my SAK as a set up. Discreet and "all-round".
Kind regards
Alain
Thanks Alain you are well set up as you are. How is the house coming along?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Hi Vinnie. The house is finally finished and we moved in last month. That is a huge economy on our budget :-) . Thanks for asking.
Hope you enjoyed your holiday ?
Kind regards
Alain.
Just nipped over from James' channel...Another sub for ya here m'boyo.
And then I realised that I was already subscribed and hadn't had the notifications bell hit. What a total amadan.
Thanks Sam. I'm after finding a few comments, yours included, from some time back. My apologies and thanks for the sub!
I could easily go a slice of that apple pie! Back in the day, I used a moderately heavy 8" knife, together with a penknife, for almost everything around the camp. There’s not much you can’t do with that.
It was nice pie so it was 🙂 It is a useful parang too although I must confess I have had a love affair with hatchets for many years.
Hi Vinnie get that fire started it will drive them dam midges away. nice chopper great video Vinnie
Thanks McCartney. I come up in lumps from those little buggers. You can't go near the woods without bug spray
Vinny, I know you usually prefer a slicing knife for your poles, can this parang draw slice? James in a great guy!
It can slice pretty well thanks to the thin grind near the handle. I did thin the whole edge somewhat. It came with a nice convex edge but a slightly thinner grind helped greatly with cutting and chopping.
I have one on the way myself 😁
Good man Joe, how are you keeping?
Hey vinnie hope your well another good video as always quite interesting, question are those gloves steel mesh or something can ya not feel the thorns through them I've used ivy for lashing before works similar and you have to use the bending and pull through technique as well because it will break of ya treat it like rope or twine. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Darren. No they are only work gloves but the thorns on those brambles in the wood don't get as hard and sharp as the ones on the ditch outside
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I noticed that the differences in thorns beasty little fuckers on the ones local not in the woods
Mags says you’ll have to make yourself a portable table when your doing your baking !
If Mags was any good she would do the baking for me!
Life is good! Another awesome video from my favorite CZcamsr! Nice parang! What pocket knife did you have with you?
SAK farmer JH. How you keeping?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 doing well!!! Was happy to see you posted today because its my day off! Lol cant wait for the next video. Maybe a follow up on the Hayin Helper?
I've been thinking of something with my GEC big jack which I think is THE perfect pocket knife, but it's just too lovely looking to use 😟
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I know that feeling!
Luv the farmer👍
Haha the bug out bakery!
Nice video, nice Pie and a lovely Parang, but unfortunately, all the links to purchase it are DEAD?
Thank you. I think it was too expensive to produce which is a pity. It is a nice quality tool
"You can eat all that, but it tastes likes shit" :-D Very interesting tool. Will check out Turbo's channel. Oh, and I need a shirt like that! German army?
Hi Lars. I'm only after finding this comment now, my apologies. Yup, it's the German Flektarn. A great pattern for Irish conditions
Można obrys maczeta chce zrobić podobną maczeta .masz duży parang?
Mam tylko maczetę Tramontina
Does he still make and sell them mate, really would like to get one
Hi. I have asked him. I'll let you know when he answers me
They are not for sale at the moment. Turbo is hoping to get a cnc plasma cutter and then he will have more for sale. I hope that helps
vinniesdayoff cheers mate I’m really grateful for your help
Just seems odd seeing you with such a big knife Vinnie.
I like all knives and I love hatchets too. It's just that I find folders to be the most useful tool and that my channel has charted my journey to find a "good"folder . Turbo is a good and decent guy too. He helped me nice and quietly without looking for any pat on the back and I greatly admire that.
If you love folders you might like to try out cold steel’s pocket bushman. Stated as being the. Closest thing to a fixed blade in a folder. 4116 stainless steel blade and a one piece stainless body. Locking mechanism is foolproof. With only one downside. A little tricky to close once open. But one tough folder. I have four of them. One in my pocket, one in the car, the day pack, and overnight pack. Lol
@@devildogsbushcraft7898 I will have a good look at them. Thanks
Awesome.
Hey, Vinnie. Get busy. We ain't seen no new vid from you in quite a spell. Dyson there is gonna get fat if you don't keep him busy with his acting job. I would ask your buddy to put about another 4 inches or so on the end of that parang so you don't have to tire out your arm chopping so much. The thing about a mini-parang is you've got to substitute power and speed for mass and momentum. And finally, unfortunately you could look for the rest of your life around here and never find a stick that's straight for more than about 7 inches. For some reason, crooked is the norm, and any shelter you build from them ends up looking like something built by the witch in Hansel and Gretel.
I would love to and hopefully I will. We are in the early stages of the covid 19 pandemic here. I work in the ambulance service and let's just say that I have lots to worry about at the moment. The weather has been awful too so if I get a fine day I hope to get something done. I wish you and all the guys luck and health in the coming months
@@vinniesdayoff3968 Likewise, Vinnie. Thank the Good Lord for guys like you.
Good video do you have any Irish army/navy equipment if so could you do a video on it
I did a video on the 58 pattern poncho that was used by the Irish Army Matthew. It is very hard to get your hands on Irish gear as the don't sell it and they get antsy about people wearing any part of the current uniform.
@@vinniesdayoff3968 OK just saying I got a bit of Irish army gear like a Bergen,suitcase,ration packs,uniform,morale patches,sleeping bags and mats etc
@@dixienourmas5157 Good score. Where did you pick it up?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 I got it off a fella who is a quartermaster in the army ( he basically sorts out all their kit ) he said he is going to get me a hexi stove and a mess kit
You could show off your kit that you bring on overnighters
The channel should be called Vinnie Dundee, 'you can live on it, tastes like shit but you can live on it'. 'You call that a parang that's not a parang - now that's a parang'....keep em coming my friend!
I took inspiration from Mick Dundee 😆 He has a practical approach to things
By the same token also keep your buddy away from the blade, he is short enough as it is =.O
The affliction of all Jack Russel's 😁
@@vinniesdayoff3968 xD yeah
@@whynottalklikeapirat Is that yourself swimming with the manta ray ?
@@vinniesdayoff3968 xD Ha, thanks mate - I'd almost forgotten that video, no it's some friends, from Rajah Empat as I recall, but I have spent a fair amount of time in Indonesia and dove with Mantas in similar locations - which incidentally is also how I got into using parangs. However my parang-related excursions tend to be centered around spearfishing for big halibut in the arctic - so, different story and field of application altogether :D Only disadvantage of parangs in that setting is salt water corrosion can be slightly difficult to completely avoid, but then again mineral oil exists so if you allocate the grams to stocking it, no problem I use it for sharpening as well anyway ... =.O
@@whynottalklikeapirat I was lucky enough to swim with manta's and a great many other types of fish on the Great Barrier Reef. One of the best experiences I have ever had.
That “parang” looks a WAAAYY too thin/light weight for a short chopper, if it was thicker stock it would have more heft to power thru and really bite into the wood more, that blade is just off, instead of being a lot thicker and short like it should be on a wood oriented machete/chopper, it’s really thin like on a LONG South American machete meant for green vines or bushwhacking light vegetation, it looks like they’ve shrunken down the wrong type of machete, that thing would make a much better slicer and traditional KNIFE🔪 than a short “bushcraft” type of machete or parang!!! Also on technique I see you have your elbow tight, and your wrist COMPLETELY locked in, you should try keeping that wrist really loose, treat your swing/arm almost like you are “whipping a whip” loosen that wrist AND grip(but lock in ur pointer & middle finger to thumb) kinda like a “throwing” feeling in your arm/hand…That “whipping” technique IS KEY, treat your arm like a whip or like wave gradually crashing, and try to have the machete/wood lined up positioned to where it cracks into the wood on the whip “snap”…You should be able to hear that nice whooshing air sound even on 1/3 power light swings, and it almost becomes effortless or fluid when you get it down you can chop DEEP into wood like a pro for hours/days and not get worn out! I’m gonna have to get an 8inch duku chandong parang to test out & see if I can get by ok, you’re absolutely right about the longer 12”+ machetes being a pain on the hip!! Great video btw, love that sheath, and the food looked delicious at the end!
I was chopping like that because I was using the thinner grind near the handle. The blade is not as thin as you seem to believe. Indeed I advised Turbo that the grind needed to be thinned all along the blade. In my experience making a blade thicker does not aid penetration. Quite the opposite. I have a Tramontina machete and you can really use a sabering technique with it. With this one I had to adapt my technique to get the best from it. The thing is this little parang is light and easy to carry and it made short work of building a shelter and processing the type of dead wood and shed branches that one would use for firewood in a wilderness setting. The proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Thanks for watching and for your comment. I do enjoy a bit of a debate 🙂🙂