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I love making choppers. My background in SE Asian arts really shows through in my large blades. While I do not make "replicas", I want to try to capture the art as well as the utility of the pieces. My work is full tang. While partial and stick tang may fair well in some areas, I personally do not believe them to be up to the task of some of the hardwoods of North America. No slam to the SE Asian works, I own and use many. it is just a personal opinion of mine.... I also am not of the school that "thicker is better". I prefer thin convex grind choppers to thick sharp bars. That, too is my personal opinion.
I am playing with a parang lading. The first version was the Dog Leg parang, recently acqquired by mneedham. He has given a nice review of it on this forum.
The second "prototype" is the Parang Lading. It is 21 in OAL and a 10 in cutting edge and 15 in tip to scales. It is 1/8 in thick L6.
Here are a couple of pics of this ugly beastie. The stump is an old pine stump in my woods. It buried through the blade in one "medium" strength hit. The log was a dried piece about 4 in in diameter. I cut through it in less than 10 hits.
I think I am going to put a tiny bit more belly to the next version.
I am playing with a parang lading. The first version was the Dog Leg parang, recently acqquired by mneedham. He has given a nice review of it on this forum.
The second "prototype" is the Parang Lading. It is 21 in OAL and a 10 in cutting edge and 15 in tip to scales. It is 1/8 in thick L6.
Here are a couple of pics of this ugly beastie. The stump is an old pine stump in my woods. It buried through the blade in one "medium" strength hit. The log was a dried piece about 4 in in diameter. I cut through it in less than 10 hits.
I think I am going to put a tiny bit more belly to the next version.
