Parang Handles, Kydex and other Projects

[cityofthesouth]

This project has been sort of an ongoing thing for awhile where the blanks sat around for months and then one day it's like the stars aligned and I knew what I wanted to do. The blanks came from Malaysia, I don't think they are available anymore (as blanks) before anyone asks, but I have seen where the finished Parangs are available now in the States with the plastic handles frequently seen on them. I split out some oak from a big pile of skid material I recently acquired for the handles. I used these colors of Kydex because I had/have a big sheet of it I am trying to use up. I think the pics tell the rest of the story. The E-nep is a 13" Aranyik, the Parangs are 12". The E-nep weighs 1lb, 10oz, the Parangs are dead on 1lb. The E-nep handles are a little small for my taste, but I just couldn't bring myself to cover up that one side by wrapping it with anything, it's just such nice looking wood.

parang_blanks by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

parang_oakhandle by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

parang_roughingout2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

Burning in the tangs.
burning_tang1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

Pinning.
parang2_pin by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

3malaysiaparang1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

3malaysiaparang4 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

3malaysiaparang7 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

 

[cityofthesouth]

I have had the E-nep for a long time but I had fashioned a lousy sheath for it and now it has something nice. I used the soft pull-the-dot loops for IWB holsters for the closure and a simple sling for throwing it on when needed.

kabarmk1_machetes_kydex1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

kabarmk1_machetes_kydex5 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr

Here you can really see the nice stuff going on in the grain on the one side of the E-nep.
kabarmk1_machetes_kydex4 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr