Excellent explanation. This method is often used for an approach for those who do not intend to spend much, or for those unfamiliar with problems related to sharpening: grits, sharpening angles, risks of injury. And for the record, nice workshop! Thank you very much.
Great video Ben, I just sharpened by Hossom Forrager using this method which has been sat needing attention since I cleared a bramble thicket with it and it's nice and sharp again now! :)
please make some more videos, when following your instructions I am always confident I'm doing the right thing. have been honing on paper since reading an amazing book "whitling whistles" now I can make my mates knives sharp on the table in a beer garden, it also leaves a nicely burnished patch on the table.
Not every day one finds really interesting and useful vids. Thx 4 that. Hope next year will bring more vids from you. Have a very happy new year and thx for all your hard work.
Thanks for the great video. I found it very handy. Over time my parang edge was was starting to look like a pocket knife edge after sharpening. I did the marker and took a stone and shaped it back to the convex edge and then repeat the marker and went to the finer grit stone and finally did the 600 grit. Wow! Now that I know resharpening will be simple.
Wuw this is a good tip for sharpening all sorts(wet sand paper on stick). Ive used it for many things, cool stuff. I used it to recondition my bike rims.
Thanks for the information and a great video, you've got another subscriber here. Going to try my hand at making a parang this winter. Your sharpening info will come in handy.
I second that workshop tour video. I remember you did one for your old shop. Could we also have a 'bodger making tutorial'? But the workshop tour first including that fantastic view out of the window.
can you do one about sharpening a khukri if possible? I chopped some pine wood with my khukri and forgot to clean it. the pine made the blade rust at some spots and the edge. I clean it every few days with wd-40, but the rust keeps coming back somehow. the rust is biting into the blade and has really ruined the edge. Can you suggest something to keep the rust off, since wd-40 doesn't seem to be working.
***** if you hold the blade so that the cutting edge points directly to a light source (e.g. the sun) and you see the light gets reflected on some spots on the cutting edge...then these spots are called light spots (as far as i understand it). they indicate spots where the blade is (rather) dull. usually you need to go back to your waterstone or whatever sharpening device you were using and start over again...but sometimes - as ben said - it is worth and can be sufficient to use the strop just once again. hope that makes sense - english is not my mother tongue :-)
What about the fact that a Parang should have 4 different levels of sharpness from the heel to the tip ?? A parang is the multi tool of the SE Asian jungle and it serves many purposes - this is why it's edge is sharpened to different degrees of sharpness along its length. No one has a parang with a razor edge all the way along the cutting edge. Next time you see a parang in the hands of a native thai, malay, fuzzy wuzzy, check out the edge. There's a reason for this.
there's always gotta be a comment from a smartypants like you! he's making a video on the parang that he has! does he have to cover every different knife length in the universe??? so stop being a wiseass, and make some videos, why don't you? LAME!
Thanks man! 9 years later and this is still the best parang-sharpening video on youtube
Wow thanks a lot that’s great to hear.
All the best cheers Ben
I really like the way you focus on safety. So good. So important.
The newspaper tip is AWESOME!
Excellent explanation. This method is often used for an approach for those who do not intend to spend much, or for those unfamiliar with problems related to sharpening: grits, sharpening angles, risks of injury. And for the record, nice workshop! Thank you very much.
Very good sharpening method.
Great video Ben, I just sharpened by Hossom Forrager using this method which has been sat needing attention since I cleared a bramble thicket with it and it's nice and sharp again now! :)
Nice knife, and the sheath looks great. I want to get a kydex sheath made in that style for my parang. Thanks for the informative video
please make some more videos, when following your instructions I am always confident I'm doing the right thing. have been honing on paper since reading an amazing book "whitling whistles" now I can make my mates knives sharp on the table in a beer garden, it also leaves a nicely burnished patch on the table.
Just got a new parang and really appreciated the video. Also just subscribed.
WORLDS better audio, Ben! Excellent video, as they always are!
great tutorial bud , love the perang btw ..god bless you your family and loved ones and i pray you have a prosperous and happy 2022 .. Lee
Wow thanks a lot for your kind words. All the best for you too for a happy and healthy new year. cheers Ben
Thanks Ben, this will certainly come in handy.
That's interesting. I think I will try that on my parang.
that's a beautiful parang and a great video! thank you.
Not every day one finds really interesting and useful vids. Thx 4 that. Hope next year will bring more vids from you. Have a very happy new year and thx for all your hard work.
Works well for the Terävä Skrama, too.
Thanks for the great video. I found it very handy. Over time my parang edge was was starting to look like a pocket knife edge after sharpening. I did the marker and took a stone and shaped it back to the convex edge and then repeat the marker and went to the finer grit stone and finally did the 600 grit. Wow! Now that I know resharpening will be simple.
such reverence for all your practices
Wuw this is a good tip for sharpening all sorts(wet sand paper on stick). Ive used it for many things, cool stuff. I used it to recondition my bike rims.
i also found if you add a few drops of autosol on the paper makes it shinier....
Thanks for the information and a great video, you've got another subscriber here. Going to try my hand at making a parang this winter. Your sharpening info will come in handy.
This vid needs louder, more volume. Thanks for all the great vids.
Got a slight dent on the edge as I was cutting a thick weed popping out of paving stone next to the wood flower bed.
How do i correct this, file?
I second that workshop tour video. I remember you did one for your old shop. Could we also have a 'bodger making tutorial'? But the workshop tour first including that fantastic view out of the window.
Spot on GOLD
Thanks a lot 👍
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for those great tips. Most sharpening vids assume high tech or infinite patience.
thank you very much!
powdered iron is commonly used as a pigment in black ink, so that might be why the ink/newspaper trick works
I want one of your parang's. they are good looking tools
Fantastic video!
Absolutely great. Any chance you could kindly do a workshop tour?
Please, pretty please ;-)
can you do one about sharpening a khukri if possible? I chopped some pine wood with my khukri and forgot to clean it. the pine made the blade rust at some spots and the edge. I clean it every few days with wd-40, but the rust keeps coming back somehow. the rust is biting into the blade and has really ruined the edge. Can you suggest something to keep the rust off, since wd-40 doesn't seem to be working.
Abhinav Aggarwal soak in viniger or use baking soda
Abhinav Aggarwal use oil instead of wd 40
Great video mate
Wow , the best
Great job. I thank you.
The quality is fine, but it's very quiet indeed (compare it to other videos). But the content is great as always.
Great video - it was a pleasure to subscribe. Incidentally, where did you get that great sheath?
yes very nice.
Did you mada that parang ?
Sometimes I use the jeans I am wearing, or the edge of a cardboard box to strop.
Audio levels dude, audio levels. Thanks for the vid
is sand paper and wet sand paper the same thing?
+Peter nicola no
Cheers mate great vid.
nice one
We’re can I get one of these parang?
2612greg hi there you can get them from us here's a link to our website www.benandloisorford.com many thanks cheers Ben
Can anyone elaborate what he means by "light spots"?
*****
if you hold the blade so that the cutting edge points directly to a light source (e.g. the sun) and you see the light gets reflected on some spots on the cutting edge...then these spots are called light spots (as far as i understand it). they indicate spots where the blade is (rather) dull. usually you need to go back to your waterstone or whatever sharpening device you were using and start over again...but sometimes - as ben said - it is worth and can be sufficient to use the strop just once again. hope that makes sense - english is not my mother tongue :-)
Thanks! And I feel you did rather well!
i do exactly the same :D
thank you good sir.
I use a flat file and I can shave with it after.
That’s one sharp machete
What about the fact that a Parang should have 4 different levels of sharpness from the heel to the tip ??
A parang is the multi tool of the SE Asian jungle and it serves many purposes - this is why it's edge is sharpened to different degrees of sharpness along its length. No one has a parang with a razor edge all the way along the cutting edge.
Next time you see a parang in the hands of a native thai, malay, fuzzy wuzzy, check out the edge. There's a reason for this.
Had a bit of trouble hearing you on a iPad.
5:46 or you can change your hand and use your left hand lol what if you got longer knife? your method is not so safe.
there's always gotta be a comment from a smartypants like you! he's making a video on the parang that he has! does he have to cover every different knife length in the universe??? so stop being a wiseass, and make some videos, why don't you? LAME!
your parang is small
i have more than 19 inches long parang it like a sword
Mi Yo
So you tire out faster ...
Not a very good working edge though.
Yours is tiny