Sweet blade! Just picked one up tonight for $30 on craigslist. Now I can make one mean peanut butter and jelly sandwich

We bought Condor Village Parang about three months ago. It's been used since then for Martial Art practice and for chopping. As a chopping weapon, it is outstanding. What we find is that it is very well balanced when moved through unusual angles in varying arcs either as an attack or follow through. The design of the handle is such that it behaves well in hand and always stays rooted. When chopping from varying angles... even a back hand swippe from low to high, the weapon remains steady.

here in Indonesia, every house own at least a parang

I came across this review Don and purchased one of these. I have been reclaiming some over grown property and this thing is amazing.

The finish on the Condor's has a great contrast the high polish and the rough top of the blade. Well made, hardwood and brass just love it.

I don't say it enough, but I sure do appreciate what you do, the message that you put out and the principles behind which you stand. Thank You!!!

Sootch, I don't think Chuck Norris is going to appreciate you borrowing his shaving razor. ;-)

I really loved your practical demonstrations of using this blade, awesome video

I decided to buy one of these! Partially because it looks so great and because both John Lofty Wiseman and Ray Mears suggest this (type) machete!!

Love Condor Tools! Great Stuff as usual!

Thanks Sootch! . . .Awesome Review! I just ordered one thanks to your review. Thanks for the 10% off as well! All the best

After seeing your review I purchased one and I couldn't be more pleased. Yours is definitely shinier at the grind and yours looks more hammered than mine but that doesn't matter since it performs like it should. Thanks for steering me to a wonderful tool. I feel like I could field dress an animal and chop up some wood to cook it and make a rotisserie and then cut up the meat all with this same knife. A great tool for the value.

Thanks for the video. I might suggest strapping the sheath to your left hip, so as the tip of the blade is pointing toward the back and away from you. This way, you can draw the parang with your right (dominant) hand using the cross-the-body method. I also tend to rest my left hand on the spine of the blade as I draw, which helps keep a steady balance as the swivel-sheath tends to flex on the belt. You might find this drawing method more intuitive and safe. All the best!

Hi Sootch, greetings from Malaysia. Nice to see something from my homeland being of utility to people around the world. The best duku chandong-style parangs here in West Malaysia are made in the small town of Bidor by a family-run smithy, and cost about USD12 to USD15. The standard handles are plastic crap (and can be replaced), but the blades are handforged from old landrover leafsprings. From the sounds of it, factoring in postage, quality and cost of a new handle, you got yourself a good deal with the Condor Village.

Lawnmower blade converted to a knife? Has been done. Has the look anyway. Mower blades make excellent machetes. Once they are hardened.

If you had to choose between this or a full tang kukri (not taking price into consideration) which would you choose?

I think this fella is gonna join the family soon^^ the only machete with that handle style is the golok, and I love it when chopping some really soft stuff I like to just grip it at the very end of the handle, it's really great if you need speed. talking about speed, I really love the sheath on the golok, you simply pull it out like a sword, removes one step in getting to work and while it might not be very sharp, it is extremely durable these and many other points make it my vavourite tool I used some gunblack to protect the blank steel, works great, have not sharpened it since I got it but used it quite a bit, still as "sharp" as when I got it

I love this blade! I have been getting into collecting large full tang machetes/fixed blades.. That being said,when I am in the woods I use a saw much more than axes,knives,etc... Lol

The condor village parang is a beast of a chopper and is excellent as a home base tool but at 2.2lb i found it to heavy to shelp about. So i went with it's baby brother the ECO parang at 1.3lb on my hiking pack and BOB.The eco can do 80% of the chopping and is much easier to use for processing and bushcraft tasks, if you get a chance give the ECO Parang a try i think you will like it. Take care and God bles you and your family.

typically made from leaf springs from trucks

Comes across as strong and rugged.

It look like something Jason would use

Land sakes son, that's one bad ass toad chopper.

trying to light chucks of wood on fire with a ferro rod lmao!

after 3 condor products I am a believer. the quality is outstanding and nothing compares in its price range. I love their heavy duty kukri and while it's not on par with a HI or Tora,) it's a 3rd of the price and still very comparable. plus I don't feel as bad abusing the condor because it's not quite the work of art that the Nepalese ones are!

Very good option for survival knife and machete. Like kukri. Aitor survival. Terava Skrama

Great video. Got my parang just the other day. Great blade.

I am definitely getting one of these!

nice well made tool. good steel too.

Sootch has that southern charm tho

Now that's a survival tool.

Looks good. Beefy and strong. That would make a good chopper or a decent weapon. The price is not too bad either, and I love the finish with the hard wood handle.

Sootch, just ordered two as Xmas gifts. Question, did you try batoning with it to split wood, and if so how'd it do?

Looks like it would be pretty good for batonning.

tactical sweater, great video cool music, great tool

Great home defense tool, and it can chop wood in a pinch !

Very nice Parang my friend, how much does it cost?

Thanks Sootch...JUST ORDERED ONE for STEALTHY bottom feeder reduction!

I like this

I have been thinking of ordering one.

Not a bad representation of the knife, would have been nice for others to see some actual very fine detail work like feather sticks or tent pegs. Although I admire the parang style and know thier potential I'm an axe/hatchet/tomahawk/khukri guy but for someone just starting out or looking for something a bit different from thier nine inch bowie these are a good choice! Condor makes good gear!

Witam można wymiary obrys maczety chcę zrobić samemu taką Maczeta

Love that blade !

Great video man 😂 av got a village parang on the way ✌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

im getting one soon

awesome sweater

So how do you sharpen it and still keep the 3 different zones ?

"Making stakes is really easy" *proceeds to struggle for a good 30 seconds literally mistreating that poor stick*

Did you check mini duku parang?

I prefer the Gurka knife. Good review as usual.

hello, I wanted if it is an ottumo tool in your ward? how much exactly does it weigh without the sheath? Thanks Michele.

Any chance you could do a compare & contrast video of this with your Kukri knives? I'd be interested in your opinion on use as well as weights, blade length and thickness.

I have the woodsmans pal with brush guard and pruner. But this looks like it would be a lot easier to swing and way sharper. I love my woodsmans pal but it's more of an ax the way it chops

Good review Awesome tool!

I ordered the longer version.

You know, I really don't understand why these types of blades don't come in more standard leather - or even kydex - sheaths, where you can just pull them straight out. I understand the need for retention, but all you need to do is add a retention strap to the top of the sheath. These kinds of sheaths really just turn me off when looking at machetes.

great review

Scootch00 would you recommend I get the 24 inch one or the one in your video? I'm kinda a huge monster blade buff.

Pretty cool!

I have the BG Parang and I'm pretty surprised on the design and durability of that parang, works very well..better than my machetes and Gurka / kukri. For it's purpose or an outdoor blade it's really hard to beat.

I have the Condor Bushlore I really like it for the price. I profiled it fixed the handle and sharpened it. I was looking to up grade to a more expensive knife. but, after doing all the work to mine and it not failing me. am thinking that I might just buy a parang or a sp8 by Ontario instead.

Love it!

Hello, I would like to know if according to your experience this small machete is really strong, solid and reliable? In short it is a good product according to you, or better to focus on some other product? Let me know what you think, thanks to Michael.

you could flip pancakes with it too.

Some knives are good for sawin'. Some are ood for choppin' Thatt'n is good for loppin.

OOPS! I spelled it wrong. Sootch00 DOES work. 4-13-14

salut steph

Sweet blade! Was that soundtrack from Diablo Swing Orchestra?

I bet you can hack up a wild boar for the freezer in no time flat with one of those. I was lucky to catch mine on sale last year. You won't find a more rugged, well finished chopping blade for the price point Condor sells these things. I rub the blade down in a thin coat of used vegetable oil to keep it from rusting, if I'm not going to use it for a while.

I'm really torn between this, the pack golok and the engineers bolo

Would you review the Condor Warlock?

very cool.

That is what she said.

O yeah.

Why does no one know how to use the handle of a parang properly?

What are the dimensions of Parang ? Grateful! Julio

You didn't sharp it when you tested it for us, right? I hate it when people review machetes and then they sharpen them.

A++++

Witam można obrys maczeta parang chciałbym zrobić podobną maczeta

how much $

Not all too sure how long it will last but on Knife center this bad boy is only 46.95. Don't have one myself but at this deal I will definitely be getting it www.knifecenter.com/item/CN41912HC/Condor-Tool-and-Knife-CTK419-12HC-Village-Parang-Machete-12-inch-Carbon-Steel-Blade-Hardwood-Handles-Leather-Sheath and that's the link I'm not all too sure how long it will last. Might just be a Black Friday promo

Dooooooooouch!

That heavy monster would take an arm clean off of some Mongol warrior crowding you if your scimitar jams.

Have one. Love 'm.

Sooch00 no longer works 4-13-14

where are you from ?)))))

Is it Nutnfancy approved?? Just joking.

It looks handmade...I bet I can shave with it.

At 9:06 that sound made me cringe ... ugh Either way gorgeous blade and I would love to get one.

Dear Sir, I want to respectully correct you how to spell it in a proper way. It is called "par-aang" not "par-reang" and in every south asian people who speaks Malay pronounce it this way. Thank you for your great review:)

Borneo Machete

you pronounce parang wrong!

Just what I need (maybe don't need) just ordered at goinggear.com

to all who choose to chop into beams from small sheds, LOOK FOR NAILS, with best regards and a notch into my beloved ax, JT Jensen.

I hunt alligators with one of these.

Certainly not a real Malaysian Parang !!!