Having its roots for a long time in the Malay culture, the Parang Lading is a quite popular traditional designed parang. It is believed to originate from the state of Kedah, Malaysia. The Parang Lading is also used as a weapon in the Silat Cekak ( Traditional Malaysian martial arts ) , other than as an agricultural tool . There are some slight differences in the everyday tool and the ones used in Silat cekak. The agricultural version has perhaps 10 inches of sharpened edge ( on a 12 inch blade ) .
Another point we would like to put forward is that the MY Parang Lading blade is not made in Bidor. They are made in Pekan Darat ,Penang. One of our first articles was on Pekan Darat, a village with a long history of knife and weapon making. Why not Bidor? Because we would like to do what we can, to ensure the blacksmithing industry is alive and continued in Pekan Darat.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Blade length : 30 cm / 12 in
- Handle length: 17 cm / 6.7 in
- Overall length: 47 cm / 18.7 in
- Widest blade: 5.5 cm / 2.2 in
- Weight ( blade and handle ) : 480 grams / 17 oz
- Sheath length: 34.5 cm / 13.5 in
- Width: 33.5 cm / 13.5 in
- Weight: 160 grams / 5.6 oz
- Gross weight : 645 grams / 22.7 oz