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[CINDERS]

Got this a few weeks ago but have been away so here it is a 1945 WWII machete made by DC its in used condition and I have no plans to sharpen it again as was previously done at one point, nor to remove its patina!
Tha scabbard is in fairly good nik as is the brass throat what I went for was the handle being bakerlite it is in pretty good condition I want to know was painting of the blade (Black) done in service its not like paint and I thought it may be a sunkorite finish but you guys know more than I anyway.

Apart from that the blade had obvious use but whether in service or out who knows it has the broad arrow stamped onto one of the handle pins (pictured).
So the blade being blackened was that done in service in the field!
Thanks for your time.

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[Ovidio]

Interesting find. Will you remove the rust or just keep it as it is?

[Gil Boyd]

Brass was the only metal to my knowledge that could survive the jungle and was used a lot in our issue Parangs in Malaya. All the Malayan Scouts made their own as part of their initiation into Jungle Warfare. Quite easy to make if you have a good kiln and the right know how. In fact that was the driver behind me doing an Advanced Balcksmiths course last year. The best thing I have ever done and opens ones eyes to metal strengthening and knowing what colour to move it around to gain the best alround strength. I am a fan of the TV Forge series where they get a challenge to build a bladed tool ie swords etc brilliant!
You Parang does look like and issue one

[CINDERS]

Going to leave it as is Ovidio as that is part of its history so many people ruin a piece by having it like it just left the factory, I groan when I see WWI - II 303 oilers polished up so you could shave by the relection in them in some cases oilers that are well over a 100 years + just ruined so this machete will remain as it is whilst in my collection. ( Gil called it a Parang I thought the blade shape was different on a Parang.)

[Gil Boyd]

I was being lazy..............Golok more like in its shape...........or UK Troops for short Macheti

[browningautorifle]

We did have some of those blade shapes in issue but the handle didn't have any crosshatching. I think they had a round point leather scabbard too, no rust or paint though...I forget what the handles were made of... They were definite UK origin.

[Gil Boyd]

Jim,
Most were rivetted with copper studs through wooden handles

[browningautorifle]

Most were rivetted with copper studs through wooden handles

Sounds about right. I didn't like them as they looked horrible and handled badly. I preferred the Ontario blades and then brought my own to play so no more need of issue.

[Roy W]

I was being lazy..............Golok more like in its shape...........or UK Troops for short Macheti

I think this is actually referred to as a BOLO Machete. The Golok is the thinner 'squared angled' ended one issued throughout the 80's