Thursday, August 20, 2009

Kayu 2

Below is a few example of woods use to make parang sacrab and hilt.

Kayu Baru: Usually growed near the beach. The Kayu Baru in this picture taken from the beach of Nyalau, Bintulu. The wood grain contain black and a very light green colour.

Kayu Rengas Bukit: This wood is easy to find but not many sacrab and hilt maker want to accept the order. Maybe because some people are allergic to this wood and this wood too is consider as one of the poisonous plants in Malaysia. But, this wood got a very beautiful blackish-red colour and dark wood grain. A very nice look for a parang sacrab and hilt.

Berikut adalah antara kayu kayan yang digunakan untuk sarung dan hulu parang.

Kayu Baru: Kebiasaannya dijumpai tumbuh di pesisiran pantai. Kayu Baru dalam gambar ni diperolehi dari pesisiran pantai Kampung Nyalau, Bintulu. Mempunyai pamor kayu bewarna kehijau-hijauan.

Kayu Rengas Bukit: Kayu ni mudah dijumpai tetapi tidak ramai tukang sarung yang sanggup menerima tempahan dari kayu ni. Mungkin disebabkan alahan terhadat kayu tersebut. Namun warna kayu yang merah kehitaman dengan urat kayu kehitaman pada kayu Rengas Bukit, sangat cantik dijadikan sarung dan hulu parang.

Kayu BaruKayu Rengas Bukit

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