Parang

A parang was a kind of machete from Kara-Tur.

Description
Parangs were machetes with heavy chopping blades and were about in length and weighed around. They were used as both tools and weapons.

A typical parang might sell for 15 yuan in a Kara-Turan market.

Reputation
Monks of Kara-Tur sometimes used parangs as weapons, and primitive people groups in Kara-Tur commonly carried the blades with them at all times. The race of creatures known as hsing-sing carried parangs on their raids.

Notable Owners
The Serpent, the enigmatic leader of the Phoenix clan of ninja, owned a magical parang of quality.

Kashigawa Yoichi, a kensai from Kozakura, was known to train students in the art of fighting with the parang.

Toipeye, a korobokuru bushi, owned a magical parang.

Awang Sophir, a famous human monk, fought with a parang.