How Blacksmiths make Golok Machetes in Central Java

Blacksmiths forging a golok machete near Yogyakarta City in Indonesia. Welcome to PART ONE of this series! Our next upload will focus on wood carving of the decorative sheath and Golok handle. Golok is the Indonesian work for machete. “Pandai besi” means blacksmith. We have many more blacksmith knife making videos at Bush Channel. The address of the AMW blacksmith is Karangasem Village, Bantul, near Yogyakarta City. The English speaking guide at 13:18 is Aldrin Awuy from Vogels Hostel. Vogels is a highly