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Nyatakan nama penuh encik?
Nama saya Lai Kang Hian
Nyatakan bangsa dan keturunan encik?
Saya berbangsa Cina, beragama Buddha. Mak saya Bidayuh, bapa saya Cina
Bilakah encik dilahirkan?
Sembilan belas lapan puluh lapan
Adakah encik mempunyai sebarang pergalaman kerja sebelum ini?
Ada
Boleh encik terangkan?
Di Sabah kerja di offshore, tahun 2007 masa itu
Sejak bila encik tahu membuat parang?
Dari umur saya dua belas
Ikut bapa dolok [dulu] lah
Dari mana ataupun dari siapa encik memperlajari kemahiran membuat parang?
Bapa saya
Apakah faktor yang mempengaruhi encik untuk menjadi seorang tukang besi?
Saya minat
Berapakah jumlah tukang besi yang berkerja di bengkel ini semasa zaman bapa encik?
Lebih kurang empat orang
Sekarang ini?
Sama juga empat [orang]
Apakah jenis-jenis besi yang digunakan untuk membuat parang?
Besi spring, spoiler, bearing ton, macam-macam lagi besi lah
Apakah jenis-jenis grade besi yang encik nyatakan tadi?
Besi spring kereta punya, kereta KD30
Grade apa itu?
Kereta punya spring lah. [interviewer] okay
Darimanakah encik memperolehi besi yang digunakan untuk membuat mata parang?
Saya membeli besi di besi buruk di dua buah kedai sana [Serian]…saya ambik [beli], bikin [buat] parang di sini
Apakah faktor yang mempengaruhi jenis besi yang digunakan untuk membuat sebilah parang?
Itu bergantung tengok kepada pelanggan lah, kalau dia mahu pakai besi spring saya bikin pakai besi spring...kalau dia kasi besi spring, saya bikin besi spring
Ini hasil dia besi spring, saya guna untuk buat parang badek. Ini badek hasil dia, besi spring
Ini Tangkin, diperbuat daripada besi spring juga. Parang Tangkin
Ini Katana diperbuat daripada besi spring juga
Ini besi spring juga. Lengkok, pakai buang rumput punya. Potong rumput, parang lengkok
Parang latok..besi spring juga. Hasil dia
Badek..besi spring dan hasil dia
Tengok lah kalau anak saya nak sambung, dia sambung lah. Mewarisi tukang besi..kalau dia nak sambung, sambung. Harap-harap tukang besi ini dapat sambung saya punya anak nanti
What is your name?
My name is Lai Kang Hian
What is your ethnic background?
I’m Chinese, a Buddhist. My mother is a Bidayuh, and my father is Chinese
When were you born?
I was born in 1988
Do you have any working exprience before this?
Yes
Can you please explain?
In 2007, I worked offshore for a company in Sabah
Since when do you know about blacksmithing?
I know about blacksmithing since I was twelve
I learnt about blacksmithing from my father…
From where or from whom do you learn about the blacksmithing skill?
I learned the skill from my father
What is the factor that influence your decision to become a blacksmith?
Because of personal interest
How many blacksmiths working in this workshop during your father times?
There are four blacksmiths
How about now?
Now, there are still four blacksmiths
What type of metal do you use for making machetes?
Scrap metal: car spring, spoiler, bearing ton and many more
Can you explain further on the grade of each metal?
It's car spring from KD30 car
What is the grade?
[re-emphasized] it's car spring. [interviewer] okay
From where do get the metal?
I bought the metal from two recycling centres in Serian…and used it for making machetes at the workshop
What is the factor that influenced your decision over the type of metal used?
It is depends on the customer...if the customer prefer a car spring, then I will follow thier request
This is parang badek made of car spring
This is parang tangkin also made of car spring
This is katana also made of car spring
This is parang lengkok also made of car spring. It is used for clearing overgrown grass
This is parang latok, also made of car spring
This is badek, also made of car spring
I hope that my children can continue the business