(lighthearted oriental music)
(motor running)
(oil sizzling)
(tapping)
(motor running)
(tapping)
(clanking)
(grinder motor whirring)
(metal grinding)
(motor whirring)
(metal grinding)
(motor going and metal grinding)
(guide speaking Thai)
(saw scraping)
- [Camera man] That's the piece of bamboo that he's going
to use as the handle.
(sawing sound)
(speaking in Thai)
(laughter)
(tapping)
(speaking in Thai)
(tapping)
(speaking in Thai)
(laughter)
(tapping sound)
(tapping)
(Guide speaking in Thai)
(blacksmith laughing)
(guide speaking in Thai)
(laughter)
- [Camera man] Beautiful, yeah, yeah.
(banging)
Beautiful.
Really strong piece of bamboo,
the solid part of the stem.
(laughter)
(blacksmith speaking in Thai)
(drill motor runs)
(sound of drill penetrating bamboo)
(tapping)
(bellows engine running)
(tapping)
[Camera man] What is this?
- [Guide] The same, uh ...
The real one.
(laughter)
(tapping)
(fan humming)
(sizzling)
(speaking in Thai)
(laughter)
(tapping)
(sizzling)
(grinding sound)
(music plays in background)
- [Cameraman] Thank you sir, beautiful work.
- Beautiful.
(soft music plays)
Yeah, should be a nice batoning blade.
Nice thickness to it, probably
four or five milometers on the back.
Not too sharp on the front so it's quite a safe tool.
Still see some of that resin inside of the handle,
it's quite sticky.
(chopping)
(woman laughing)
(guide speaking in Thai)
- [Cameraman] Yeah.
(laughter)
Have a feel, have a feel.
What do you think, is it good?
- Yes, good!
- [Cameraman] You like it?
- [Woman] Yeah, I like it.
- [Cameraman] Good for Bush Channel?
(laughter)
- Good.
(laughter)
- [Guide] Good for cooking.
(laughter)
- Cooking.
Maybe watermelon.
- [Cameraman] Cutting up watermelons?
- Big watermelons.
(laughter)
- This very good to cut the dry wood to.
- [Cameraman] Yes, absolutely.
(music plays)
Maybe not.
- [Woman's Voice] Not allowed in
Philippines,
- [Camera man] So, what is that Chai?
That's the ...
- This is like uh, the
- [Woman's Voice] Ant's nest.
- Ant nest.
- [Cameraman] So, this is the resin that they use.
- The red ant.
- Okay, this is the resin that they use
to glue the rat's tail tang inside the bamboo handle.
Amazing stuff.
Natural materials.
He's saying I can,
He's saying I can take it home with me but I don't
think our airport will allow this.
And there's a whole plastic bag full of this stuff.
Natural glue from the jungle.
Great alternative to using plastics.
Very impressive material.
(Guide and woman speaking)
- [Guide] The ants live in the hole inside.
- [Camera man] Oh yeah, you can see them, look.
Hopefully the camera is picking that up.
You can see the ...
- [Guide] You know why they make the nest like this,
because this one is best meal for the birds,
something like that.
So, they try to protect themselves, yeah, from the ants.
- [Camera Man] They can't protect themselves
from the blacksmith.
- From the birds, yeah, sorry.
- [Cameraman] Well, they can't protect themselves from the
blacksmiths, yeah?
(laughter)
- [Guide] And the nest is very strong.
- [Cameraman] Yeah, that's amazing.
(slow, oriental instrumental music)