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Here is a mandau I found last month.
It has a very old scabbard version from Kutei that I don't think has been published on this forum before. The hilt is the old face version and the blade is undecorated which is also characteristic of this kind of mandau. Michael |
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I see that this one also lost the "plug" at the end of the handle. What were they made of? How resilient they were? Is the absence of it a conceivable sign of the age?
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Hello Michael,
Not published before on this webiste ? Check again ![]() Arjan made a thread recently including one Kutei mandau from my collection. Best regards, Willem |
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There it is :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3967 Ps. very nice find Michael, The knot (shell/mother of pearl) on the loop has 2 holes. it looks like this is also something that you only find on the older mandaus. |
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So sorry Willem,
I only remembered that thread as discussing the hilts. Ariel, the plug is made of resin (damar). Some have it and some don't. I don't think it's an age indicator. Maybe an indicator of condition? Michael |
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