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27th January 2012, 06:51 PM
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Whistlinbill's Collection #5: Mandau
... and miscellaneous for identification and comment...
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27th January 2012, 06:54 PM
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Beautiful trio! I'll have to wait for those versed in the esoteric mysteries of these beautiful weapons to tell us the details, but I love the middle one!
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27th January 2012, 10:57 PM
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The first remember some parangs mades to the tourist from Sulawesi.I saw them sevaral years ago when I visited that island.The others pieces are fantastics, congratulations!!
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28th January 2012, 05:10 PM
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The middle one looks like a cross between a parang nabur and a mandau
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28th January 2012, 05:22 PM
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But looking at the scabbard it has also something of the Kenya's from the Baram area. The Parang Nabur has different features and a mandau is always convex and concave (which is not the case here). However.....Nice piece from Sarawak! Maurice |
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28th January 2012, 06:26 PM
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I agree with Maurice. To be a proper mandau the blade must be convex on one side and concave on the other. I cannot tell from the photo if this is the case with the last blade on the bottom, but this one seems the best candidate for actually being a mandau. The first two are not, though the middle one is a beautiful sword.
The top one looks to be aimed at "those who travel for pleasure". 
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28th January 2012, 06:41 PM
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You're right David. I'm sure the lower one is convex at the bottom side. We are looking at the concave side on the image. |
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29th January 2012, 02:53 AM
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Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! And you are very kind about the
t3 (my designation--terrible tourist trash)! In the olden times, I sort of tried to buy anything that looked different to what I had. Again, thanks so much--I so much appreciate your scholarly work! Bill |
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1st February 2012, 12:08 AM
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Could we have some more pictures of sword nr.2 ?
It looks like a Langgai Tinggang to me. and a very good/nice one as well. Best regards, Willem |
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1st February 2012, 03:22 PM
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We will have to rely upon Whistlinbill for the requested closeups of #2; the image shown was not greatly reduced from the original.
Here is another extracted from another series: |
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