Dayak swords a quick question from a novice

Dajak · 12th January 2007, 08:32 PM

Hi Arjan in some piont you are rigth that you can buy mandau s for reasonable
prices I did sell a nice koetei one to you for a nice price but it s very difficult to get them .

And you know as good as I that for the special ones you have to pay big money

That s when you try to get up in quality you get have up in price.

( I also would like that the market did not get so high sometomes because I have to let go some real nice mandau s that offered to me because the price is so high and the one on your web site is real cheap it s an bargain )

Ben

fenlander · 13th January 2007, 01:07 PM

So what do you Dayak enthusiasts think ?

This parang was presented to my dad by the head man of a
longhouse
in the ULU TUTONG area of Brunei in 1968 or 1969 as a thank you for a
helicopter casevac he did. He says that this particular parang which he
thinks is called a parang ilang may well be quite old and is not of the kind
sold to tourists. Indeed he says there were no roads in that area then.

Dajak · 13th January 2007, 01:22 PM

Hi This looks like a nice used one not the tourist stuff

It has a nice carrying guard

Ben

13th January 2007, 01:07 PM	#2
fenlander Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62	Here is my dad's dayak swrod I have been talking about. So what do you Dayak enthusiasts think ? This parang was presented to my dad by the head man of a longhouse in the ULU TUTONG area of Brunei in 1968 or 1969 as a thank you for a helicopter casevac he did. He says that this particular parang which he thinks is called a parang ilang may well be quite old and is not of the kind sold to tourists. Indeed he says there were no roads in that area then. Attached Images

12th January 2007, 08:32 PM	#1
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Arjan in some piont you are rigth that you can buy mandau s for reasonable prices I did sell a nice koetei one to you for a nice price but it s very difficult to get them . And you know as good as I that for the special ones you have to pay big money That s when you try to get up in quality you get have up in price. ( I also would like that the market did not get so high sometomes because I have to let go some real nice mandau s that offered to me because the price is so high and the one on your web site is real cheap it s an bargain ) Ben

13th January 2007, 01:22 PM	#3
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi This looks like a nice used one not the tourist stuff It has a nice carrying guard Ben