Mandau pommel representation?

migueldiaz · 2nd April 2010, 01:46 AM

More:

migueldiaz · 2nd April 2010, 05:04 PM

Another batch, and in the book the pics were prefaced with "Such sophisticated pieces are not produced any longer":

migueldiaz · 2nd April 2010, 05:05 PM

Yet another batch:

Henk · 2nd April 2010, 08:18 PM

Wow! The book Hornbill and Dragon is a great wannahave. Unfortunately out of reach for common people like me. Is it somewhere on the internet so that we can make a print of it and make the book by ourself?

A. G. Maisey · 3rd April 2010, 12:21 AM

I just been shocked!!!

I had a look in BOOKFINDER for Sellato's book.

I bought mine as a remainder in Bali some years back. At the time there were a heap of them unsold in a corner of the book store that used to be up on the 3rd floor of the Mata Hari department store in Kuta. I bought one.Forget what it cost, but it wasn't much.

Now I understand I should have bought all of them. If I had, I'd be driving around in a new Lexus next week.

asomotif · 3rd April 2010, 12:32 AM

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I had a look in BOOKFINDER for Sellato's book.

Yes, you should have bought all of them a few years back.
I bought mine 11 years ago in KK for 160 ringgit.
that was NLG 80,- which now translates to Eur 36,-

David · 3rd April 2010, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

I just been shocked!!!

I had a look in BOOKFINDER for Sellato's book.

I bought mine as a remainder in Bali some years back. At the time there were a heap of them unsold in a corner of the book store that used to be up on the 3rd floor of the Mata Hari department store in Kuta. I bought one.Forget what it cost, but it wasn't much.

Now I understand I should have bought all of them. If I had, I'd be driving around in a new Lexus next week.

Yep, i checked out the same thing myself. The cheapest edition there was over $700 USD!

migueldiaz · 3rd April 2010, 01:26 AM

The book was published by Elf Aquitaine (Indonesia & Malaysia office) in 1989. Elf merged with Total earlier. Maybe we should petition Total to reprint the book ...

The book is about 90% pics by the way, and all are great pics. But the text part is as engaging also.

Will post more pics related to the mandau and other blades.

PS - Thanks again to the good friend who lent me his copy

2nd April 2010, 01:46 AM	#1
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2nd April 2010, 05:05 PM	#3
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Yet another batch: Attached Images Last edited by migueldiaz; 3rd April 2010 at 02:48 AM.

2nd April 2010, 08:18 PM	#4
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Wow! The book Hornbill and Dragon is a great wannahave. Unfortunately out of reach for common people like me. Is it somewhere on the internet so that we can make a print of it and make the book by ourself?

3rd April 2010, 12:21 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	I just been shocked!!! I had a look in BOOKFINDER for Sellato's book. I bought mine as a remainder in Bali some years back. At the time there were a heap of them unsold in a corner of the book store that used to be up on the 3rd floor of the Mata Hari department store in Kuta. I bought one.Forget what it cost, but it wasn't much. Now I understand I should have bought all of them. If I had, I'd be driving around in a new Lexus next week.

3rd April 2010, 01:26 AM	#8
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	The book was published by Elf Aquitaine (Indonesia & Malaysia office) in 1989. Elf merged with Total earlier. Maybe we should petition Total to reprint the book ... The book is about 90% pics by the way, and all are great pics. But the text part is as engaging also. Will post more pics related to the mandau and other blades. PS - Thanks again to the good friend who lent me his copy