Mandau pommel representation?

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

Quote:

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

migueldiaz · 3rd April 2010, 01:29 AM

In one of the black and white pics above, we notice that the tang is twisted or mangled. Would anybody know why is that? For better grip against the hilt perhaps? Thanks.

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2nd April 2010, 08:18 PM	#3
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	#4
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	#7
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

3rd April 2010, 01:29 AM	#8
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	In one of the black and white pics above, we notice that the tang is twisted or mangled. Would anybody know why is that? For better grip against the hilt perhaps? Thanks.