Interesting mandau handle
 

This is a mandau that Fred Coluzzi sent us some years ago. He says
the handle is a rough cast Japanese naval D-ring style. But was it put on
by a native that liked that form, or was it made by a Japanese soldier who
liked the blade. There are two characters at the base of the blade that
could be either Chinese or Japanese although i was told that it could be
Korean. The blade is very well made, with some of the most delicate fret-
work that i have seen in a mandau. No scabbard. What do you think.
Dave.

Curses!!!!!!!!This computer simply will not cooperate when it comes to
posting pictures............Dave.

Hello Dave,

I'm curious of the pictures.
Feel free to send the images to my emailaddress: mbloebaum@gmail.com, and I will put them in your thread.

Rg,
Maurice

Maurice: Thanks much, but Kino is already helping me work through the
Problem. Hopefully we will get it all sorted out soon and you will be able to
see the Mandau...............Dave.

Mandau photos
 

Dave and Lonna's Mandau

What an interesting piece, Kino!

familiar piece
 

Yep, I knew I had seen this one before.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...apanese+mandau

Only thing to add to the other thread would be a translation of the characters on the blade.

Asomotif: Boy, i must have a really bad memory. I really don't remember
having this posted before, but obviously there it is.........Dave.

Well, it is already 4 years ago.
Maybe new members can contribute with new input. :)

That kind of blades aren't used for fighting so I assume that it's not from a captured mandau.
There is a thread somewhere where we dicussed presentation mandaus.
I go for that its' a local combination, maybe involving somebody Chinese in Kuching.

Michael