More on modern-made Taiwanese Aborigine (原住民) blades... I am surprised at how helpful some folks are... when the person contacting them in far away and may never meet them face to face. I am trying to figure out the general location of the few aboriginal or sino-aboriginal blade-makers left.... so far I am having more success with the Atayal, perhaps because I am more interested in their blades or perhaps because their blade making and usage is more intact... not sure.
If Yuanzhumin (anglicized for 原住民) was around more I'm sure he'd be way more helpful!
EDIT: Yuanzhumin if you're reading this stuff, please feel free to chime in.
I take no credit for these photos, they belong to their owners, posted on flickr
Yugan Dali's photos on flickr. These are puli (bul
ee) and laraw (la-r
ow).
fm4715/魯獅's photo on flickr. I do not recognize who makes these Laraw.
Kimisibal's photo on flickr... looks to be from Hualien but I am not sure.
