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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
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... and miscellaneous for identification and comment...
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Sharp end
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Beautiful trio! I'll have to wait for those versed in the esoteric mysteries of these beautiful weapons to tell us the details, but I love the middle one!
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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The first remember some parangs mades to the tourist from Sulawesi.I saw them sevaral years ago when I visited that island.The others pieces are fantastics, congratulations!!
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The middle one looks like a cross between a parang nabur and a mandau
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But looking at the scabbard it has also something of the Kenya's from the Baram area. The Parang Nabur has different features and a mandau is always convex and concave (which is not the case here). However.....Nice piece from Sarawak! Maurice |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nova Scotia
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I agree with Maurice. To be a proper mandau the blade must be convex on one side and concave on the other. I cannot tell from the photo if this is the case with the last blade on the bottom, but this one seems the best candidate for actually being a mandau. The first two are not, though the middle one is a beautiful sword.
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