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VANDOO · 5th March 2015, 04:26 PM

IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OLD ONE TO ME I WOULD GUESS IBAN BUT THEN I AM FAR FROM AN EXPERT. THE HANDLE IS DRIED OUT AND PERHAPS SUN BLEACHED FROM A LONG PERIOD OF STORAGE. BONE AND ANTLER BOTH OXIDIZE AND FORM A WHITE CHALKY COAT LIKE YOUR EXAMPLE'S HANDLE APPEARS TO HAVE. IT SHOULD CLEAN UP NICELY WITH JUST A LIGHT CLEANING AND OILING OR WAXING UP. THE BLADE , HANDLE AND SCABBARD MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED OVER THE LIFE OF THE MANDAU OR ALL ORIGINAL. ON THIS PARTICULAR SWORD I WOULD GUESS ALL THE WORK WAS DONE BY THE DAYAK OWNER AND NOT JUST FIXED UP TO SELL. I LIKE THESE OLD ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH OUTSIDE OF THE CULTURE THAT CREATED THEM.

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5th March 2015, 04:26 PM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OLD ONE TO ME I WOULD GUESS IBAN BUT THEN I AM FAR FROM AN EXPERT. THE HANDLE IS DRIED OUT AND PERHAPS SUN BLEACHED FROM A LONG PERIOD OF STORAGE. BONE AND ANTLER BOTH OXIDIZE AND FORM A WHITE CHALKY COAT LIKE YOUR EXAMPLE'S HANDLE APPEARS TO HAVE. IT SHOULD CLEAN UP NICELY WITH JUST A LIGHT CLEANING AND OILING OR WAXING UP. THE BLADE , HANDLE AND SCABBARD MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED OVER THE LIFE OF THE MANDAU OR ALL ORIGINAL. ON THIS PARTICULAR SWORD I WOULD GUESS ALL THE WORK WAS DONE BY THE DAYAK OWNER AND NOT JUST FIXED UP TO SELL. I LIKE THESE OLD ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH OUTSIDE OF THE CULTURE THAT CREATED THEM.