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[naturalist]

The SAMIDRI falls to ambang, working tools. It is not SAMIDRI PIN but SAMIDRI PIR. Pir referring to PER => spring steel. It means the blade made of spring steel. Spring steel is valued to be "good quality" material. Samidri is the blacksmith name. In the traditional market, it is common to see implementing tool vendors selling ambang blanks. Somewhere in this forum someone said sanaman MANAP. There is famous blacksmith from Banjarmasin who has mark MANAP. MANAP or MANAF blanks which wrapped with clear plastic will sale 2-3x of the ordinary ambang.The MANAP is not famous only in around Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) but also up to Central Kalimantan from Palangkaraya up to upper Barito River. MANAP known to have good heat treatment, it able to cut nail without damaging the blade. So marking is very common

Originally Posted by Green

I just got this mandau yesterday. The blade is simple and heavily rusted. There are two features that I would like to understand and hope mandau lovers and experts here can help to explain.

1) On the base of the blade was etched the name SAMIDRI PIN. Does anyone here familiar with this name? who is he?. Does this mean that this mandau is specifically commissioned by this gent or could he bought it and etched the name later? is this a normal practise?