ID help for a greenhand. Mandau? Irianjaya "mandaus"?

Emanuel · 11th January 2010, 06:06 PM

Hello Cody,

Welcome to the forum. You posted this in the right place, but I'm sorry to say I think this is a relatively new piece, intended for sale to tourists, not for local use. The examples you linked to are representative of the new ones, very poorly made in comparison to the the old swords.
It makes for a very nice gift though, and it made you curious to learn about the culture that made it. That's always a good thing. Now you can spend the rest of your life reading the massive amount of information on this forum and the published material cited by its members

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Regards,
Emanuel

11th January 2010, 06:06 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello Cody, Welcome to the forum. You posted this in the right place, but I'm sorry to say I think this is a relatively new piece, intended for sale to tourists, not for local use. The examples you linked to are representative of the new ones, very poorly made in comparison to the the old swords. It makes for a very nice gift though, and it made you curious to learn about the culture that made it. That's always a good thing. Now you can spend the rest of your life reading the massive amount of information on this forum and the published material cited by its members . Regards, Emanuel