Whistlinbill's Collection #5: Mandau

Lee · 27th January 2012, 06:51 PM

... and miscellaneous for identification and comment...

Atlantia · 27th January 2012, 06:54 PM

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!

carlos · 27th January 2012, 10:57 PM

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!!

Mark · 28th January 2012, 05:10 PM

The middle one looks like a cross between a parang nabur and a mandau

Maurice · 28th January 2012, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

The middle one looks like a cross between a parang nabur and a mandau

Looks more like some type of Langgai Tinggang to me, used by the Ibans.
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

David · 28th January 2012, 06:26 PM

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.
The top one looks to be aimed at "those who travel for pleasure".

Maurice · 28th January 2012, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David

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.
The top one looks to be aimed at "those who travel for pleasure".

You're right David.
I'm sure the lower one is convex at the bottom side.
We are looking at the concave side on the image.

whistlinbill · 29th January 2012, 02:53 AM

Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! And you are very kind about the
t3 (my designation--terrible tourist trash)! In the olden times, I sort of
tried to buy anything that looked different to what I had.
Again, thanks so much--I so much appreciate your scholarly work!
Bill

asomotif · 1st February 2012, 12:08 AM

Could we have some more pictures of sword nr.2 ?
It looks like a Langgai Tinggang to me. and a very good/nice one as well.

Best regards,
Willem

Lee · 1st February 2012, 03:22 PM

We will have to rely upon Whistlinbill for the requested closeups of #2; the image shown was not greatly reduced from the original.

Here is another extracted from another series:

27th January 2012, 06:51 PM	#1
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 914	Whistlinbill's Collection #5: Mandau ... and miscellaneous for identification and comment... Attached Images

1st February 2012, 03:22 PM	#10
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 914	We will have to rely upon Whistlinbill for the requested closeups of #2; the image shown was not greatly reduced from the original. Here is another extracted from another series: Attached Images

27th January 2012, 06:54 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	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!

27th January 2012, 10:57 PM	#3
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 737	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!!

28th January 2012, 05:10 PM	#4
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	The middle one looks like a cross between a parang nabur and a mandau

28th January 2012, 06:26 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,123	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. The top one looks to be aimed at "those who travel for pleasure".

29th January 2012, 02:53 AM	#8
whistlinbill Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 24	Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! And you are very kind about the t3 (my designation--terrible tourist trash)! In the olden times, I sort of tried to buy anything that looked different to what I had. Again, thanks so much--I so much appreciate your scholarly work! Bill

1st February 2012, 12:08 AM	#9
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,225	Could we have some more pictures of sword nr.2 ? It looks like a Langgai Tinggang to me. and a very good/nice one as well. Best regards, Willem