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Old 23rd August 2012, 01:34 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by T. Koch
The spine is indeed concave - as I believe I pointed out in my first post somewhere in the Wall O'Text up there. No worries guys, we in the digital generations have nuked our attention span a looong time ago.
Not a matter of the curvature of the spine Thor, but the sides of the blade. A true mandau has one side of the blade slightly concave and the other side convex. I believe the theory is that this shape aided in the taking of heads. My attention span is just fine, thanks...
Speaking of attention span, still waiting on some more detailed photos...
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