Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A mandau with brass hilt for sharing and comment

kino · 11th March 2023, 04:37 PM

I’ve seen plenty of Mandau’s in the Forum pages and on-line but never with a brass hilt. A first look for me. Very nice, thanks for sharing.

I have seen and handled a Balato with a brass hilt, well just 1, maybe brass casted hilts is more common with Nias than Borneo.

11th March 2023, 04:37 PM	#11
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 976	I’ve seen plenty of Mandau’s in the Forum pages and on-line but never with a brass hilt. A first look for me. Very nice, thanks for sharing. I have seen and handled a Balato with a brass hilt, well just 1, maybe brass casted hilts is more common with Nias than Borneo.