Mandau With Questions

Roland_M · 13th February 2018, 05:16 PM

Hello Robert,

I'm not a great expert but I saw many Mandau in the Internet and books.

In my opinion your blade is at least 80 years old.

1: The shape of the blade and its size
2: The unusual handle, which I like a lot. All modern Mandau I know have either a poor handle (tourist swords) or a traditional handle.
3: The fuller seems old style

I believe your sword is old and was probably pretty early collected by western traveller/ missionars.

Roland

13th February 2018, 05:16 PM	#6
Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 525	Hello Robert, I'm not a great expert but I saw many Mandau in the Internet and books. In my opinion your blade is at least 80 years old. 1: The shape of the blade and its size 2: The unusual handle, which I like a lot. All modern Mandau I know have either a poor handle (tourist swords) or a traditional handle. 3: The fuller seems old style I believe your sword is old and was probably pretty early collected by western traveller/ missionars. Roland