New Acquisition, Mandau, said to be 1800's

milandro · 21st February 2023, 09:03 AM

because earlier markings are not punched but chiseled and because of the lettertype used it looks , to me , something of the beginning od the 20th century

One can hypothesise any kind of thing but the reality is that without any safe and documented provenance they stay hypothesis

This, to my eye, is a pice made either with a piece of western steel or by a western smith which was repurposed to make this Mandau.

Even pieces made on Tjikeroeh (where lots of stuff was forged , in any sense of this verb.....) are showing the dates and other markings chiseled (as late as the '30)

21st February 2023, 09:03 AM	#13
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	because earlier markings are not punched but chiseled and because of the lettertype used it looks , to me , something of the beginning od the 20th century One can hypothesise any kind of thing but the reality is that without any safe and documented provenance they stay hypothesis This, to my eye, is a pice made either with a piece of western steel or by a western smith which was repurposed to make this Mandau. Even pieces made on Tjikeroeh (where lots of stuff was forged , in any sense of this verb.....) are showing the dates and other markings chiseled (as late as the '30) Attached Images