what mandau is this?

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by Green

here are the notches i meant.

Hello Green,

1: I would say a nice Kayan mandau, but I'm no expert.

2: A head hunting mandau is thick at the base, sharp, quite heavy, forward balanced, often "decorated" with nicks and has a concave/convex blade. The best head hunting mandau are made from clay tempered, laminated high quality steel with a beautiful hamon. I have one of these .

3: I heard, that the number of brass points in many mandau are equal to the number of "purloined" heads.


Roland