My first MANDAU

[ariel]

Originally Posted by RhysMichael

I like the looks of this one but I also know nothing about them. Several times I thought about getting one and did not because I did not know how to tell an older one from a new one and did not want to make some of the same mistakes I made when I started getting dha ( but the mistakes look good on the grandsons wall and he likes them ). So thanks for posting this and I will keep an eye on this thread with interest

Misery loves company: my two sons have their wall decorated with my mistakes, too.
Another point: suddenly, e-bay is overflown with Mandaus. Most of them have crudely and freshly painted scabbards, pefectly intact wood, a lot of hair and superficially rusted blades. No problem: fake. But there are many that look old and worn. Some of them are also fakes. The ddistinction between real ones and good fakes bust be very difficuly even for the specialists. I just swore them off: I know too litle about them and do not want to start decorating walls in my son friends' apartments
I guess the rest of the world is catching up with China and produces a lot of touristy junk