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Old 4th March 2015, 03:29 PM   #1
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I just receive it today ,the handle is in poor condition with some lost ,the blade is very basic without decoration but it seems to be an old mandeau in my eyes.
I would like to have some opinions about this mandau.
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Old 4th March 2015, 03:34 PM   #2
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Old 4th March 2015, 03:38 PM   #3
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Old 5th March 2015, 04:26 PM   #4
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IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OLD ONE TO ME I WOULD GUESS IBAN BUT THEN I AM FAR FROM AN EXPERT. THE HANDLE IS DRIED OUT AND PERHAPS SUN BLEACHED FROM A LONG PERIOD OF STORAGE. BONE AND ANTLER BOTH OXIDIZE AND FORM A WHITE CHALKY COAT LIKE YOUR EXAMPLE'S HANDLE APPEARS TO HAVE. IT SHOULD CLEAN UP NICELY WITH JUST A LIGHT CLEANING AND OILING OR WAXING UP. THE BLADE , HANDLE AND SCABBARD MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED OVER THE LIFE OF THE MANDAU OR ALL ORIGINAL. ON THIS PARTICULAR SWORD I WOULD GUESS ALL THE WORK WAS DONE BY THE DAYAK OWNER AND NOT JUST FIXED UP TO SELL. I LIKE THESE OLD ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH OUTSIDE OF THE CULTURE THAT CREATED THEM.
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Old 6th March 2015, 09:36 AM   #5
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Hi Vandoo
Thank you for your comment.
I prefer to let it as it is, in original condition may be only wax for the blade and nothing more.

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Old 10th March 2015, 07:13 AM   #6
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Willen wrote me that that this type has been published on this forum before.this madau has a very old scabbard version from Kutei
and also an undecorated blade which are characteristics of Kutei mandau.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=kutei.
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Old 11th March 2015, 02:04 AM   #7
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Very Nice old Mandau..

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Old 11th March 2015, 04:50 AM   #8
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Was going to suggest the same as Willem and Ben...

BTW, what do you Borneo enthusiasts recommend for nurturing the dried out stag hilt? I'd be tempted to try some oil or at least microcrystalline wax rather than keeping it dried out as it is.

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Old 11th March 2015, 11:09 PM   #9
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BTW, what do you Borneo enthusiasts recommend for nurturing the dried out stag hilt? I'd be tempted to try some oil or at least microcrystalline wax rather than keeping it dried out as it is.

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I would put some wax on the hilt myself.
Probably also on the wood. just a bit.

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Old 12th March 2015, 09:24 PM   #10
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I would only clean the blade.


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Old 16th March 2015, 08:23 PM   #11
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The hilt is supercool!
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