Mandaya Spear

Bill M · 21st December 2008, 02:24 PM

Recently acquired Mandaya spear. Longest spear I own. 9' 9" OAL! That is about three METERS! For comparison, I am 6'2" (1.9m)

The head is about 16" long 40.6cm, Ferrule adds another 6" (15.3cm) iron spike on butt about 6" Shaft is very flexible, but strong.

Rick · 21st December 2008, 02:33 PM

Hi Bill,
A very nice score !! Two thumbs up .

Nice crisply executed form, a beauty !
Believe the haft may be palmwood .

Interesting that your example is a tanged head and my pair are socketed .
http://www.arscives.com/historysteel...s1/188-rb5.jpg

The lightness in the hand of these spears is remarkable for their great length .

Is that piece ex-Bandholtz perhaps ?

Congratulations !!

VVV · 21st December 2008, 02:56 PM

Congratulations on both the spear and the panabas!

In a way I am reliefed that I didn't win it myself as I wouldn't be able to ship it home from SF with that length.

Michael

CharlesS · 22nd December 2008, 01:30 AM

Gorgeous spear.

VANDOO · 22nd December 2008, 05:41 AM

CONGRADULATIONS BILL

IT IS INDEED A BEAUTY

DO YOU HAVE A TAIL TO TELL OF HOW YOU GOT IT HOME OR DID IT JUST COME IN A LONG PVC. IN THE MAIL?
I BOUGHT ONE OF SIMULAR SIZE MANY YEARS BACK AT A GUN SHOW IN SAN ANTONIO ,TX. I WAS IN MY COUSINS SMALL CAR SO HAD TO RIDE ALONG HOLDING IT ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR THE URGE TO JOUST WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS STRONG BUT I RESISTED.

I THEN PUT IT ACROSS MY CAMPER AND THRU THE WINDOW INTO MY TRUCK CAB AND HAD TO SLEEP WITH THE THING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
MY LATEST ADVENTURE OF THAT SORT WAS GETTING HOME FROM THE GUN SHOW WITH A 9 FOOT 2 IN. JIVARO BLOWGUN IN A 14 FOOT CAR IT JUST FIT FROM THE TRUNK DRIVERS SIDE ACROSS THE CAR AND AGAINST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD.
OH THE SUFFERING WE HAVE TO DO TO FEED OUR COLLECTORS ADDICTION

Battara · 22nd December 2008, 04:42 PM

Beautiful puppy! (woof)

Bill M · 14th January 2011, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VANDOO

CONGRADULATIONS BILL

IT IS INDEED A BEAUTY

DO YOU HAVE A TAIL TO TELL OF HOW YOU GOT IT HOME OR DID IT JUST COME IN A LONG PVC. IN THE MAIL?
I BOUGHT ONE OF SIMULAR SIZE MANY YEARS BACK AT A GUN SHOW IN SAN ANTONIO ,TX. I WAS IN MY COUSINS SMALL CAR SO HAD TO RIDE ALONG HOLDING IT ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR THE URGE TO JOUST WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS STRONG BUT I RESISTED.

I THEN PUT IT ACROSS MY CAMPER AND THRU THE WINDOW INTO MY TRUCK CAB AND HAD TO SLEEP WITH THE THING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
MY LATEST ADVENTURE OF THAT SORT WAS GETTING HOME FROM THE GUN SHOW WITH A 9 FOOT 2 IN. JIVARO BLOWGUN IN A 14 FOOT CAR IT JUST FIT FROM THE TRUNK DRIVERS SIDE ACROSS THE CAR AND AGAINST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD.
OH THE SUFFERING WE HAVE TO DO TO FEED OUR COLLECTORS ADDICTION

Barry, It came in a long pvc tube with a few others I won at the same time. I did manage to bring back a 260 pound, 54" Lantaka bronze cannon in the trunk of my Eldorado Cadillac from Toledo Ohio. Just barely fit diagonally. took three people to get it out! We DO have to "suffer" to feed our addictions!!

VANDOO · 14th January 2011, 06:51 PM

HI BILL
THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THE AQUIRING OF NEW ITEMS FOR OUR COLLECTIONS ESPECIALLY ON A TRIP OFTEN ADDS TO THE ADVENTURE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ITEM.
I SAW A RECENT EPISODE OF ONE OF THE PAWN SHOP SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV AND THEY FEATURED A PHILIPPINE HEADHUNTERS AX. THE EXPERT THEY CALLED IN SURE LOOKED A LOT LIKE YOU, ARE YOU MOONLIGHTING AS A TV CELEBERTY THESE DAYS

Bill M · 15th January 2011, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VANDOO

HI BILL
THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THE AQUIRING OF NEW ITEMS FOR OUR COLLECTIONS ESPECIALLY ON A TRIP OFTEN ADDS TO THE ADVENTURE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ITEM.
I SAW A RECENT EPISODE OF ONE OF THE PAWN SHOP SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV AND THEY FEATURED A PHILIPPINE HEADHUNTERS AX. THE EXPERT THEY CALLED IN SURE LOOKED A LOT LIKE YOU, ARE YOU MOONLIGHTING AS A TV CELEBERTY THESE DAYS

That was me. Had a lot of fun with that ax. The one they had was "made for people who travel." I brought two good ones. Paul had a lot of fun swinging the Kalinga ax around. I warned him that it was sharp. I saw him later putting butterfly bandages on his leg. Oops! Lucky it was just a nick. He tried to buy my ax from me.

Navigator · 17th January 2011, 02:03 AM

Hi Bill,
I saw you on TV with a couple of head axes.
One was a long graceful piece.
Woud you mind posting some photos with some information about it?

tom hyle · 19th March 2011, 04:22 AM

wow; super-beauty! It's such a shame, all the cut off and dismounted spear handles.......

tom hyle · 19th March 2011, 04:24 AM

The blade is the sword, but I gotta tell you that the handle is a really big part of the technology of a spear, and often a technology far more sophisticated than people from nonspear culture imagine

21st December 2008, 02:24 PM	#1
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Mandaya Spear Recently acquired Mandaya spear. Longest spear I own. 9' 9" OAL! That is about three METERS! For comparison, I am 6'2" (1.9m) The head is about 16" long 40.6cm, Ferrule adds another 6" (15.3cm) iron spike on butt about 6" Shaft is very flexible, but strong. Attached Images

21st December 2008, 02:33 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	Hi Bill, A very nice score !! Two thumbs up . Nice crisply executed form, a beauty ! Believe the haft may be palmwood . Interesting that your example is a tanged head and my pair are socketed . http://www.arscives.com/historysteel...s1/188-rb5.jpg The lightness in the hand of these spears is remarkable for their great length . Is that piece ex-Bandholtz perhaps ? Congratulations !!

21st December 2008, 02:56 PM	#3
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Congratulations on both the spear and the panabas! In a way I am reliefed that I didn't win it myself as I wouldn't be able to ship it home from SF with that length. Michael

22nd December 2008, 01:30 AM	#4
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	Gorgeous spear.

22nd December 2008, 05:41 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	CONGRADULATIONS BILL IT IS INDEED A BEAUTY DO YOU HAVE A TAIL TO TELL OF HOW YOU GOT IT HOME OR DID IT JUST COME IN A LONG PVC. IN THE MAIL? I BOUGHT ONE OF SIMULAR SIZE MANY YEARS BACK AT A GUN SHOW IN SAN ANTONIO ,TX. I WAS IN MY COUSINS SMALL CAR SO HAD TO RIDE ALONG HOLDING IT ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR THE URGE TO JOUST WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS STRONG BUT I RESISTED. I THEN PUT IT ACROSS MY CAMPER AND THRU THE WINDOW INTO MY TRUCK CAB AND HAD TO SLEEP WITH THE THING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. MY LATEST ADVENTURE OF THAT SORT WAS GETTING HOME FROM THE GUN SHOW WITH A 9 FOOT 2 IN. JIVARO BLOWGUN IN A 14 FOOT CAR IT JUST FIT FROM THE TRUNK DRIVERS SIDE ACROSS THE CAR AND AGAINST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. OH THE SUFFERING WE HAVE TO DO TO FEED OUR COLLECTORS ADDICTION

22nd December 2008, 04:42 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	Beautiful puppy! (woof)

14th January 2011, 06:51 PM	#8
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	HI BILL THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THE AQUIRING OF NEW ITEMS FOR OUR COLLECTIONS ESPECIALLY ON A TRIP OFTEN ADDS TO THE ADVENTURE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ITEM. I SAW A RECENT EPISODE OF ONE OF THE PAWN SHOP SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV AND THEY FEATURED A PHILIPPINE HEADHUNTERS AX. THE EXPERT THEY CALLED IN SURE LOOKED A LOT LIKE YOU, ARE YOU MOONLIGHTING AS A TV CELEBERTY THESE DAYS

17th January 2011, 02:03 AM	#10
Navigator Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10	Hi Bill, I saw you on TV with a couple of head axes. One was a long graceful piece. Woud you mind posting some photos with some information about it?

19th March 2011, 04:22 AM	#11
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	wow; super-beauty! It's such a shame, all the cut off and dismounted spear handles.......

19th March 2011, 04:24 AM	#12
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The blade is the sword, but I gotta tell you that the handle is a really big part of the technology of a spear, and often a technology far more sophisticated than people from nonspear culture imagine