New mandau

David · 23rd August 2012, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by T. Koch

The spine is indeed concave - as I believe I pointed out in my first post somewhere in the Wall O'Text up there.

No worries guys, we in the digital generations have nuked our attention span a looong time ago.

Not a matter of the curvature of the spine Thor, but the sides of the blade. A true mandau has one side of the blade slightly concave and the other side convex. I believe the theory is that this shape aided in the taking of heads. My attention span is just fine, thanks...

Speaking of attention span, still waiting on some more detailed photos...

T. Koch · 24th August 2012, 01:32 AM

Aahaaa...the SIDES of the blades you say! It seems so strange now; Never once when reading it have I imagined that the description was along that axis. It makes so much more sense now. Thanks for explaining that David!

Then this is a parang indeed!

As I tried to ask before, albeit poorly frased was, if the term parang ilang isn't reserved for specimens with the small knife included, the term ilang referring to the small knife itself?

I'll work on the pictures, but I can't promise anything at the moment as I'm in between addresses and all boxed up. I just snapped the above crude ones at work right when it showed up, but I'll look into some better ones asap.

All the best, - Thor

T. Koch · 25th August 2012, 04:07 PM

Aaaaaah, NOW I see what you all mean! There is indeed a difference between the sides! When I hold it in my hand, spine up, the convex side is on the right, while the left side looks flat or I guess what you could call concave. It's just, that in my minds eye I imagined something more dramatic akin to a straight razor. I see now that it is more subtle and I also notice that the whole blade actually curves slightly to the left. You can even see it on the very tip too, but that is unfortunately out of focus on the last pic above.

And yes yes, pictures!

Cheers, - Thor

24th August 2012, 01:32 AM	#2
T. Koch Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mother North Posts: 189	Aahaaa...the SIDES of the blades you say! It seems so strange now; Never once when reading it have I imagined that the description was along that axis. It makes so much more sense now. Thanks for explaining that David! Then this is a parang indeed! As I tried to ask before, albeit poorly frased was, if the term parang ilang isn't reserved for specimens with the small knife included, the term ilang referring to the small knife itself? I'll work on the pictures, but I can't promise anything at the moment as I'm in between addresses and all boxed up. I just snapped the above crude ones at work right when it showed up, but I'll look into some better ones asap. All the best, - Thor

25th August 2012, 04:07 PM	#3
T. Koch Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mother North Posts: 189	Aaaaaah, NOW I see what you all mean! There is indeed a difference between the sides! When I hold it in my hand, spine up, the convex side is on the right, while the left side looks flat or I guess what you could call concave. It's just, that in my minds eye I imagined something more dramatic akin to a straight razor. I see now that it is more subtle and I also notice that the whole blade actually curves slightly to the left. You can even see it on the very tip too, but that is unfortunately out of focus on the last pic above. And yes yes, pictures! Cheers, - Thor