Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - African iron arrow points from a local antique shop

trenchwarfare · 17th August 2012, 03:34 PM

I have seen these arrow heads offered for sale in quantity, as African. Fleabay is full of them. Or was anyway. Given that so many are around, you have to question their age. Most are billed as 19th century, and could be. But as easy as iron is to "patinate" who knows.

17th August 2012, 03:34 PM	#2
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	I have seen these arrow heads offered for sale in quantity, as African. Fleabay is full of them. Or was anyway. Given that so many are around, you have to question their age. Most are billed as 19th century, and could be. But as easy as iron is to "patinate" who knows.