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

VANDOO · 17th August 2012, 04:47 PM

A NICE SELECTION OF AFRICAN POINTS. ITS DIFFICULT TO TELL AGE ON IRON POINTS AND IN SOME AREAS THESE ARE STILL IN USE FOR HUNTING.
THEY ARE NO LONGER USED FOR WAR BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE WHO MAKE WAR THESE DAYS LIKE AK'S BETTER.
I HAVE A FAIR SELECTION OF THESE I DUG THRU A LARGE BIN FULL OF THEM A FEW YEARS AGO. THE REASON I LIKED THEM WAS THEY WERE WELL MADE AND HAD A GOOD DARK PATINA AND THE PRICE WAS RIGHT IF YOU BOUGHT IN VOLUME. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEE'S TRANSACTION AND MINE IS I SPENT QUITE A WHILE ENJOYING DIGGING THRU STUFF AND THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY POINTS AVAILABLE EVEN FOR ME TO TAKE THEM ALL.

THEY STRIKE ME AS GOOD POINTS MADE FOR USE NOT FOR TOURISTS. PERHAPS THE DEMAND DRYED UP AND THEY HAD A LARGE STOCK OF POINTS ON HAND. SOME DEALERS PICKED UP A LARGE STOCK AND PUT THEM ON THE MARKET. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THE SOURCE OF THESE BY COUNTRY AND TRIBAL GROUP, PERHAPS SOME DEALER WOULD KNOW WHICH COUNTRY THEY COME FROM.

17th August 2012, 04:47 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A NICE SELECTION OF AFRICAN POINTS. ITS DIFFICULT TO TELL AGE ON IRON POINTS AND IN SOME AREAS THESE ARE STILL IN USE FOR HUNTING. THEY ARE NO LONGER USED FOR WAR BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE WHO MAKE WAR THESE DAYS LIKE AK'S BETTER. I HAVE A FAIR SELECTION OF THESE I DUG THRU A LARGE BIN FULL OF THEM A FEW YEARS AGO. THE REASON I LIKED THEM WAS THEY WERE WELL MADE AND HAD A GOOD DARK PATINA AND THE PRICE WAS RIGHT IF YOU BOUGHT IN VOLUME. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEE'S TRANSACTION AND MINE IS I SPENT QUITE A WHILE ENJOYING DIGGING THRU STUFF AND THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY POINTS AVAILABLE EVEN FOR ME TO TAKE THEM ALL. THEY STRIKE ME AS GOOD POINTS MADE FOR USE NOT FOR TOURISTS. PERHAPS THE DEMAND DRYED UP AND THEY HAD A LARGE STOCK OF POINTS ON HAND. SOME DEALERS PICKED UP A LARGE STOCK AND PUT THEM ON THE MARKET. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THE SOURCE OF THESE BY COUNTRY AND TRIBAL GROUP, PERHAPS SOME DEALER WOULD KNOW WHICH COUNTRY THEY COME FROM.