Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - I say it's Filipino my friend insists it's African...

AHite · 24th February 2025, 07:24 PM

Thanks for your responses! My friend, whom I have bought several ethnographic weapons from over time, is a rather excitable person. He was almost angry that I suggested that the curved blade knife was not African. "How could a knife from the Philippines end up in Africa, HUH?" I let the subject pass.

There's an old rule in collecting, "Buy the item at hand, not the story".

Andrew Hite

24th February 2025, 07:24 PM	#5
AHite Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 55	Thanks for your responses! My friend, whom I have bought several ethnographic weapons from over time, is a rather excitable person. He was almost angry that I suggested that the curved blade knife was not African. "How could a knife from the Philippines end up in Africa, HUH?" I let the subject pass. There's an old rule in collecting, "Buy the item at hand, not the story". Andrew Hite