Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Sudanese (?) crocodile sheathed triple dagger set with Arabic script

VANDOO · 27th July 2006, 04:04 PM

A NICE SET

THERE IS A OLD POST IN THE ARCHIVES ON THIS TYPE OF ITEM WHICH DOES GIVE A TIME FRAME OF WHEN THEY WERE MADE. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WAS SAID OR WHAT THE TOPIC WAS. PERHAPS A SEARCH UNDER 3 DAGGER SET AND CROCODILE MIGHT TURN IT UP. THE SCABBARD TIP WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REPAIR AS RAW CROCODILE SKIN WILL BE DIFFICULT TO COME ACROSS, YOU CAN SOMETIMES FIND A OLD PURSE OR SHOES AT A THRIFT STORE OR ESTATE SALE TO CUT UP AND USE BUT THAT LEATHER IS TANNED AND WILL NOT MATCH. SEARCH ON EBAY UNDER TAXIDERMY, CROCODILE ECT YOU NIGHT TURN UP SOMETHING. YOUR EXAMPLE IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN USED NOT JUST SOLD TO A TOURIST, IF THE REPAIR TO THE MIDDLE DAGGER HANDLE IS A NATIVE REPAIR IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED AT SOME TIME. IT ALSO APPEARS ONE HANDLE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT DOSEN'T MATCH THE OTHER TWO.

27th July 2006, 04:04 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A NICE SET THERE IS A OLD POST IN THE ARCHIVES ON THIS TYPE OF ITEM WHICH DOES GIVE A TIME FRAME OF WHEN THEY WERE MADE. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WAS SAID OR WHAT THE TOPIC WAS. PERHAPS A SEARCH UNDER 3 DAGGER SET AND CROCODILE MIGHT TURN IT UP. THE SCABBARD TIP WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REPAIR AS RAW CROCODILE SKIN WILL BE DIFFICULT TO COME ACROSS, YOU CAN SOMETIMES FIND A OLD PURSE OR SHOES AT A THRIFT STORE OR ESTATE SALE TO CUT UP AND USE BUT THAT LEATHER IS TANNED AND WILL NOT MATCH. SEARCH ON EBAY UNDER TAXIDERMY, CROCODILE ECT YOU NIGHT TURN UP SOMETHING. YOUR EXAMPLE IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN USED NOT JUST SOLD TO A TOURIST, IF THE REPAIR TO THE MIDDLE DAGGER HANDLE IS A NATIVE REPAIR IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED AT SOME TIME. IT ALSO APPEARS ONE HANDLE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT DOSEN'T MATCH THE OTHER TWO.