Knobkerries

Tim Simmons · 7th June 2005, 08:00 PM

You cannot say you collect African weapons with out one.Rubbish ones are still made and hawked today.Made through out a huge area of southern Africa.A good one is a pleasure to handle and compared to southern spears an extravagant use of wood.These are my examples, both aprox-69cm long.Somebody out there must have some of the more exciting ones with the carved or off-set heads.I hope to start something off by saying, the ones with brass wire are not Zulu but other people further north like what was Mashonaland.Tim

7th June 2005, 08:00 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,840	Knobkerries You cannot say you collect African weapons with out one.Rubbish ones are still made and hawked today.Made through out a huge area of southern Africa.A good one is a pleasure to handle and compared to southern spears an extravagant use of wood.These are my examples, both aprox-69cm long.Somebody out there must have some of the more exciting ones with the carved or off-set heads.I hope to start something off by saying, the ones with brass wire are not Zulu but other people further north like what was Mashonaland.Tim Last edited by Tim Simmons; 8th June 2005 at 07:53 PM. Reason: spelling