African knife?

ariel · 18th March 2006, 07:39 PM

Three or four of those were sold right now , all for peanuts.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
North African? New?

Valjhun · 18th March 2006, 11:19 PM

Well assuming that the same seller had about a 20-30 similar daggers for sale and that he deals predominantly new made swords....

Well I saw some similar pieces at a bazar in Djerba-Tunis the last year...

Zan · 19th March 2006, 12:38 AM

Hi everybody,

It is a letter-opener made in the tuareg-style, typical of West Africa. I have an almost identical one. It is a very nice utilitarian object, but certainly not a weapon, and for sure not ethnographic

Sincerely,

Zan

18th March 2006, 07:39 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	African knife? Three or four of those were sold right now , all for peanuts. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT North African? New?

18th March 2006, 11:19 PM	#2
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Well assuming that the same seller had about a 20-30 similar daggers for sale and that he deals predominantly new made swords.... Well I saw some similar pieces at a bazar in Djerba-Tunis the last year...

19th March 2006, 12:38 AM	#3
Zan Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada Posts: 46	Hi everybody, It is a letter-opener made in the tuareg-style, typical of West Africa. I have an almost identical one. It is a very nice utilitarian object, but certainly not a weapon, and for sure not ethnographic Sincerely, Zan