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I got one, I got one!!!
![]() Usually I see Lew snatch these beauties up, and I've wanted one since I first saw them in one of his posts: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=240 My example has a simple - though beautifully carved - wooden hilt, and what appears to be a very well made blade with compound fullers. There is some script etched into the blade, I cannot tell from the seller's pictures whether it is arabic. It is missing the scabbard unfortunately. Comments and some clearer id would be much appreciated. Regards, Emanuel |
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![]() Emanuel, thats a very nice blade....I too like the North African arm knives ![]() |
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Very nice knife blade. You should try to find a suitable sheath. On ebay, it's possible to buy cheap tourist knives. But mostly the sheaths are well made.
Katana, this is not a North African knife, rather a West African knife. ![]() |
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Thanks!
I'll look for an appropriate sheath...I just noticed on the second to last picture it looks like a chunk is broken off the hilt...too bad, it lookd almost perfect! Any ideas about where specifically examples like this one come from? They seem to vary a lot in shape and blade quality...are some variants specific to certain countries or ethnic groups? Emanuel |
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As to the provenance, Tim is quite right when he states that the origin could be West-Africa. These knives were traded all over the Sahara region and beyond. There are a lot of different styles of arm dagger to be found. Here is a brand new arm dagger. It was bought by a person who worked in the Sudan, near Darfur. He bought this knife in 2004, in a village between El Fasher, El Geneina and Nyala. The blade is cut from a piece of steel and razor sharp. In addition to the knife, the sheath also contains a long needle and a pair of tweezers. The sheath is made from leather. But to 'embellish' it, the maker took some kind of plastic material with lizard print and added it to the sheath. ![]() Here are two pics of the knife in its sheath. Later, I will post a pic of the knife itself. ![]() ![]() |
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I was watching that one ![]() ![]() Congrats Lew |
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Hi Lew,
Good thing you passed over it ![]() I can't wait to get my hands on it...and I can understand how you'd have a drawer full of them. I'll look for the simple leather scabbards with thick braided loop. I think I'll stay away from the ones with snake/croc/miscelaneous reptile skin... Thanks, Emanuel |
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I think the second picture of the script says Omdurman. This can be seen in other threads so it would normaly be listed as East African although also the North.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3499 |
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Thanks for adding this comment Tim, I was sure (originally) it was North / Sudanese but Freddy (whom I know is very knowledgeable) said it was Western and assumed he was right, and knew something I didn't. Then I started to think that the knife was manfactured in the West and had ended up in the N /NE and then had been inscribed with the Arabic text. We live ...and learn ....I should really 'challenge' information given... so that there is an explaination as to the statements given....to validate them. A LESSON LEARNED..... ![]() Tim...do you think this knife could be a relic of the Mahdist era?.....it doesn't seem to have enough age ![]() |
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