SUDANESE DAGGER FOR COMMENT

Flavio · 26th May 2005, 10:51 PM

Hello dear friends. Here is a sudanese dagger but have you more info about the specific area or the age? Thank you

ariel · 27th May 2005, 04:23 AM

I saw a similar one in the Leeds Armoury.
It's proper name is Loi-bo
Here is the pic of the label and a little bit of the blade. Sorry for the quality but I thought we need to know the proper name.

Lew · 27th May 2005, 03:01 PM

Hi Flavio

Nice dagger! Was this an Ebay purchase? I thought I saw one similar to it last month. Well I think it could be Hausig do to the shape of the hilt as far as age goes I would say early to mid 20th century? It seems to be very well made dagger with an exellent quality blade. Congrats!

Lew

Flavio · 27th May 2005, 03:17 PM

Hello Lew, thank you. Yes this is an Ebay purchase, but it's an old purchase (maybe a year ago). Anyway often I see daggers like this on ebay

Hal Siegel · 5th June 2005, 12:44 AM

A very nice dagger, Flavio.

I believe that the Holbein-ish t-grip shape of the grip indicates an origin from Cameroon rather than the Sudan. We had a discussion about this style of dagger on the "old" forum a year or so back, but I couldn't find the discussion quickly using the Archive search.

Here's a more recent (and more touristy!) version of a Cameroon dagger:

Flavio · 5th June 2005, 11:25 AM

Thank you very much Hal. Now i'm very curious to read this old thread. Could anyone help to find it?

26th May 2005, 10:51 PM	#1
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	SUDANESE DAGGER FOR COMMENT Hello dear friends. Here is a sudanese dagger but have you more info about the specific area or the age? Thank you Attached Images

27th May 2005, 04:23 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I saw a similar one in the Leeds Armoury. It's proper name is Loi-bo Here is the pic of the label and a little bit of the blade. Sorry for the quality but I thought we need to know the proper name. Attached Images

27th May 2005, 03:01 PM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi Flavio Nice dagger! Was this an Ebay purchase? I thought I saw one similar to it last month. Well I think it could be Hausig do to the shape of the hilt as far as age goes I would say early to mid 20th century? It seems to be very well made dagger with an exellent quality blade. Congrats! Lew

27th May 2005, 03:17 PM	#4
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hello Lew, thank you. Yes this is an Ebay purchase, but it's an old purchase (maybe a year ago). Anyway often I see daggers like this on ebay

5th June 2005, 12:44 AM	#5
Hal Siegel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 15	A very nice dagger, Flavio. I believe that the Holbein-ish t-grip shape of the grip indicates an origin from Cameroon rather than the Sudan. We had a discussion about this style of dagger on the "old" forum a year or so back, but I couldn't find the discussion quickly using the Archive search. Here's a more recent (and more touristy!) version of a Cameroon dagger:

5th June 2005, 11:25 AM	#6
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you very much Hal. Now i'm very curious to read this old thread. Could anyone help to find it?