A new sickle knife

Freddy · 21st November 2006, 09:41 PM

Last week was good to me : I found great stuff

Here's a sickle knife.

I had some trouble identifying this sword, but finally I found the answer in 'Tribal Arms Monograph, Part 1 (1996) by Jan Elsen.

According to Jan Elsen this piece comes from the Mongo people, including tribes like : Lia, Konda, Kundu, Kote, Ntomba, Ngandu and Saka.

The blade has some engravings on one side. The other side is left plain, besides the big grooves in the middle of the blade (can be seen on both sides).
The handle is made of wood, partially covered with copper binding. This binding continues covering the base of the blade.

Total length : 50 cm

fernando · 21st November 2006, 11:11 PM

very nice

Tim Simmons · 22nd November 2006, 06:55 PM

That is nice, almost an axe.

21st November 2006, 09:41 PM	#1
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	A new sickle knife Last week was good to me : I found great stuff Here's a sickle knife. I had some trouble identifying this sword, but finally I found the answer in 'Tribal Arms Monograph, Part 1 (1996) by Jan Elsen. According to Jan Elsen this piece comes from the Mongo people, including tribes like : Lia, Konda, Kundu, Kote, Ntomba, Ngandu and Saka. The blade has some engravings on one side. The other side is left plain, besides the big grooves in the middle of the blade (can be seen on both sides). The handle is made of wood, partially covered with copper binding. This binding continues covering the base of the blade. Total length : 50 cm

21st November 2006, 11:11 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	very nice

22nd November 2006, 06:55 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	That is nice, almost an axe.