African Knife with hardstone pommel

[Lew]

Originally Posted by Kipinga50

Hi Templarnight,
Your dagger is originally from Sudan, its crocodile sheath is typical of the work of South Sudanese. Its handle has not necessarily been modificated because this type of freestyle work was very common , and these weapons was not all stereotyped as some believe some collectors who rely on their books.

Hi Kapinga

I must disagree I have about two dozen Sudanese daggers from the northern and southern areas of the country and have seen at least one hundred others over the last twenty or so years. None of them had these stone pommels except for those sold to persons who traveled for pleasure back in the first quarter of the 20th century. The dagger in question probably had the hilt damaged and some local dealer had it repaired at some point. The blade seems to be of good quality but I concerned about the scabbard usually these scabbards are more for show and not warrior related. The other theory is that these were some type of ceremonial dagger but I have my doubts .

Lew