Congo sword for ID and restoration advice

Tim Simmons · 5th September 2006, 06:54 AM

This is from tribes in the east of the Congo, Lokele,Mbole, ect. I would just clean it with oil and some grit paper {carefully} if the rust is heavy and stubborn, using your finger tips just on the hard bits. Then just oil and steel wool from heavy to fine. If the blade looks a bit stark after that try shoe wax. As for age , wood does not last that long in the tropics so the handle could be a replacement, the blade could be much older.

This picture from "Der fer et de fierte" paints a thousand words about how isolated some Congo people were untill quite recent times. The truck and the gentlemen in thier Sunday best.

5th September 2006, 06:54 AM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	This is from tribes in the east of the Congo, Lokele,Mbole, ect. I would just clean it with oil and some grit paper {carefully} if the rust is heavy and stubborn, using your finger tips just on the hard bits. Then just oil and steel wool from heavy to fine. If the blade looks a bit stark after that try shoe wax. As for age , wood does not last that long in the tropics so the handle could be a replacement, the blade could be much older. This picture from "Der fer et de fierte" paints a thousand words about how isolated some Congo people were untill quite recent times. The truck and the gentlemen in thier Sunday best. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 5th September 2006 at 07:03 AM. Reason: stuff