Small = Nice !

Freddy · 6th August 2007, 10:13 AM

I found this piece on the Bruges antique market yesterday. Couldn't resist buying it.

It's a very small African knife, complete with its sheath. The seller told me it came from Congo, but I'm not sure of this. Could also be West-Africa.

This piece has a length of 16,5 cm in its sheath. The blade itself measures 8,6 cm and is 2,1 cm wide.
What is interesting, I think, is the blade. The shaped reminds me of the blades from some pocket knives I have in my collection.
There's also no tang protruding from the top of the handle (as so often seen on African knives).
Could it be that a clever African found a good blade of a pocket knife and converted it to an African piece ?

Here are some pics

6th August 2007, 10:13 AM	#1
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Small = Nice ! I found this piece on the Bruges antique market yesterday. Couldn't resist buying it. It's a very small African knife, complete with its sheath. The seller told me it came from Congo, but I'm not sure of this. Could also be West-Africa. This piece has a length of 16,5 cm in its sheath. The blade itself measures 8,6 cm and is 2,1 cm wide. What is interesting, I think, is the blade. The shaped reminds me of the blades from some pocket knives I have in my collection. There's also no tang protruding from the top of the handle (as so often seen on African knives). Could it be that a clever African found a good blade of a pocket knife and converted it to an African piece ? Here are some pics