Another Sudan dagger for comment

[Dom]

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Hi All
This just ended another arm dagger but what is that needle thing for?
Lew

to remove the thorns from bush?
often, those arm dagger have a short metal part at extremity of the handle for that purpose
you are sure about the Sudanese origine for that dagger?

an other hand, Masaï have custom to take some quantity of blood from their cattles for their feeding, that long needle could be useful for that action

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Dom

[Lew]

Originally Posted by Dom

to remove the thorns from bush?
often, those arm dagger have a short metal part at extremity of the handle for that purpose
you are sure about the Sudanese origine for that dagger?

an other hand, Masaï have custom to take some quantity of blood from their cattles for their feeding, that long needle could be useful for that action

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Dom

Hi Dom
The seller said he obtained it was purchased it in the Sahara Desert in 1989 ?
It's not Massai and I do have a around 8 of these knives in my collection all with similar features its missing the disk pommel but it is could be a variation of that style of dagger. Where do you think it comes from?


Lew

[Flavio]

Definitively sudanese! Sometimes these daggers come with a needle or a tweezers. Nice dagger

[Lew]

The dagger arrived today. Here is a good pic of it. The hilt has a nice artistic finale on the butt.


Lew