Long swords from Nigerian/Cameroonian borderland (Vere/Namdchi ?)

Martin Lubojacky · 19th October 2010, 11:48 AM

Thank you very much for opinions. It is possible to find copies of "this style items" in handicraft shops Abuja. Usually the vendors say it is comming from Adamawa. This copies are smaller (like big daggers), mostly with sheaths, the casting work is more rough and it is missing signs of wear on the handle, usually it has been somehow blackened (you can see difference in colours of the metal if you look inside the sheath). I would say boom of selling this copies was cca around 1999 - 2000, now they occure just seldom. Because of a very smooth characteristic places on the handles of the two swords, which I would say can be originated by wearing, I think they are real. The blade of No 2 is not so springy as and it is not sharp. What is really surprising is the blade of No 1. If you

Martin Lubojacky · 19th October 2010, 12:00 PM

Sorry for break. So - if you knock into it, it sounds like a triangle (that musical instrument). It is slightly, but very slightly bent, nevertheless I did not succeed whentrying to straighten it.

I brought from Cameroon also three interesting daggers "made in Brass". The blades are more rough and one of them is, I assume, even symbolic (and much shorter than the sheath). But no doubt, there are clear signs of wear on the handles. I will bring the pictures after cleaning this daggers.
Regards,
Martin

19th October 2010, 11:48 AM	#1
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Thank you very much for opinions. It is possible to find copies of "this style items" in handicraft shops Abuja. Usually the vendors say it is comming from Adamawa. This copies are smaller (like big daggers), mostly with sheaths, the casting work is more rough and it is missing signs of wear on the handle, usually it has been somehow blackened (you can see difference in colours of the metal if you look inside the sheath). I would say boom of selling this copies was cca around 1999 - 2000, now they occure just seldom. Because of a very smooth characteristic places on the handles of the two swords, which I would say can be originated by wearing, I think they are real. The blade of No 2 is not so springy as and it is not sharp. What is really surprising is the blade of No 1. If you

19th October 2010, 12:00 PM	#2
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Sorry for break. So - if you knock into it, it sounds like a triangle (that musical instrument). It is slightly, but very slightly bent, nevertheless I did not succeed whentrying to straighten it. I brought from Cameroon also three interesting daggers "made in Brass". The blades are more rough and one of them is, I assume, even symbolic (and much shorter than the sheath). But no doubt, there are clear signs of wear on the handles. I will bring the pictures after cleaning this daggers. Regards, Martin