Please help to identify these two blades

kronckew · 26th December 2011, 05:13 PM

i was just using logic.

something the UN occasionally lacks. i rarely believe what the UN says, taking their stuff with a grain of salt. their definitions and boundaries tend to be political rather than logical or factual.

the darker green are the UN defined, the lighter green are designated geographical.

this is what i was referring to:

arbitrary modern political boundaries rarely reflect the ethnographical ones.

anyway, feel free to use your own definitions if it helps you visualize things.

Martin Lubojacky · 2nd January 2012, 07:20 PM

Just for comparision of handles - 4 older knives from the middle of Ethiopia (one of them small eating knife) and one Syrian dagger.
The Ethiopian dagger is very new item and roughly done work. On the other side, as colleagues said, the Shi Havu is nice, old.
Regards,
Martin

broadaxe · 8th January 2012, 06:12 PM

Geographically speaking, North Africa includes all the countries along the Mediterranean coast. Ethiopea is definitely NOT. It belongs to the Horn of Africa.

kronckew · 8th January 2012, 10:46 PM

believe whatever definition that floats your boat. it matters not. it's an arbitrary political definition that has no meaning when applied to the time and people of these weapons. they i am sure did not care what a ferengi called them. as long as it wasn't insulting.

for me, the world is divided into the northern and southern hemisphere's by the equator, which defines what is north and what is south. the 'horn' is a sub-definition of an area in the north of africa...

of course if you were egyptian, the sudan and ethiopia were up-river and to the south. it depends on your point of view.

26th December 2011, 05:13 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	i was just using logic. something the UN occasionally lacks. i rarely believe what the UN says, taking their stuff with a grain of salt. their definitions and boundaries tend to be political rather than logical or factual. the darker green are the UN defined, the lighter green are designated geographical. this is what i was referring to: arbitrary modern political boundaries rarely reflect the ethnographical ones. anyway, feel free to use your own definitions if it helps you visualize things. Last edited by kronckew; 26th December 2011 at 05:34 PM.

2nd January 2012, 07:20 PM	#2
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Just for comparision of handles - 4 older knives from the middle of Ethiopia (one of them small eating knife) and one Syrian dagger. The Ethiopian dagger is very new item and roughly done work. On the other side, as colleagues said, the Shi Havu is nice, old. Regards, Martin Attached Images

8th January 2012, 06:12 PM	#3
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Geographically speaking, North Africa includes all the countries along the Mediterranean coast. Ethiopea is definitely NOT. It belongs to the Horn of Africa.

8th January 2012, 10:46 PM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	believe whatever definition that floats your boat. it matters not. it's an arbitrary political definition that has no meaning when applied to the time and people of these weapons. they i am sure did not care what a ferengi called them. as long as it wasn't insulting. for me, the world is divided into the northern and southern hemisphere's by the equator, which defines what is north and what is south. the 'horn' is a sub-definition of an area in the north of africa... of course if you were egyptian, the sudan and ethiopia were up-river and to the south. it depends on your point of view.