Iron lance: comments and advice please

Kipinga50 · 8th June 2012, 08:30 PM

Hi,
Your Spear is an Tuareg "Allarh Gerigueri", Typical of the Kell Gress tribe of Niger.

Paul · 9th June 2012, 06:52 AM

Thanks very much for the info. Could you translate "Gerigueri" for me please. I am not finding it through search engines.

I am also very interested to know what features mark the allarh out as being of the Kel Gres.

Do you have any opinion on the join in the middle that is filled with brass? I have not seen anything like it. Has this join been made by brazing the two iron sections together using an acetylene welding torch (which doesn't sound too traditionally artizanal and would probably make this lance not an antique) or has a poor quality pressure weld had its edges filled out with brass??

Many thanks

Paul

8th June 2012, 08:30 PM	#1
Kipinga50 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sao Vicente Posts: 28	Hi, Your Spear is an Tuareg "Allarh Gerigueri", Typical of the Kell Gress tribe of Niger.

9th June 2012, 06:52 AM	#2
Paul Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 5	Thanks very much for the info. Could you translate "Gerigueri" for me please. I am not finding it through search engines. I am also very interested to know what features mark the allarh out as being of the Kel Gres. Do you have any opinion on the join in the middle that is filled with brass? I have not seen anything like it. Has this join been made by brazing the two iron sections together using an acetylene welding torch (which doesn't sound too traditionally artizanal and would probably make this lance not an antique) or has a poor quality pressure weld had its edges filled out with brass?? Many thanks Paul