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3rd April 2015, 12:05 AM
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Well done Martin! You are absolutely right Somalia or Erythrea.
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3rd April 2015, 07:23 AM
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I'd forgotten about those! Good ID Colin and Martin I think you are spot on.
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3rd April 2015, 10:11 AM
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You chaps certainly know a lot more about this than I do , but do any of you have any pictures illustrating a similar hilt to that of my dagger ... it just looks so different to all those you cite. I agree the scabbard , the bolster and even the blade shape is very much allied to those illustrated , but the hilt seems so distinctive I would have thought it would indicate something . |
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5th April 2015, 04:21 AM
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Arm Dagger - Sudan/Mahdi War?
The loop suggests that this is an "arm dagger". Eastern Africa Sudan etc).
See the painting (via google) "The flight of the Madhi after the Battle of Omdurman). |
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