Ethiopian scabbard mounting

roanoa · 28th July 2016, 08:21 PM

Greetings, Martin. Very fine examples. I have a few. I mostly find them with daggers, but, whenever possible, I find them a "new home" and fit them to sword scabbards. Here is a Dubat (Somali warrior) dagger that I recently found. The silver "tip" decoration is very obviously from a sword scabbard and this is the way it would look once fitted as per the original design. Unfortunately, a few of the "bells" were lost. Cheers, RON

Battara · 29th July 2016, 12:48 AM

I do LOVE Ethiopian silver work!!

28th July 2016, 08:21 PM	#1
roanoa Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 241	Greetings, Martin. Very fine examples. I have a few. I mostly find them with daggers, but, whenever possible, I find them a "new home" and fit them to sword scabbards. Here is a Dubat (Somali warrior) dagger that I recently found. The silver "tip" decoration is very obviously from a sword scabbard and this is the way it would look once fitted as per the original design. Unfortunately, a few of the "bells" were lost. Cheers, RON Attached Images Last edited by roanoa; 28th July 2016 at 10:45 PM.

29th July 2016, 12:48 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	I do LOVE Ethiopian silver work!!