Mystery sword - tourist/souvenir piece?

Sajen · 16th March 2024, 08:40 PM

Looks African! Search here: *******************************gallery?...word-and-knife
Maybe you will find a match!

Regards,
Detlef

Araña_del_Sol · 17th March 2024, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Looks African! Search here: *******************************gallery?...word-and-knife
Maybe you will find a match!

Regards,
Detlef

Hi Detlef,

Thanks, it does look somewhat similar to the Lele/Lulua sword on pg. 15, but the hilt is odd. I wonder if it is a recent replacement?

- ADS

Sajen · 17th March 2024, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Araña_del_Sol

Hi Detlef,

Thanks, it does look somewhat similar to the Lele/Lulua sword on pg. 15, but the hilt is odd. I wonder if it is a recent replacement?

- ADS

Hi ADS,

I am very unsure about this blade, never have seen something similar before!? I would contact the owner of the site and would ask him if he has seen something similar before.

Regards,
Detlef

Pertinax · 17th March 2024, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Hi ADS,

I am very unsure about this blade, never have seen something similar before!? I would contact the owner of the site and would ask him if he has seen something similar before.

Regards,
Detlef

Hello ADS

I support Detlef. Pay attention to the copper wire on the handle. It is round and looks like an electrical cable. Old African swords usually have rough, hammered brass.

Regards, Yuri

milandro · 17th March 2024, 06:17 PM

It looks like an Central African Luba sword where the hilt has been crudely replaced by a flat hilt wrapped in brass

Tim Simmons · 18th March 2024, 07:26 AM

The decoration on the blade seems to suggest Africa. If a person came across some heavier round copper wire? Why not use it.

Pertinax · 18th March 2024, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

The decoration on the blade seems to suggest Africa. If a person came across some heavier round copper wire? Why not use it.

Of course the sword was made in Africa, but it is not old.

Sajen · 18th March 2024, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pertinax

Of course the sword was made in Africa, but it is not old.

Hi Juri,

I would rather assume that an old blade has been given a new handle. The copper winding also doesn't look what I am used to seeing with African blades. I suspect that this was not done in Africa!

Regards,
Detlef

16th March 2024, 08:40 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	Looks African! Search here: *******************************gallery?...word-and-knife Maybe you will find a match! Regards, Detlef

17th March 2024, 06:17 PM	#5
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	It looks like an Central African Luba sword where the hilt has been crudely replaced by a flat hilt wrapped in brass

18th March 2024, 07:26 AM	#6
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	The decoration on the blade seems to suggest Africa. If a person came across some heavier round copper wire? Why not use it.