Tunisian dagger ? European style ...

[G. Mansfield]

These knives are Eritrean and most notable from being collected during the Eritrea Mission organized by the Italian Ministry of Education in 1905 and 1906. I think that they can also be found into Eastern / North- Eastern Sudan. Here are two from my collection. The links provided show more detailed references at the bottom that I have gathered about them.

https://www.the-mansfield-collection...ritrean-dagger
https://www.the-mansfield-collection...rean-dagger-57

-Geoffrey

[Pertinax]

Originally Posted by G. Mansfield

These knives are Eritrean and most notable from being collected during the Eritrea Mission organized by the Italian Ministry of Education in 1905 and 1906. I think that they can also be found into Eastern / North- Eastern Sudan. Here are two from my collection. The links provided show more detailed references at the bottom that I have gathered about them.


-Geoffrey

Here's more from the Eritrea Mission

https://galleryrider.com/index.php/a...ritrea-somalia
https://galleryrider.com/index.php/a...ritrea-somalia
https://galleryrider.com/index.php/a...trea-somalia-1

[francantolin]

Whaoh !

Thank's a lot all !!!

[RobT]

Hi All,

I second francantolin's thank you. It is interesting to see that these daggers come in at least two cross sections. One is an unfullered flattened diamond type (as are all of mine) and another has a fuller (or fullers). The profiles differ also. One type has an uninterrupted distal taper from hilt to point and another has basically parallel sides giving way to an abrupt taper to point.

Sincerely,
RobT