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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: I live in Gordon's Bay, a village in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.
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I bought this dagger because it was affordable and because I thought it was traditional and interesting. The blade is 11 cm long from the sharp shoulder to the tip, and 12 cm from the sharp shoulder rearwards. It has a rat-tail tang, riveted at the very top. I feel pretty confident the handle material is horn and bone.
I have no information on it, and can only throw a guess into the air and hope it is not too wild. I'm thinking North Africa, Arab or Berber. Please set me straight! Regards Johan |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
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I think you have to look to Senegal and Mauritanian daggers, Bissagos also would be a good possibility.
See here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...senegal+dagger and here:http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...senegal+dagger Best regards, Detlef |
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: I live in Gordon's Bay, a village in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.
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Detlef, my sincere thanks! You've wrapped this one up for me in a neat package.
For those who have not followed the links with me, it seems the dagger I bought is Senegalese. The clues really do all seem to point in this direction. With much apprciation Johan |
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