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7th May 2008, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Czech Republic
Posts: 841
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Please, could anybody identfy this sword ?
This sword was bought in old town Kano in northern Nigeria. Overall length is 77 cm. Blade: of lenticular profile, really very heavy, length 61 cm, width 6 cm, if you fillip it, it sounds like nice high tone. One sight of the sword is badly rusted (in layers).
I would be grateful for any standpoint re.origin, use, age etc. My personal idea is: Hilt and pommel are of Tebbu dagger style (I have several such daggers - some of them are also very long, but from far they are not so heavy and wide..o Once I have also seen very old photo of Moroccan man with Berber rifle - he had short sword of this pommel style, too, hung on rope over his shoulder... Martin |
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7th May 2008, 09:06 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,288
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Welcome to the forums Martin .
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7th May 2008, 09:10 PM
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(deceased)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
Posts: 3,191
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Hi Martin
Welcome! You are correct that is a Tebu piece minus the leather wrappings. It is badly rusted so there is no way to determine it's age  Lew |
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