Interesting African dagger

Lew · 5th February 2013, 10:36 PM

Picked this up for about $5 Recently made but exhibits a well made blade at about 6 inches in length.the wooden hilt has a step design that bites the hand during a thrust. It arrived today I cleaned the blade and smoothed down the hilt and gave it a coat of wax. Will post new pics tomorrow.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370746169116...84.m1497.l2649

Luc LEFEBVRE · 6th February 2013, 02:38 PM

Nice design for the handle, original, never see something like this before.

Lew · 6th February 2013, 05:56 PM

As promised

Sajen · 6th February 2013, 07:24 PM

Interesting dagger and good to have a such well resarched and believable orign from the dagger.

Martin Lubojacky · 6th February 2013, 08:52 PM

Sometimes the honest description of the place (and date) of collection of specific weapon adds to this hobby another dimension....

Mauro · 7th February 2013, 10:47 PM

The blade seems to have a style similar to many blades around the Victoria lake. It could be older than the handle and I would suggest that it has been recycled for this new knife. The handle seems made of palm tree but I wait for a confirmation. Nice new or almost new knife. I would be curious to know if it is a typical Karamojong knife.

5th February 2013, 10:36 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Interesting African dagger Picked this up for about $5 Recently made but exhibits a well made blade at about 6 inches in length.the wooden hilt has a step design that bites the hand during a thrust. It arrived today I cleaned the blade and smoothed down the hilt and gave it a coat of wax. Will post new pics tomorrow. http://www.ebay.com/itm/370746169116...84.m1497.l2649 Last edited by Lew; 5th February 2013 at 11:42 PM.

6th February 2013, 05:56 PM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	As promised Attached Images

6th February 2013, 02:38 PM	#2
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 472	Nice design for the handle, original, never see something like this before.

6th February 2013, 07:24 PM	#4
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,761	Interesting dagger and good to have a such well resarched and believable orign from the dagger.

6th February 2013, 08:52 PM	#5
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 841	Sometimes the honest description of the place (and date) of collection of specific weapon adds to this hobby another dimension....

7th February 2013, 10:47 PM	#6
Mauro Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 83	The blade seems to have a style similar to many blades around the Victoria lake. It could be older than the handle and I would suggest that it has been recycled for this new knife. The handle seems made of palm tree but I wait for a confirmation. Nice new or almost new knife. I would be curious to know if it is a typical Karamojong knife.