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Location: Inland Empire, Southern California USA
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Just found. Love these knives.
Someone in the past has polished the blade unfortunatly. ![]() Blade patina helps date. I'm having a hard time with this one. The handle does show nice patina. Maybe early 20th century. ![]() How old do you think? Now, if I wanted to "age" or darken the blade. What can I do? I'm impatient, can't wait 100 years. ![]() -Stephen* |
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As Luc say " the museum and the books present the knive, clean. your knife is clean its cool and its age is real I think 1930 .
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Nice piece with a special handle. I haven't seen this type of handle (yet).
Why would you want to darken the blade ? If I'm not mistaken, like all warriors, the Africans also kept their blades 'clean'. Look at these guys, especially the one on the right. The weapons of the two others have a darker center, but the edges are still clean. ![]() |
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There is a very similar knife in Tribal arts monographs vol 1 n° 3 (p 24 knife 5). I'll try to upload a scan of the knife soon.
Age is stated to be before 1920 (but older than 1900). |
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I haven't seen this hilt type neither. nice one Stepehn ! I can Imagine that it is to shiny for your taste. maybe a little etching with acid or FeCl would help ? Best regards, Willem |
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Look forward to the pics. Thanks! |
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As Freddy says : " Nice piece with a special handle. I haven't seen this type of handle (yet)."
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I promised you the pictures from the book...
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