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I visited a friend today and made a couple of swaps. I do not know who did best. This is a big one 40cm tall and 24cm across the top. Chunky shame about the crack, you cannot have everything and cracks are often found on African pieces. Anybody got a bigger one.
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Here is my biggest Mangbetu knife. It measures 43,5 cm and 26 cm across the top.
And it also has a crack in the handle. ![]() But I must say that your piece is more elaborately forged. Mine has a more simple design. What would you think if we showed some different Mangbetu knives ? ![]() |
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Hello Tim and Freddy!! Great Idea Freddy! I hope that also Tim agree.
Here is my Trumbush (at least once!!) and my little Mangbetu dagger, that Freddy already knows ![]() About the Trumbush: I have read (but I don't remember where ![]() ![]() |
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Here's another one, with a different handle. Who's next ?
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Here's mine. I think I have another knife.
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This one has a bit of a peculiar design. I once read that the holes in a trumbash represented the number of wives.
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[QUOTE=Tim Simmons]I Anybody got a bigger one.
Tim There you go bragging about how big your trumbash is ![]() ![]() ![]() Congrats Lew |
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I WANT ONE!!!
![]() That's a thick blade Tim...half inch or so? |
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Hi all,
This my one, quite crude. Really as I red every hole on the blade is a wife ? Regards Paolo |
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A large trumbash......I don't even have a small one
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Katana, do you want to trade for the car ?
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Some girls say, Big car small trumbash. Oops
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And what do girls say about a lot of trumbash ?
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Give us a rest
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Three contributors in this thread say they read (or red) that the number of holes corresponded to the owner's number of wives. However, no one cites a source for that. How can this be credible without a source?
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In defense of the guys in this discussion, including our late friend Lew, were actually so well versed in these fields that they likely were just complacent. Despite the level of detail many of us place in posts, we are not held to any academic standards, so such placement is purely voluntary. I did, however, respond with what I could find as an answer on the other trumbash thread, and noted source for what I hope will offer some useful explanation. Last edited by Jim McDougall; 8th August 2016 at 07:22 AM. |
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