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Recent acquisition.
An African throwing knife called musri from the Teda tribe of Tibesti in north of Chad, Niger and Sudan. 70cm Luc ![]() Last edited by Luc LEFEBVRE; 8th October 2008 at 09:03 PM. |
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CONGRADULATIONS!!
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It's often what the people said: a bird like knife, duck or pelican.
You're right the knife is forged in one bar.No welding, no join.A good work of forging.Some other knives from this region of sub-saharian / central Africa are made in the same way. Thickness between 4mm and 1cm, size 70cm/23cm, 3cm for the stem. Luc |
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You can see some decorations applied to the reverse of the topbranch, simple crosshatching.
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A really super item. I think it is made in two parts. Look carefully at the third and fourth pics, you can see the forged join. I always like to think this is a good sign of old and skilled work rather than latter and cut from scrap or trade metal.
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Hi Luc,
cool throwing knife, Tim is right there is a forged welded joint, I think it would be too much effort and time to forge this 'one-piece'.... and the resultly piece would not be any better. I really like the shape of this type of 'thrower', congrats Regards David Last edited by katana; 9th October 2008 at 07:20 PM. |
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Yes, here the interest to make close-up, we can see details not so easy to examine, especially with my 46 yo eyesight wich reduce gradually...
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