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Old 3rd February 2013, 03:03 PM   #1
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Default African knife for id

And I have thought it is a sleeper! This very nice african short sword was recently sold by ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNUSUAL-HAND...vip=true&rt=nc
Would like to know from which tribe this knife is coming and what you think about.

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Old 3rd February 2013, 03:14 PM   #2
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Nice old Yakoma knife from north Congo. Just have to work on it...
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Old 3rd February 2013, 03:17 PM   #3
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Thank you very much Luc!
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Old 3rd February 2013, 04:18 PM   #4
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Looks like it is from the Congo.
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Old 3rd February 2013, 04:44 PM   #5
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Looks like it is from the Congo.
Yes, from Congo like Luc write in up, I have done some resaerch, Robert have bought one time a very similar one where you can see how beautiful this one will look when the new owner will have cleaned it: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=yakoma

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