Teda throwing knife
 

Recent acquisition.
An African throwing knife called musri from the Teda tribe of Tibesti in north of Chad, Niger and Sudan.
70cm
Luc

http://lulef.free.fr/assets/images/d...t-Teda-021.jpg

CONGRADULATIONS!! :) I HAD NOT SEEN ONE LIKE IT IT REMINDS ME OF A BIRD THE FIRST PROJECTION BEING THE BEAK THERE IS EVEN A SMALL EYE ON THE HEAD THE SECOND PROJECTION IS THE LEG AND THE LONG HANDLE THE TAIL. THE CONSTRUCTION TECKNIQUE APPEARS THAT A LONG STEEL BAR HAS BEEN FOLDED BACK ON IT'S SELF AND HAMMERED INTO THE DESIRED SHAPE LEAVING A LINE SEPARATING THE TWO SECTIONS. IS THIS TYPE OF WORK COMMON IN AFRICA ? MOST THROWING KNIVES I HAVE SEEN APPEARED TO BE EITHER CUT AND BENT TO SHAPE AND HAMMERED OUT AND SHARPENED , A FEW WERE PUT TOGETHER FROM MORE THAN ONE PIECE AND HAMMER FORGED TOGETHER. HOW THICK IS THIS EXAMPLE AND ITS DIMENSIONS? VERRRY INTERESTING :cool:

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

You can see some decorations applied to the reverse of the topbranch, simple crosshatching.
Luc

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.

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

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... :(
Luc