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tom hyle · 24th May 2005, 01:07 PM

The blade almost exactly resembles some Ethiopian military spears I have that came out of the arsenal at Addis Ababa. There are only two differences that I see: first, and lesser, is that mine have a hard, smooth, black, deliberately made original patina of some sort remaining on most of their surfaces, while this one looks like bare metal(?); second is that my Ethiopian spears are socketted, not tanged.

24th May 2005, 01:07 PM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The blade almost exactly resembles some Ethiopian military spears I have that came out of the arsenal at Addis Ababa. There are only two differences that I see: first, and lesser, is that mine have a hard, smooth, black, deliberately made original patina of some sort remaining on most of their surfaces, while this one looks like bare metal(?); second is that my Ethiopian spears are socketted, not tanged.