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Old 5th June 2005, 12:44 AM   #5
Hal Siegel
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A very nice dagger, Flavio.

I believe that the Holbein-ish t-grip shape of the grip indicates an origin from Cameroon rather than the Sudan. We had a discussion about this style of dagger on the "old" forum a year or so back, but I couldn't find the discussion quickly using the Archive search.

Here's a more recent (and more touristy!) version of a Cameroon dagger:
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