My First Kuba Sword......comments please

katana · 19th October 2006, 02:22 PM

Searched the Anthropology collections website, found this image .....acquired in 1907. The hilt is very similar to mine....

katana · 21st October 2006, 07:39 PM

Poor pictures, as not fully clean, but they give you an idea....

Flavio · 21st October 2006, 08:43 PM

Hi Katana, for sure the ikula is a good one, no tourist piece, and even if these knives are quite common, anyway they are very elegant and worth to be collected. Here are two of mine for comparison. About the scabbard, well as others have already said, it's modern

Regards
Flavio

Flavio · 21st October 2006, 08:53 PM

Here, instead, is a kuba war sword, the ilwoon. The handle shows some strange decorations that, in a first moment, have made me think that the handle was recent, but the very deep patination maybe tells the contrary.

Flavio · 21st October 2006, 08:55 PM

And here there is another one with also the ferrule, but this one is no more mine

katana · 22nd October 2006, 01:47 AM

Hi Flavio, thanks for the info.

....what is the best way to clean the metal pattern areas of the hilt....to make them show more clearly....

Luc LEFEBVRE · 22nd October 2006, 10:19 AM

hello katana, if you want to be a real Kuba warriors...
You can see the knife & the scabbard, which have sometimes a "strange" look, with carved heads looking like tourists pieces, but in fact it seems that no.
Luc

Tim Simmons · 21st October 2006, 08:54 PM

I think these are a little like Dha some are more common than others.

19th October 2006, 02:22 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Searched the Anthropology collections website, found this image .....acquired in 1907. The hilt is very similar to mine.... Attached Images

21st October 2006, 07:39 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Poor pictures, as not fully clean, but they give you an idea.... Attached Images

21st October 2006, 08:43 PM	#3
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hi Katana, for sure the ikula is a good one, no tourist piece, and even if these knives are quite common, anyway they are very elegant and worth to be collected. Here are two of mine for comparison. About the scabbard, well as others have already said, it's modern Regards Flavio Attached Images

21st October 2006, 08:53 PM	#4
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Here, instead, is a kuba war sword, the ilwoon. The handle shows some strange decorations that, in a first moment, have made me think that the handle was recent, but the very deep patination maybe tells the contrary. Attached Images

21st October 2006, 08:55 PM	#5
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	And here there is another one with also the ferrule, but this one is no more mine Attached Images

22nd October 2006, 01:47 AM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Flavio, thanks for the info. ....what is the best way to clean the metal pattern areas of the hilt....to make them show more clearly....

22nd October 2006, 10:19 AM	#7
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	If you want to hold it... hello katana, if you want to be a real Kuba warriors... You can see the knife & the scabbard, which have sometimes a "strange" look, with carved heads looking like tourists pieces, but in fact it seems that no. Luc Attached Images

21st October 2006, 08:54 PM	#8
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,854	I think these are a little like Dha some are more common than others.

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