Ashante dance knife?

Tim Simmons · 24th January 2011, 04:51 PM

No 2 looks as if it has been made from a button slide? No 7 I have no idea. They are surley fairly modern with the engineer machining. The Ashante version tend to have a more bulbus top and bottom to the handle, perhaps they are Benin as in old Dahomey?

P.S.

They do have the same form as those seen in Dahomey art and on the Kings palace walls. Here are two of mine. The symbolic cutlass seems to have many versions all alone the old trade coast.

24th January 2011, 04:51 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	No 2 looks as if it has been made from a button slide? No 7 I have no idea. They are surley fairly modern with the engineer machining. The Ashante version tend to have a more bulbus top and bottom to the handle, perhaps they are Benin as in old Dahomey? P.S. They do have the same form as those seen in Dahomey art and on the Kings palace walls. Here are two of mine. The symbolic cutlass seems to have many versions all alone the old trade coast. Attached Images Last edited by Tim Simmons; 24th January 2011 at 05:14 PM. Reason: Adding.