Interesting knife for ID Tlingit or African?

Martin Lubojacky · 8th November 2011, 10:57 PM

Hi, fully agree with Iain and Mauro. Interesting and probably rare piece ! And let´s take one picture with simmilar blade (Tebu item, bud unfortunately polished, Gav...)

Regards
Martin

Gavin Nugent · 9th November 2011, 12:32 AM

:-)

By form, it reminds me of two ends of a spear joined together and bound in th middle. It dont think it is as the splayed end looks too wide for a spear base...but...any movement in there???

Gav

Atlantia · 9th November 2011, 09:55 AM

Mauro, Iain, Martin, Gav,

Thanks chaps!
I've done some further digging in the archives using your advice:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=tebu
Remember this one of Davids?

No movement, definately one piece construction.

Iain · 9th November 2011, 11:05 AM

Yup, that style like David's piece is what I was thinking of generally. That style, with a more rounded pommel seems to be a distinct variant as well from the more triangular examples.

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Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Hi, fully agree with Iain and Mauro. Interesting and probably rare piece ! And let´s take one picture with simmilar blade (Tebu item, bud unfortunately polished, Gav...) Regards Martin Attached Images

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Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	it reminds me :-) By form, it reminds me of two ends of a spear joined together and bound in th middle. It dont think it is as the splayed end looks too wide for a spear base...but...any movement in there??? Gav

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Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Mauro, Iain, Martin, Gav, Thanks chaps! I've done some further digging in the archives using your advice: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=tebu Remember this one of Davids? No movement, definately one piece construction.

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Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,717	Yup, that style like David's piece is what I was thinking of generally. That style, with a more rounded pommel seems to be a distinct variant as well from the more triangular examples.