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5th February 2013, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
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Interesting African dagger
Picked this up for about $5 Recently made but exhibits a well made blade at about 6 inches in length.the wooden hilt has a step design that bites the hand during a thrust. It arrived today I cleaned the blade and smoothed down the hilt and gave it a coat of wax. Will post new pics tomorrow.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370746169116...84.m1497.l2649 Last edited by Lew; 6th February 2013 at 12:42 AM. |
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6th February 2013, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: France
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Nice design for the handle, original, never see something like this before.
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6th February 2013, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
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As promised
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6th February 2013, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
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Interesting dagger and good to have a such well resarched and believable orign from the dagger.
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6th February 2013, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Czech Republic
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Sometimes the honest description of the place (and date) of collection of specific weapon adds to this hobby another dimension....
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7th February 2013, 11:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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The blade seems to have a style similar to many blades around the Victoria lake. It could be older than the handle and I would suggest that it has been recycled for this new knife. The handle seems made of palm tree but I wait for a confirmation. Nice new or almost new knife. I would be curious to know if it is a typical Karamojong knife.
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