African curved sword for discussion/comment ?

[derek]

Hi Taff,

I've been away for ages (seriously, years now) but Ethiopia was one of my collecting passions. That's a very good shotel with a locally made blade. Many, as someone else has noted, were ordered by Menelik II from various European sources and then hilted locally.

I still have several, and my son now has the collecting bug....its genetic.

-d