Weapons of warriors from Omo river

Aleksey · 31st August 2014, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Interesting idea, but was China a blade exporter at the late 19th early 20th century? That is a period of economic weakness?

Of course, you are right. But still - the same blade and hilt shape you can find e.g. in the book of Alex Huangfu "The Iron and Steel swords of China" (in Chinese), 2007, pp. 71, 73, 87, 157, 175, 180, 197 at least at first glance.

It means either the occasional appearance of the Chinese blade in the Eastern Africa after the WWII or imitation of the Chinese blade etc.

If we are able to find the machete made for Africa in China in antiquity shop - why can not we find the Chinese blade in Africa?

I am attaching the picture of the shop in Linyi, PRC - the machetes are in the pile of other Chinese sabers and spearheads (in the back pf the pile - 2 blades).

Aleksey · 3rd September 2014, 08:42 AM

Dear Tim,

Could you give the exact dimensions of the sword + good close-ups of the blade?

It seems to be real God's blessing to Nilotic smiths to fordge such a blade!

The close-ups of the blade allow to judge about the fordging technology - the Chinese style of blade making has a lot of peculiarities whuch allow us to judge quite definetely regarding the blade.

3rd September 2014, 08:42 AM	#2
Aleksey Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 15	Dear Tim, Could you give the exact dimensions of the sword + good close-ups of the blade? It seems to be real God's blessing to Nilotic smiths to fordge such a blade! The close-ups of the blade allow to judge about the fordging technology - the Chinese style of blade making has a lot of peculiarities whuch allow us to judge quite definetely regarding the blade.