Old African Sword????

Lew · 1st December 2005, 03:04 AM

Hi All

I just picked up this sword from a fellow formite. It seems to be a North African style sword with a 24" blade. Does anyone have a clue which tribe made this? I also noticed that many years ago some idiot commited an atrocity and drilled a small hole through the hilt and blade probably to mount it on a wall

but it is still a very nice sword and much worthy of display

.

Lew

Luc LEFEBVRE · 25th February 2006, 10:13 AM

It looks like one of mine witch come from the Mandara mountains, North-Cameroon, region of the Kirdi.
The handle is made of horn.

In the 2 exemples on my website, the blade is enlarge at his middle part.
http://lulef.free.fr/html/kirdi_2.html

More about Mandara:
http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html

Luc

Another exemple with the same blade:

1st December 2005, 03:04 AM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Old African Sword???? Hi All I just picked up this sword from a fellow formite. It seems to be a North African style sword with a 24" blade. Does anyone have a clue which tribe made this? I also noticed that many years ago some idiot commited an atrocity and drilled a small hole through the hilt and blade probably to mount it on a wall but it is still a very nice sword and much worthy of display . Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 1st December 2005 at 04:59 AM.

25th February 2006, 10:13 AM	#2
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 472	Mandara It looks like one of mine witch come from the Mandara mountains, North-Cameroon, region of the Kirdi. The handle is made of horn. In the 2 exemples on my website, the blade is enlarge at his middle part. http://lulef.free.fr/html/kirdi_2.html More about Mandara: http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html Luc Another exemple with the same blade: Attached Images