Konso dagger?

Martin Lubojacky · 5th October 2023, 08:43 PM

This style of handle is said to have been used in central Ethiopia, around Addis Ababa. Now I have a link to photo of the application on a kitchen knife that is quite old:http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13705 . I'll find some more photos tomorrow (hopefully). They are still being made, not as nice as they used to be. Probably mainly for tourists. I can imagine that they are already being delivered around Ethiopia to various places (for tourists). But I don't think it's Konso in origin. A colleague of mine had it as an old family knife - he was coming from central Ethiopia. He was Oromo, but I don't think it was a purely tribal thing. Rather, regional specific production. There are also Amhara people in that part.

5th October 2023, 08:43 PM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 845	This style of handle is said to have been used in central Ethiopia, around Addis Ababa. Now I have a link to photo of the application on a kitchen knife that is quite old:http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13705 . I'll find some more photos tomorrow (hopefully). They are still being made, not as nice as they used to be. Probably mainly for tourists. I can imagine that they are already being delivered around Ethiopia to various places (for tourists). But I don't think it's Konso in origin. A colleague of mine had it as an old family knife - he was coming from central Ethiopia. He was Oromo, but I don't think it was a purely tribal thing. Rather, regional specific production. There are also Amhara people in that part.