Sudan arm dagger restore or not?

[Interested Party]

Nice job. That turned out well. What adhesive did you use?

Marc M. what is the board behind the daggers called? I have seen them used by Samali people as well.

[Rafngard]

Originally Posted by Interested Party

Marc M. what is the board behind the daggers called? I have seen them used by Samali people as well.

The Somali word at least is loox. Here's an example from the Met in NYC, but the Somali museum of Minnesota has a few, and I've seen them in person.

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/...-board-somalia

Thanks (or mahadsanid in af soomaaliga),
Leif

[Marc M.]

Originally Posted by Interested Party

Nice job. That turned out well. What adhesive did you use?

Marc M. what is the board behind the daggers called? I have seen them used by Samali people as well.

Hi Interested Party

I used industrial super glue.
It is a Quran board that children use to learn to write in the Quran school in Mali.

Best regards
Marc

[Kmaddock]

Nice enough job
But the fact the glue is wrong colour and the join is jagged it is about the best you were going to get away with.
The only way I would have done any better would be to just make the entire ring section/ un peen the tang and insert a new entire ring and bond to the remainder of the handle but this would have been very very invasive and not something I would willingly do.
Ivory would not match either, have you tried to stain the new ivory with something like tea or coffee, I have never done this myself just wondering can you stain ivory.
Regards
Ken

[Marc M.]

Originally Posted by Kmaddock

Nice enough job
But the fact the glue is wrong colour and the join is jagged it is about the best you were going to get away with.
The only way I would have done any better would be to just make the entire ring section/ un peen the tang and insert a new entire ring and bond to the remainder of the handle but this would have been very very invasive and not something I would willingly do.
Ivory would not match either, have you tried to stain the new ivory with something like tea or coffee, I have never done this myself just wondering can you stain ivory.
Regards
Ken

Hi Ken

It did crossed my mind to make a ring section, but as you said, too drastic.
I hoped that the joints would blend in more, as i filled the joints with ivory powder and glue. Result not so satisfactory. Tried with turmeric powder but wiped it off without results. Maybe i'll try with coffee or with tannin powder.

Best regards
Marc

[Richard G]

When it comes to staining the efficacy of common boot polish is often overlooked.
Regards
Richard