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Yes, it's a Luzon dagger, a nice one. The tassels at the scabbard are a common feature by leather scabbards from Luzon.
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What Detlef said, if you need a second opinion.
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Andrew, you win the argument! As Detlef noted, a nice Luzon dagger with a three-piece hilt in the Spanish colonial style. Despite its excellent condition, especially the leather sheath, this one could be pre-WWII.
The brass handled knife is N. African and usually attributed to the Telek people. Often it's seen in an "arm dagger" sheath, but this one is not. |
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Thanks for your responses! My friend, whom I have bought several ethnographic weapons from over time, is a rather excitable person. He was almost angry that I suggested that the curved blade knife was not African. "How could a knife from the Philippines end up in Africa, HUH?" I let the subject pass.
There's an old rule in collecting, "Buy the item at hand, not the story". Andrew Hite |
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By this you can note that your friend knows next to nothing about the origin of blades. And this dagger is by the way much more worthy by describing it as from the Philippines. Like Ian I think that it's pre WWII, could even be a late 19th century one, it is very nice and again, like Ian said with a very good survived scabbard. Best regards, Detlef |
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For comparison, my one with some more waves.
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