African knife? What country?

katana · 17th August 2006, 10:09 PM

Nice dagger Lew.....cant find any other examples of knives from the Dan tribe...all web searches seem to be about Masks and art work from this Tribe...which are mainly located in Liberia.
Thanks RS for your comments, it is differcult sometimes to identify skins purely from photographs.....age, colouring, tanning techniques and general wear and tear obviously can change the appearance. However, I have found close ups of a 'new' Ray skin and a 'new' Monitor lizard skin....I can see now that with wear etc how it could alter its appearance.
The first pic is of the Ray skin

RobT · 20th August 2006, 10:22 PM

Hi cannonmn,
You may want to check out the old thread "shagreen African"
Sincerely,
RobT

katana · 21st August 2006, 04:30 PM

Thanks RobT for the thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...agreen+African

......I wasn't wide of the mark afterall

17th August 2006, 10:09 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Nice dagger Lew.....cant find any other examples of knives from the Dan tribe...all web searches seem to be about Masks and art work from this Tribe...which are mainly located in Liberia. Thanks RS for your comments, it is differcult sometimes to identify skins purely from photographs.....age, colouring, tanning techniques and general wear and tear obviously can change the appearance. However, I have found close ups of a 'new' Ray skin and a 'new' Monitor lizard skin....I can see now that with wear etc how it could alter its appearance. The first pic is of the Ray skin Attached Images

20th August 2006, 10:22 PM	#2
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 535	Hi cannonmn, You may want to check out the old thread "shagreen African" Sincerely, RobT

21st August 2006, 04:30 PM	#3
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thanks RobT for the thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...agreen+African ......I wasn't wide of the mark afterall